As Ed said, either they were justified firing him now, which means they hired someone incompetent last year, or else they were unjustified in firing him now, which means they fired someone competent. So, which eventuality casts this front office in a good light? In some sense, it's irrelevant whether this was the right decision or not. If the team administration is clueless, the team is not going to be successful whether Cho is GM or not.
There is a third option. Maybe he was harassing a female co-worker while in the office. Rich Cho, sexual predator!
It was obvious that Miller was running the show from Day One of the Cho era. I'm not sure how many people here argued with me on that point, but there were a lot of them. Cho was in over his head from the time he was hired. That was my opinion then, and trading away a young back-up PG as his first move was stupid. Following that up by saying that he thought the New Orleans pick would be higher showed his inexperience.
Just saw the news. Don't even know what to think. The team I love is in complete disarray. Players that don't fit, coaches that don't fit, and apparently a front office and ownership that doesn't fit. I'm trying to see a silver lining. I mean, really... what were they thinking originally when they let Kevin Pritchard go? It's not his fault half the team got injured. Cho really was a do-nothing for the entire time he was here. Can someone please take the Blazers by the shirt collar and drag them to where they want to go?
From Freeman's Twitter: Blazers owner Paul Allen, in a release announcing team's split w/ Cho: "This decision, as difficult as it was to make, reflects our willingness to admit and recognize that things haven't worked out. We're going to be tough on ourselves in assessing what we could have done better, and then go out and find the executive who is the best fit with the needs of our franchise. That chemistry and connection is critically important..." I condensed 4 tweets into a single statement. https://twitter.com/#!/BlazerFreeman
Well which is it? Was Miller running the show from day one (and thus approving or stopping trades from happening) or was Cho making moves autonomously?
Which is exactly what I also said in my follow-up post. I don't think that it casts the front office in a good light that they felt they had to fire Cho after such a short period of time. It also doesn't mean that it wasn't the correct decision this time. The Knicks let Isiah Thomas have the reins a lot longer than they should have. That worked out well for them.
Eddy Curry is a free agent. CotF! Starbury's been keeping active in China....BAM! Two needs met in the first 5 minutes on the job.
