Blazers Press Conference announcing new coach 6-29-2021

This clown David McCay or what his name is just blocked me on Twitter, these dudes are so sensitive

 

Couple thoughts.

I felt for Chancey and his family. For 99 % of all press conferences where a person gets a big-time job, it is an exciting and happy event. Sorry, they did not get to enjoy it.

I thought Neil did a good job in the opening segment. I know he is too Hollywood for some but he was very professional. His answer to the question about the "timing" seemed obvious to me, not sure why it has become such a big question. Most things leak and the fact Chauncey is still coaching did affect the timeline.

Who the hell is Anne from the associated press? "Why 5 years?" Has anyone else ever been asked that? What exactly was she implying? She really could not come up with anything basketball-related? I guess she can go back to her colleagues and say she tried to ask the tough questions.

Overall I thought the Q/A was a bit boring. But does it matter? Coaches are not hired for public speaking. The only thing that counts now is if he can win. I am glad no stupid promises were made. Nothing rah-rah. And like he said it is too early to be specific to address assistant coaches.

They were definitely prepared to squelch any ongoing 1997 questions, which I am sure did not surprise anyone here. He did come across sincere IMO.

 

The team has multiple problems. There is no one solution that will fix them all.

 

But he answered it already at the beginning of the conference. He said it made him realize that as a young man, there are consequences to the decisions you make. He also said it made him more conscious of who he associates with and who he allows in his inner circle.

 

Negativity sells a lot easier than something new and positive.

 

In front of Chauncey's wife and teenage daughters this was a horrible media shitshow ..and fuck Jason Quick...Neil and Chauncey were clearly the adults in the room today

 

Lol she can have her little moment on blazers edge. I’m sure their 45 readers will really appreciate it.

 

All the peeps who are questioning Chauncey being hired as a HC, I tell you what. Winning Cures Everything. Watch them come back and cheer when we start winning again.

 

lol it doesnt, i just used an example

how about this: if nurk was watching press at 1:00 am, his comment would made more sense, but doing something at 9:00 pm, how is that unusual or whatever

 

I thought Quick's question was worded to make Chauncey look good.



Clearly Richman thought so as well. It's the teams fault for shutting it down.

 

lol why are you throwing quick under the bus? his question was trying make him look good!

 

i wish it was just 45 readers, she is followed by members of the team and even people like Kevin Pelton this morning (an ESPN employee!) said he only found out about Billups' past from Blazersedge. They can do whatever the fuck they want, but just don't let it reach Dame.

 

That was huge. But they were also really young and their guys improved a lot. Definitely a mix of both though.

 

They covered it at the beginning, then some of the reporters seemed to be like, "C'mon Man! give me the juicy details". I was like, can we now talk about getting the team to where we all want them to be. Thank You Joe Becker, Dwight Jaynes, and others who were able to move past TMZesqe story writing.

 

i hate to do this, but there is no way the media would have treated a white coach this way.

 

No...at the point that he asked his question it was time for a basketball question...he knew that too...and to all but one of the reporters...you might lead off with welcome Chauncey and your family to Portland...I was pretty disgusted with the lack of genuine good vibes from our media towards him and his family

 

Truth ain’t always pretty.

 

Quick writes personal stories. He was trying to get more details about how it affected Chauncey personally. I think it was a fair question, and one that Chauncey was ready to answer.

We'll see based on the tone of the article he writes about this presser (he will write one).

 

especially in front of his 3 daughters and wife