Please someone make a crazy offer to the Allen people that they can’t refuse to sell the team. Save us from Jody
Sells multiple picks for cash. Pathetic! We spend countless hours thinking what the Blazers can do for the smallest edge and meanwhile the owner just doesn't give a shit.
Well, technically she only sold one for cash. We moved back from 40 to 52 and cash and then sold 52 for cash.
I am sure Jody is a nice person and all that but she kind of sucks as a owner and I will concede it might be her fault and/or Vulcan but the sooner we get out of the shadow of Vulcan the better. Also when I heard we sold both picks I almost lost it and wanted to well cannot say what I wanted but I was not thinking nice thoughts about this person. I realize the Blazers are a business and they need to make money but the moment that get's in the way of the Blazers getting better then something needs to change / adjusted and fast.
We did kind of sell 2 picks -- Portland received cash from the Thunder to move back from 40 to 52, then also received cash from the Warriors to relinquish the 52nd pick, according to Highkin of the Rose Garden Report.
Vulcan Inc. was renamed Vale Group holding company in early 2024. The reason is that it has been greatly downsized from ~850 to ~140 employees by selling museums, giant yacht, art collection, vintage theater, airplane company, etc. In recent years, the Seahawks and Blazers weren't in Vulcan Inc. They are in a separate entity, the Paul Allen Estate.
Seems like Cronin is working a plan and the ownership is probably at least backing him? I just don't know anymore what to think? Part of me wants this team sold ASAP but they keep doing things that make me think they actually are trying to rebuild a good team.
Did Vulcan ever directly own the Blazers? I would suspect not just for tax reasons alone. There could always and still have been a management agreement to provide services, bill fees etc between the organizations.
