Zombie Fire Olshey

Just an illusion--I tend to post responses much more often when I disagree than when I agree, because what should I say when I agree? "Yeah, that!!!!" So you only notice my disagreement posts and not my agreeing non-responses lol

 

I have information I hide behind a GM's-must-paywall

 

Nope. Oblate spheroid.

Next.

 

I said information available to fans...not information available from fans. Your proprietary statistics and systems fall into the second category.

 

Come on now..... those aren't real words. You just made that up.

 

The turmoil, grinding Dame into early retirement and the continued mediocrity is 100% on Olshey.

Nothing will change as long as Neil is the GM.

 

What???!!! "The Blazers had been engaged in conversations with Orlando regarding Gordon for several years, yet Portland was never willing to include Anfernee Simons in any outgoing package, sources said. '
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2939898-inside-portlands-plot-to-salvage-damian-lillards-prime

 

"The Blazers, of course, have every incentive to retain their newly acquired wing. They sacrificed the right to match any of Trent's offer sheets in restricted free agency, betting that their on-court success and Lillard-driven locker room will urge Powell to stay put even as an unrestricted free agent.

"Knowing what Portland gave up and how many suitors there were, I think he's the most interesting guy on the market," said another Western Conference team official.

The success of this latest iteration of the Blazers' experiment will undoubtedly set the tone for how Powell moves forward. Over a dozen teams maintained a dialogue with Toronto up until the final hours before the trade deadline, league sources said. (Brooklyn was discussing a deal centered on Spencer Dinwiddie all of that week. The Pistons were also in strong pursuit, and the Pacers, Timberwolves, Rockets and Knicks were among the teams closely monitoring Powell's availability as well.)

It seems such widespread interest scared off many teams from bidding too aggressively for Powell. That naturally forecasts what could be a very competitive landscape for Powell's services next season and beyond.
Part of the Blazers' calculus in swapping Trent for Powell was projecting their former second-round pick's next salary to average around $15 million annually, only for Trent to largely play backup minutes to McCollum. Powell's number is expected to be around $20 million, according to league sources polled by B/R, yet he's played as the Blazers' third starting guard, capable of defending opposing small forwards.


But what if some team with cap space, perhaps the New York Knicks, were to extend a significantly higher offer? "The Powell numbers might get crazy," said one Western Conference voice. Tom Thibodeau has long been considered to covet Powell, and the Knicks could offer him a four-year agreement north of $100 million if they choose.

"As the saying goes, it only takes one assh--e," said one team cap expert.

If Powell does stay, that creates another potential pivot point for Portland's Lillard-centered project. Perhaps Powell finally provides the insurance and flexibility for the Blazers to explore moving McCollum for a player who's a better fit for Lillard's second act.

That's getting a bit ahead of ourselves. But that's why the Powell addition may be as interesting as any in the league, this side of the Nuggets making their own move to add Gordon. The Blazers are holding onto a top-six playoff seed all while injuries have clearly prevented Terry Stotts' roster from throwing its strongest punch.

Lillard, McCollum and Nurkic have only appeared in 18 games and played 332 total minutes together, per NBA.com. Lillard, Covington and Derrick Jones Jr., by comparison, have logged 772.

If Portland can stay healthy, the question becomes whether a refortified rotation can boost the Blazers from Western Conference irritant to bona fide contender.

"I feel like they're always the same team," said another assistant general manager. "They can lose in the first round or they can get lucky or hot and make the conference finals."


Should these latest moves change that perception and introduce a greater ceiling for Portland's reality, maybe Lillard's title window opens wider—before it inevitably slams shut."
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2939898-inside-portlands-plot-to-salvage-damian-lillards-prime

 

Olshey's ego still placing heavy bets on Zach and Simons

 

We're going to lose Powell for nothing. Great job Neil.

 

I look at Olsheys job like this: this next week Stotts is coaching for his job. If they don’t win any of them, he has to go. If they don’t win any of them, and he doesn’t get fired, I’m firing both Olshey and Stotts at the end of the season if they don’t get out of the first round.

Olshey isn’t as guilty as Stotts, but the coach is his responsibility. Hes also had his own fuck ups personnel wise; not getting another ball handler, and thinking Melo and Kanter should both be on the team and playing together. And that’s just in the past year. Don’t even need to get into his past fuck ups.

 

I think Simons' ceiling has been reached. He's good for points off the bench and that's it. Zach may never play again, who knows? The hubris of Terry and Neil is astonishing.

 

Olshey is more culpable for our current state than Stotts. First of all, every game and season that Terry has been here too long is on Olshey. Second, Neil has all of those fuck ups with the roster. I honestly would fire both today. Tibbetts and Cronin are perfectly capable interim replacements and the team can start looking for replacements before any other teams that are in the market this off season.

 

Tibbets, the guy in charge of our defense?

 

He's fine to finish out the season, yeah. I wouldn't keep anyone on this coaching staff past this season but Tibbets is the associate head coach and has been for the last two seasons. So there would be some continuity. I'm not hoping that Stotts's firing somehow turns this season around. It's about setting expectations and making the statement that Stotts has not met them.

 

Oh good, I'm not the only one.

 

So what happens if due to Stotts comedy coaching we lose DJJ for nothing and also Powell prefers some other destination that will pay him big bucks and also play him in his natural position at the 2 where he is not forced to guard the Lebrons on D and watch the iso parade on O? Like NY Knicks for example that have a lot of cap space and play Bullock at the 2.

Where does that leave us since we won't have any cap space? This bad coaching not only affects our winning chances for this year, but can potentially undermine our future. This is on Olshey since he accepts this.

 

We are completely fucked in the offseason

 

Yeah, I don't really see how Olshey keeps this team as good as we are and we aren't that good right now. Getting DJ or Norm back does seem pretty damn unlikely right now. There is always the hope that we fire both the GM and head coach in time to have the new GM talk to these guys and sell them on the team going forward. Obviously that would mean moving on from CJ.

Even if Olshey stays and somehow comes to his senses about the CJ and Dame pairing, I think he might even be able to fire Stotts and get good value for CJ. Get a coach that can sell DJ and Norm on how valuable they can be to this team (Norm as a starter and DJ as a guy that could get starter's minutes off of the bench). If he did those things we could be looking at a rotation of something like Dame, Norm, RoCo, what we get for CJ, Nurk, DJ, MLE backup PG, Nas, Enes. That would very likely be much better than what we've got going right now.

All of that said, Neil isn't waking up. So we aren't completely fucked this off season if we as the thread title suggests... Fire Olshey.

 

Yeah, I was arguing we should wait to the offseason, but shit is getting real at this point. Stotts and Olshey need to go while we still have a chance to re-sign these guys, because if free agency comes around and we are just then hiring new coach/management, the ship will have sailed.

It's all about triage. Bring in a new Coach and GM asap and let them know that Dame, Norm, Nas, Nurk, Roco, and Jones are the future (in that order), barring any new blood we can bring in. CJ absolutely will be traded.