Brian Berger of Business Sports Radio and a former Blazer employee, said on Sunday 6/13 during his show, that he had talked to many people about the KP -Paul Allen situation. Three points seemed to stand out for me: 1. Apparently the reason for the Tom Penn firing and KP being in limbo, includes that both men, at least somewhat openly, disparaged Paul Allen. This got back to Paul Allen and the consequences are being witnessed by all. 2. Berger said he would be very surprised if KP is still on the job in July. He expects that Larry Miller will take over on an interim basis. 3. Unlike Kenny Vance, Brian doesn't seem to really admire Mark Warkentein, and he said that Blazer fans can rest easy, because he doesn't think that Wark will become GM for the Blazers. Berger said that he thought that KP had done a great job here, but bosses don't take kindly to cutting remarks behind their backs.
HCP on Brian Berger 1-Know him well and the guy is a tool! 2-Know nothing about the game of basketball 3-Has no "inside info" KP might get fired, but please don't start a thread on ANYTHING this guys talks about, he just happens to have a forum.
Maybe Berger is a tool, but he is a former Blazer employee so he might have contacts within the organization, who knows? And this theory about making disparaging remarks somehow feels right for me. Tom Penn was very emphatic about it not being a human resources problem and he seemed to be doing fine at his job; that leaves something like this. And if Allen was the guy who wanted PatterNash and if he was the one who insisted on Darius Miles and insisted on giving him a big contract, then I could understand the employees might make a joke sometimes, and some snitch might bring it back to the boss. Maybe Penn made a joke and KP laughed. For me this fits in with Allen not sitting with KP, that feels personal to me.
