It's still strange to me that they let Olshey keep his job last summer, pick his coach, give that coach a lucrative 5 year deal, and then fire the guy midseason for being a douchenozzle. I mean, they must have known a long time ago that he was a douchenozzle, why all of a sudden now?
He's playing much better than CJ right now, basically leading their bench unit and keeping the ball moving. Also, the value in the deal is Okoro who could play as b/u 2/3 while Simons scores buckets.
But he's not going to help us get where Dame wants to go. That's all I'm saying. Dame deserves a better return on CJ than that. If we can't get Dame a guy in his prime who is a border-line all star we're better off to just start the rebuild now.
This is my point about being a poor ownership group. As soon as they decided Stotts was done, Olshey should have been fired as well.
There is something to be said for the notion that the coach and GM should be treated as a single unit. They ride together, they die together.
When you put it that way I think the only answer is that some of the complaints that came forward this season were enough to scare Vulcan about their own liability. Probably also why they felt comfortable today firing Neil with cause. I honestly doubt that they really wanted Olshey gone. The fact is that he is gone now and any GM that is brought in will want to clean up this mess of a roster. Chauncey is really well liked around the league so I'm betting that the new GM will want to give him a shot with a functional roster. Hopefully that GM hiring happens with enough time to move CJ before the trade deadline and also RoCo and Nurk if the new GM doesn't plan on re-signing those two.
I think it depends on his buy-in and how good he and the blazers think Simons and Nassir can be. If you added Okoro to that group you've got a huge expiring contract next year in Love, all your picks, and some youth to throw at a disgruntled star if you want to. I think that's MUCH better than losing Simons and Roco for nothing, which is absolutely what will happen if we stand pat.
I don't know if that can be seen as the case with Chauncey though. He was only hired by Neil what??? five months ago. He also interviewed with the ownership group. So yeah Terry and Neil should have been fired as a tandem but I don't see Chauncey being inextricably linked to Neil. Not even close.
Here lies Neil Olshey. Thought Meyers Leonard was worthy of a lotto pick and Giannis wasn't. Please remember to zip up after pissing on the grave - there are children present.
I don’t think Olshey ever gets another GM gig. It has nothing to do with any kind of investigation either.
Fine with all that but lol at the notion of Stotts taking accountability. Couldn't bw further from the truth. Dude was so up his own ass he never even acknowledged the team made mistakes.
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