Science Poll: how are you feeling about the team after this Billups thing?

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Rastapopoulos, Jun 27, 2021.

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How does the Billups hiring make you feel about the team?

  1. Great - he'll be a great coach and it's a new day. Go Blazers!

    45.5%
  2. I'm not sure - depends on how good a coach he is, but his past doesn't bother me

    21.2%
  3. I'm honestly confused - I don't like the accusation but I trust the vetting process

    16.7%
  4. I am very disappointed that the rape accusation did not disqualify him

    1.5%
  5. What with this and Dame's reaction and the divide in the fans the Blazers just make me sad right now

    13.6%
  6. Fuck this front office and fuck the Blazers until we clean house

    1.5%
  1. Rastapopoulos

    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    Let's measure the divide. Pro-Billups posters seem to think this is all a storm in a teacup. They may well be right, but let's take the board's temperature.
     
  2. riverman

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    If the fanbase doesn't start showing positive support for this team then guys like Dame and Norm are going to bail....this thread is just ripping off another bandaid and really....what's the point?
     
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    obviously, it can go both ways, but i think chauncey billups has all the right ingredients to become successful head coach and im excited to see what he has in store for this team

    regarding his past, we dont know if he raped that woman or not, only couple of persons know that: chauncey, that woman & his friend or colleague that was there with them and obviously god, so its wrong to call him a rapist when he might be innocent, but its also wrong to call him innocent (it wouldnt be fair to that woman if he really raped her), so im gonna stay abstained and even if he did raped her, he escaped justice in this world, but he wont escape justice on a judgment day!

    also, if we knew for a fact that chauncey raped that woman, then id be pissed that my team hired a rapist, cause in that case, i only imagine if that was my mother, sister or any other relative or a friend or a neighbour or a person i dont know at all, rape is just something thats wrong as it gets and everyone who does that, should face death penatly!
     
  4. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    The team has done a great job of bringing in great people. Hopefully Billups is that AND a great coach
     
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  5. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    The team is at this pivotal crossroads. I was hopeful that we would have a great summer. Hire a good coach. Trade CJ for a piece that makes sense. Obviously that can still happen, but we also kicked things off by causing a shit storm controversy that seems to have increased the wedge between Dame/the team/the city. This is not how I wanted to start our offseason. And I just really don't understand how they didn't know there would be a backlash. Did they not see the reaction to Jason Kidd? Well, Kidd's transgressions were more well known, but did they really not think that Billups' past wouldn't spread like wildfire?
     
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  6. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Dames reaction?
     
  7. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    The many cryptic posts he made yesterday.
     
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  8. calvin natt

    calvin natt Confeve

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    I think Lillard getting bashed online by “fans” for a hire by the GM and owner, of another guy who was accused of but never charged with sexual assault, in 1997, might bother him
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Probably should have seen the backlash coming. He did want both Kidd (a convicted drunk driver and wife beater)and Billups (an accused rapist)(is the Kidd hiring getting backlash?)

    The Blazers should have seen it coming too. Jody probably did. Why she wanted Hammon
     
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  10. julius

    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I think it's a combo of confused and the reaction of "fans" on twitter is confusing.
     
  11. calvin natt

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    I just want to be crystal clear that the people who hate Billups also hate Jerome Kersey right. And those girls were 15-16. All these years prior to his death don’t recall blazer fans up in arms every time he was on tv, or part of the Blazers, community outreach etc.
     
  12. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    You realize that most of the fans on twitter/social media who are attacking Dame probably weren't even alive back when Kersey was on the team, right?
     
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    Some for sure. Some not. Some of the journalists who are bashing this better fucking know who he is, and people in here better know too.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Honestly, I was pretty young during the Drexler/Kersey/Porter era. I think I was in like 2nd or 3rd grade when we were in the Finals. I don't remember anything. I definitely didn't read the newspaper. What happened with Jerome?

    My only real memory about Jerome at that time was him signing autographs at the Thriftway over off Multnomah blvd.
     
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    I don't care about the sjw backlash twitterpating. He was a defensive minded player that played with scrappy teams. Gritty. This team needs that. If he ends up gone in the three years, oh well, it's worth a shot. I'm optimistic. But I'm a seasoned Blazer fan who knows that future disappointment is also highly likely. Let's do this.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Boy, is this not relatable. This should just be the motto for being a Blazers fan.
     
  18. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Man...... father of the year right here

     
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    Incredible.
     
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    The poll needs another choice: Why?
     

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