Shams: Olshey being investigated for workplace misconduct

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  1. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Consider the source of the take. For all we know, that may be standard Eastern European sensibilities that are baffling you.
     
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    I think it's heroic of Olshey to create a distraction from Dame's struggles.
     
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    Regardless of if he is innocent or not.. his reputation is shot with todays cancel culture he is effectively canceled and won't be a gm in the nba anymore. While I'm not a fan of Oshley there is a sentiment in todays age to shoot first ask questions later. Just look at all the pitchforks raised against Billups for a crime he was innocent and the outcry from fans.. Hopefully we get a new gm who will not run back a failed roster over and over and waste our best palyers primes in the future.
     
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    Terry Stotts next GM?
     
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    Interesting point
     
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    so they were supposed to know the information, that the FBI was investigating and took years to figure out, about the assistant coach?? And did they "fire" the investigator because the job was done or because of some other reason?

    So much Canzano like info there...
     
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    Why would really good candidates want to work for a jerk? Even if we disregard the humanity of treating people with respect, it's a dumb business strategy.
     
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    that's pretty fucking dumb...who the hell is that guy?

    the Vulcans own the team. They could have fired Olshey at any time, without cause. They'd just have to pay the balance of the contract

    which makes me wonder: is this investigation and attempt to fire Olshey "with cause" and terminate his contract?
     
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    He seems like a narcissist
     
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    ...I wonder if one of the employees to file a complaint was the same employee who was allegedly "tipped off" by the infamous water bottle sip?! :dunno:
     
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    No job description should ever include being abused. Not wanting abuse isn't mental weakness.
     
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    You kind of undermine your point by bringing up the VERY MUCH STILL EMPLOYED Billups as an example to support it.
     
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    well he faced heavy backlash despite being innocent if even one person was upset by a your mom joke Oshley is gone
     
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    and there are still fans out there who want him fried because of it
     
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    Its not that it's OK. Nor am I really dismissing it. But toxic workplace cultures are ubiquitous and prevalent in every industry. It just raises my skepticism when the first whiff of this kinda news comes out 10 yrs into his tenure. While he was always prickly to the media, everything we heard about Olshey and our FO was the general feeling of good culture within.
     
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    Huh, the guy sporting Pepe the Frog, a noted hate symbol (https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/pepe-the-frog) is opining on "cancel culture." Go figure.

    And innocent is not the right word, at all.

    Regardless of everything, however, Olshey's handling of the coaching hire and "search" was embarrassing. If he was to be canceled, it would have been then.
     
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    He's well connected in.... philly. Tons of Simmons news and anecdotes from Morey. Just saying
     
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    Exactly.
     
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    True, you can’t be proclaimed innocent if you were never charged with anything
     
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