Hey Casey, what's your favorite blazer jersey design of all time? What seems to be the players favorite current jerseys? Do they like the sleeves?
1) Well, someone is going to have to take over for me eventually. I've been doing this for a while now and the beat will need fresh eyes eventually, so I guess start working on your resume now. 2) While the Casey Holdahl Mentorship Experience has turned out some great young professionals, most of whom have full-time jobs working in sports, the days of taking an assistant under my wing are over. Everyone is better for it. 3) No she is not. She's got a steady boyfriend and seems quite happy. I saw here briefly at Jerome's memorial yesterday. Dustin Hawes, too. 4) Rice consumes more of everything than everyone on the plane. 5) I lived in Sacramento for four years after my parents divorced, so I remember watching Kings games at my grandparents' house when I was in elementary school, but that's about the extent of my non-Blazers fandom.
Ox or Ava Gene's for the fine dining experience. The original Fire on the Mountain on Interstate (their spicy peanut wings are better than the other locations) for day to day eating.
So far, so good. I think you might start seeing Gee play a bit more in the next few weeks. Both guys seem to be the easy-going type, so I think the transition has been rather easy for all involved.
Who makes the decision for the Game Night T-shirts. Is it a Blazers marketing person or an outside graphic designer?
Those red hardwood classic jersey's are my personal favorite. The players loved the non-sleeve Rip City jerseys. They also like the red alternates, but if memory serves, their record while wearing those ain't great, and players do tend to be a bit superstitious. As for the sleeves, I don't think they love them, but I've also heard numerous players say they aren't so bad. If nothing else, the Rip City sleeve jerseys are some of the best sleeve jerseys in the NBA.
I think we have one of our in-house designers put those together, but I think the decision is ultimately made by Meredith, who runs retail ops for the team. She's done a great job mixing up the options in the team store.
I think they're feeling much better about the way they're playing than they did a week and a half ago. Of course, if they win the next two games, they're probably feeling like they're rounding into form. Win one, they probably feel just okay. Lose both and it's right back to the funk they were experiencing before RoLo came back. Funniest on the team is a bit of a tossup. Kaman is usually good for a laugh if you don't mind being the butt of the joke from time to time. Same with Wes. Dorell is right up there too. RoLo is more gregarious with the team than he is with the media, or I'd probably say him.
Do you see yourself moving further into the front office of a sports team or maybe more of sports columnist? I'd love to see you replace Canzano.
I try to keep track of what teams near the Trail Blazers in the standings are doing. I typically watch a couple non-Blazers games a week, but I'm not on League Pass watching Sixers vs. Pacers on a Tuesday night. My wife is very forgiving when it comes to my work schedule, so I try to spend my time being a good husband during my off hours rather than being a fan of the NBA. As for other teams, I'm have relationships with some of my counterparts on other teams, but for the most part, there's too much work to be done on the road to spend much time building friendships. I did have a good relationship with Houston's web guy, Jason Freidman, before he got out the game.
Probably not. That just seems like a lot of money to have tied up on the wing, especially if you think CJ McCollum is going to work his way into a quality NBA player.
Considering that I haven't been on a first date since 1999, I'm not sure how one would go about getting a date with anyone. Dating seems really hard, though I suppose internet dating, now that it's no longer stigmatized, has made it a bit easier.
Well, as far as I know, he's in Russia now. Victor was very well liked and is a heck of a nice guy, but I'm not sure that he had a "best friend" on the team.
You know, I'm not really sure. They have a team dinner at the hotel pretty much everywhere we go, but we're not allowed to attend those, so I'm not sure who is there and who is going out. One thing I will say is that I think some of the "guys hanging out off the court" stuff gets a little overblown. They spend a lot of time with each other as it is, so I'm not sure if they really need to look for more opportunities to bond.
