There are fans who are calling for sweeping changes. Do you think the roster needs tweaking or significant changes? “The same people that wanted sweeping changes last year?” (Questioner responds: I don't know. I don't know them personally. I just hear from them all the time) "Right. Great. Well, last year was going to take sweeping changes because we got swept by Golden State in the first round and all the alarmists overreacted. . . . "But this idea that (we need) sweeping changes. Where were all these people that wanted sweeping changes 10 days ago? Where were they? They were the ones bouncing off the walls in the Moda Center when we got the third seed . . . . Relative to people back in December who were complaining that we weren't going to make the playoffs and we were in purgatory because we weren't going to make the playoffs and we weren't going to pick high enough. Right? That was the rallying cry. Then it was, 'Oh my God. They're going to blow the third seed because they're going to lose all these games. They're not even going to get home court advantage.' They overreacted to that.” Man, the disdain this guy has for the fans in Portland. He thinks we are all beneath him. I will never forget that exit interview.
I don't know Olshey personally; I can only judge him by what he shows in public. His public persona is condescending and hostile to anybody who questions him, no matter how fair and obvious the question. That may not be the worst flaw a GM can have, but it is still a flaw.
