Zombie Fire Olshey

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  1. Fez Hammersticks

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    A lot of Stotts heat when 99.9% should be directed at Neil.

    Dame/CJ duo doesn't work in a playoffs and you could make the case that we have the worst collection of forwards in the game.

    Stotts doesn't have much to work with. It's too unbalanced and severely lacks talent outside Dame and CJ.

    This is on Neil and the Vulcans.
     
    Fez Hammersticks, Dec 25, 2018
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    you got 2/3 of that right
     
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    They're both to blame. Anybody who can't see how much Stotts is struggling to coach this team needs to open their eyes.
     
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    The media guys have to start putting Neil on blast like they did Pritchard and Nash. They were relentless, yet Olshey gets a pass?

    Neil is arguably worse than Nash and KP -- and he's smug tah' boot!

    Guys, tweet Quick, Canzano, etc. -- why are they 'nice' to the Olshey administration - yet circled KP like sharks?

    My tweeting has been suspended for 7 days -- FoxNews Corp directly reported my handle to Twitter :dunno:
     
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    Olshey has the local media by the balls. There’s a reason he doesn’t get put on blast.
     
    Scalma, Dec 25, 2018
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    It's because of Olshey and his iron fist that they cant. I'd love for them to go back to holding people accountable. Neil is scared so he uses authoritative avenues to stymie reporters.
     
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    Are you a terrorist? :NOTMARIS:
     
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    Verbal bombs.
     
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    Olshey put a better team together than some who are winning in the West. It's far from perfect but any team would like the trio of Damian, CJ and Nurk. Stotts is one of the least original, least heady coaches I've ever seen. Nurk has a great passing game that remains completely under-utilized.

    Saying that, I wouldn't be mad if both left. Stotts for sure. His firing can't come fast enough.
     
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    The local news media is much less confident, now that it makes no profit because of the internet. Even Canzano whispers after the layoffs.

    The local media loved Pritchard.

    How many guys at Fox did you threaten to kill?
     
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    I think this is where I come down. I watched that game last night and didn't see a talent disparity. But I most certainly saw a coaching disparity.
     
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    Olshey has given the Blazers one of the worst starting combos at forward in the league, but it's Stotts that gives Aminu the green light from '3' and keeps playing Harmless. It's Stotts who relies on his guards to make tough shots because they can rather than come up with something that gets better looks. Endless handoffs... really?

    So to me they are both to blame. It's been long enough!
     
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    This teams not worth cheering for. As much as i love dame he aint gonna get it done. CJ should go dominate the wnba, aminu and harkless would be bench warmers or waterboys in another team and the bosnian "beast" is soft af and lost against good defensive Centers
     
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    More and more, the 'Bosnian Beast' looks like it was a very brief showcase to get a big contract. The Bosnian Beast dunked on everyone with abandon. This version....not so much.
     
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    Yeah no idea why People Call him a beast? He is Everything but a beast, sure he has some good skills but that matchup against Gobert looked like Drummond vs Embiid, Gobert completely destroyed him, Nurkic had no chance against him
     
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    The disconnect between his apparent talent and his actual performance is becoming a source of despair. Better coaching would certainly help - but at some point Nurk has to take some responsibility for his own career. Newsflash Nurk! You are not an innocent bystander to your own life!
     
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    You know who else feels that Neil doesn't know what he's doing? Dame.

    Last summer he met directly with Paul and the Vulcans about the direction of the team - purposely went above Neil. One grievance made was about giving away Barton for nothing.

    Then this roster looked like it had no business playing AD/Jrue and their cast of nobodies - and somehow Curry + Stauskas - Ed Davis = the answer?

    /rant
     
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    Wonder if Neil letting Davis walk was a shot across the bow at Dame. Like, "Don't try to go over my head, 'superstar'; I'll show you exactly who's in charge here."

    Nah, probably not. But maybe...
     
    PtldPlatypus, Dec 26, 2018
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    Uh huh. Uh huh. Cool. He also always has Stotts' back. So, that's one in the plus column and one in the minus column.
     
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    Browsing reddit and Twitter -- some scuttlebutt: Olshey has the audacity to threaten writers in Portland? I can only assume that he'd try to take away their press passes.

    Sly, get on the horn and land another Q&A, we need answers.
     
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