Shams: Olshey being investigated for workplace misconduct

It's funny that a lot of things posters on this board have speculated about Olshey (egomaniacal, hard to work with, lack of humility) based on how he handles press conferences turned out to be true! And so many people defended Olshey over the years. Sometimes when someone shows you who they are, you should believe them.

 

He's a goner.


Blazer's Edge: Blazers Exec Neil Olshey Under Investigation for Workplace Misconduct.
https://www.blazersedge.com/2021/11...igation-portland-trail-blazers-gm-latest-news

 

because he's a bad boss? voiceless staff, mental stress, etc. sounds like par for the course in corporate america. cringeworthy but hardly breaking news.

curious to see what comes of the cooper thing. this was what i recall from reading about it.

 

Oh stop. He did the best he could! Give him a chance. 9 years isn't enough time to make an opinion on him.

 

I don't think that's what happens at all. If these guys have nothing to worry about then they shrug off the investigation because they know it won't unearth anything. The fact is people have been able to treat others abhorrently and operate under a different set of rules because they were "powerful", for a long time now. What we're watching now is a reckoning for some of those people... not the most powerful but the next rung down.

A witch hunt is when there is nothing to the accusation but people are punished anyway. Olshey won't be burned at the stake or even fired if he has nothing that he's guilty of. So of course the measure of guilt matters.

 

If these things were OK with the team they wouldn't be investigating. If enough employees are sick of him he'll be canned.

 

It's breaking news if his boss finds it unacceptable or if Olshey has been selling himself as something completely different. It's not at all shocking but of course you can fire someone for employee abuse if they're consistently being an asshole to your employees. If Olshey was the owner and only had to answer to the other owners it would take more than being an asshole (racism, sexual harassment, etc.) but he's not the owner. So the owner will get to decide if being an asshole to the front office staff is a fireable offense. If the investigation indeed shows Olshey to be a "bad boss".

 

Except it sets a bad precedent and will dissuade other GM candidates to sign here if they think ownership pulls dirty tricks to circumvent a contract.

If he did something truly wrong, he deserves to have his contract terminated per the fine print. If ownership is being cheap and pulling dirty tricks then that's not cool and paints the ownership in a very bad light.

 

Oh. So they are accusing Neil Olshey of being a dick.

I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you.

 

Well it looks like what he's being accused of is generally being an abusive asshole to his staff... we'll see if him actually being that way is the case. Since, so far, it's not anything like sexual harassment or racism some people might think the team is pulling a fast one. I however think that it sends a great message to potential future GMs and that message is that the Blazers don't abuse their staff. We'll have to wait and see how this all shakes out but I don't think we'll have to wait long.

 

And if there isn't.

 

If the snake oil you're selling is that your a great guy but it turns out you're a dick... you likely end up out on your ass.

 

Well imagine how bad it is for Jody to move her ass for once

 

You could tell in press conferences, how Olshey was a dick to the reporters for asking legitimate critical questions. He must be a horrible boss and a bad human being.

 

Those reporters needed to be shoved in lockers and bullied more in high school according to some of our fellow posters. Oh. And it was ridiculous to call out Neil.

 

God. So much excuses for this franchise. Go ahead waste our time on this when we have bigger things to worry about

 

Sly tried to hire an independent investigator to look into allegations of me being a dick, but I told him to save his money. I already know I’m an asshole

 

his job is to create a bball team, not to be nice to anyone

"mental and physical stress", that shit is hilarious, its not his fault that there are some mentally fragile people... you dont like it, quit!

 

bit rich coming from jody isnt it?

 

Pathetic would be Canzano's version. He would have the same story followed by 8-10 paragraphs of naked speculation.