Zombie Fire Olshey

I agree with this last line. So all of his past loyalties, as we saw with Stotts, are out the window. I think if he can get a good player for CJ or a deal including CJ for a really good player, this is the time that he'll finally do it.

 

Take notes Neil:


Trading 1st round picks for role players isn't the path to building a contender.

 

He doesn’t need to take notes. Sure Utah traded virtually nothing to draft Mitchell, but our boy Neil said “hold my beer” and leapfrogged all that bullshit and took ANOTHER WABC at 10.

 

@wizenheimer this ones for you!

https://www.blazersedge.com/platfor...-free-agency-portland-trail-blazers-envelopes

 

BEST ARTICLE EVER!!!!

I don’t blame Olshey as much as I blame ownership for not seeing through this used car salesman

 

Do they get a pass forth last year and a half since Paul passed? Ownership since then has probably not been at thier A game considering?
Can totally see NO selling Jody, yeah?

 

But not McGowen or Kolde, or the media or fans…… I mean who in the actual fuck is she listening to for this guy to still have a job?

 

well probably all of them. But if No is the true snake oil salesman that many see him as, wouldn't he have the best pitch Jody sees, thus keeping his job?

Also. Mcgowan? Not a fan.

im thinking Jody has had meetings with all of them and NO had his salesman hat on and closed the deal?

we all know he is a fast talker.

its likely the very reason many dont like him here is the same reason he has been able to keep his job?
Just speculating here

 

McGowen has been great for the financial side. Rough around the edges, but good at what he does

 

hmm maybe im mistaken on the timeline but didnt he do all of that lame”rise with us” promo stuff?

Didnt he also get rid of m&m and now the broadcasting is sub par in the eyes of many, compared to how it used to be?

these are the main reasons i havent been a fan.
I also did not like how they took away the buffet for the club level and gave a dollar limit to the food.
The buffets were great overall and helped the lines go faster not having to deal with a payment.

 

Those are the rough parts. The franchise makes money on large part because he is good at his job

 

As a fan, rough parts indeed.

Arent the Blazers one of the most successful franchises in sports overall?

i thought i recall seeing something a couple years ago showing the Blazers annual profitability and we were among the top average?

shoot i cant recall it specifically now. But i thought Blazers have always been good financially due in prt to being a single sport city and a high percentage of making the playoffs?

Are we sure Mcgowan is really that good, or the situation provides an easy path for anyone with common sense advertising to be successful?

Cutting the buffet while raising ticket prices was a real fan downer and i know two people who cancelled their season club tix for that alone when it happened a couple years back.

For me and some ive spoke with, We would have gladly paid a few more dollars per ticket to keep the buffet going.
But as a season ticket holder, we werent even consulted. They just did it.

Im still butthurt as you can tell. Lol.

 

thanks for the heads up OB...that's a good column

 

for sure there are issues with Seattle and the Vulcans. Probably part of the problem is they are so busy counting profits they can't see, or don't care about, the wheel of mediocrity the Blazers are spinning on

but the shitstorm they would face if Dame does demand a trade is a dark cloud on the horizon that they have to be seeing.

when viewed thru the lens of 'what-could-have-been' and 'what-should-have-been', Olshey's tenure is the worst thing that has happened to the Blazers since the 1984 draft. Portland is in a hole, and the guy who dug that hole is right there at the bottom and still digging

 

Considering there are 30 votes (one for each team), & you most likely were not able to vote for yourself.... then I'd have to guess that Olshey & Presti had an agreement to vote for each other.

They are the only executives who ONLY received 1 vote each.

 

Showing how clueless and/or unethical some GMs are.

 

Neil should be gone. I don’t know why we are still dealing with his fool.

 

When was the last time Portland had a GM this universally disliked?

Patterson?

 

PatterNash has to be it