OLSHEY FIRED

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  1. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    It has to be. It's the only logical choice. We need outside the box thinkers.
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    is it really turmoil though? is it also weird to think that dame's injury and poor play this season is a Godsend from this perspective? we have lost a few games already because Dame hasn't been Dame. It would be very awkward and unlike him to bail out now.

    I think Dame is fully bought in right now and ownership wants to bring in the new person with the mindset of looking after the rest Dame's prime. I would expect this hire to be very collaborative and involving Dame.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I'm honestly good with either.

    GOD DAMN I COULD RUN THROUGH A WALL WITH ALL THIS HOPE IM FEELING!
     
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    This is absolutely hilarious.
    He kept trying to use what he had to Pritchslap people.
    And then he got called out for being too attached to his assets unless he was clearly winning a lopsided trade.
    Remember when the Celtics had all those picks + young players and could land pretty much any one they wanted?
     
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    ...I think Friday the week after holiday had more to do with it being optimal :dunno:
     
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    100% this. Dame isn't going anywhere. If he has shown anything in this time here at all, is that he sticks through the bad shit.

    And this shit has been bad.
     
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    Doesn't not having a GM or having a new GM make that much more difficult?
     
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    dame don’t give a fuck about Neil lol, I wouldn’t worry about it either. If anything he’ll probably be more optimistic, I mean he’s been trying to get olshey to grow a pair for awhile now.
     
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    while they will begin the process immediately, i don't see a hire happening before season's end.

    hope i'm wrong though. this trade deadline is crucial to the future of this franchise.
     
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    I'm going off of what Scalma posted about Shams.

    They are looking to find a permanent GM immediately.
     
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    I like your more optimistic take. Ill go with that for now, but if we don't turn it around this season and make a strong play off run then it could be Dames last year IMO.
     
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    shams simply said they are starting the process immediately. fischer indicated to me that they hire probably won't happen til next summer even if names are going around now.
     
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    Honestly, I think they will have one in a month or so.

    I'm wondering if that's why they took so long to tell the results of the investigation? Maybe they were already doing the process?

    Yes, my tin foil hat feels great.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Ainge sounds like Olshey.
     
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    No, but it fits well with sex after 65.
     
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    Well that fucking sucks.

    Hope, stay with me now!
     
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    1) Someone said Brent Barry interviewed for head coach but wouldn’t be surprised if that had some possible GM legs to it. Don’t remember who on the board had that idea. Good shout though. If Brent is hired I’d assume Brent dropped some “if I were the GM nuggets” to Jody and Bert. Lol.

    2) I really feel like this is the END of the tailspin. Reaction from fans and pretty much around the league is essentially, “Well we know that shit show is over now.”

    The question is… does another begin?

    Getting this hire right and FAST is paramount to future success, obviously.
     
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    they're the opposite. if anything, olshey is (was) TOO loyal to his guys.
     

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