Michael: (speakin of comcast) A BUNCH OF P.O’d FANS.

Just give us our Blazer games already. Get the deal done and fire whoever you want.

On the other hand, why fire Cousy and not that lame guy Tommy Heinsohn who is almost as old.

Picture this: your shiny new MBA diploma is hanging on your office wall as you IM the cute receptionist about your promotion to “Head of Programming” and you can’t wait to lease that new, black Escalade. You and your shallow, brainless friends’ heads are full of Saturday night fantasies and the last twelve YouTube skateboarding vids you stumbled across.

Someone sticks his head into your office and asks, “Hey- who’s the geezer doing commentary for the Celtic games?” and you don’t know, so you text the deputy administrative vice president in charge of post production continuity, and he tells you it’s Cousy.

“Fire him,” you say, gazing out the office door at Daisy, who’s bending over to pick up her nail file.

This, my friend, is a day in the life of Comcast, cable provider and information strangler to the masses; mindless bulldozer of tradition. Sports? IRRELEVANT!

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And I for one welcome our new Comcast overlords.

Sure Cousy is old. Being let go isn’t great, but this wasn’t well handled.

I hate comcast, I hate that they make me buy their service because I am too loyal of a blazer fan. So, I try to piss them off as much as possible. Comcast does everything on a pro rated system. If you pay for nbatv simply because you want that extra game or two a wewek, I am right there with you. I just call up the day of the game, initiate the nbatv package, watch the games and then cancel it that night. I get charged for one day which is like 30 cents. The same goes with the movie channels but unfortunately, it doesn’t work for nba league pass.

If I am going out of town for the weekend, I cancel my internet and downgrade my cable. When they ask why I am doing it(which they normally do), I tell them that I am forced into subscribing to their service because of the fact they are strong arming blazer fans, and I am very unhappy about it(they don’t need to know I am starting it back up in a couple days). I ask them to make a note and file a complaint(not sure if they do).

My dvr stopped working in the middle of an osu game a couple weeks ago, and I had to get a new one. I talked to a supervisor and vented on the blazers situation and how much I hated comcast until they gave me 12 months free on my dvr rental(thats $13 per month).

If you have to cancel your service for any reason, make sure you tell them its because you refuse to support the company responsible for blacking out the blazers in many of your friends and families homes. Even if you are just moving, they don’t need to know that, the reason for anything you do is because comcast has terrible policies regarding the distribution of our blazers…

Basically, I penny pinch them for everything I can, and make it quite clear why I am doing so, and its not because I am frugal. Its because I hate what they are doing in regards to our blazers. Once the satellites do pick up CSN, you can bet the farm I am going to cancel comcast that same day. I hope many others will do the same….

at least you have the option. What pisses me off is that there are so many of us in areas that Comcast doesn’t service. We have no options.

Allowing Cousy to participate 10 games a season doesn’t even cause them much hassle. He’s a legend and the fans were lucky to see him every 8 games. Horrible decision…….

than in Boston. Green Bandwagon has one fanpost which includes this interesting quote “Cousy was incredibly positive last season and genuinely enjoyed being there. This wasn’t like previous seasons where he complained the whole time.” Maybe the complaining made it easier even though it appears it was in the past.

Also from the original story “Cousy said the three-man broadcast team was contrary to an NBA directive but the Celtics made an exception for him.”. NBA directive? Why?

P(.I think people are missing a couple points. Letting a legend like Cousy go is bad enough but what makes it worse is supposedly according to Cousy the way they let him go. You gonna cut a legend? You better have your top guy do it as professionally as possible. With a nice private meeting in the nicest place you can think of, with maybe a trophy, a plaque, and a nice big check saying Thank You for all you’ve done and meant to The Celtics and Comcast. You DON’T have an underling make a phone call and do it over the phone. Very poor form.

P(.Also it’s just my opinion but when it comes to a legend like Cousy? 80, 90 or 100, if he is still able to do the job at any viable capacity and still wants to do it? Then in my opinion, he get’s to do it.

P(.Cousy say’s when you’re 80 years old you lose leverage. Well I sure hope even at 80 the litterally thousands and thousands of Cousy fans could maybe show Comcast how much “leverage” might still exist for Cousy. In this case Cousy could use an assist and I’d hope the fans might give it to him.

A Comcast technician came to replace a faulty modem.
After spending an hour on hold with Comcast’s central office, he fell asleep on my couch.
I’ve been in my apartment for three weeks and my internet connection is still non-functional.
This is my tribute to Comcast, their low quality technology and their poor customer service.

And here’s the video. With Eels!

My subject is what my reply would be to what I’m about to say. I don’t like old people voices. Not joking, not trying to ruffle feather, I just don’t like them. I hate hearing Schonely on the Courtside podcasts and probably was the only person who was happy when he was purged. I can’t wait for Vin Scully to retire and and I was happy when Jack Buck retired. I never liked Harry Caray and my mom is a huge Cubs fan. My childhood memories are haunted with slobbery old voice. A wise man once said, “Can someone tell my why only dictators and broadcasters get to keep their jobs way past their prime?”

By also firing Tody and Michael from the Blazers studio show. If I have to hear the “tell them what they’ve won” garbage, I may be forced to execute my television. This may call for an angry mob.

Comcast has been running television ads on the Northern Oregon Coast, calling for people to pressure their local providers to buy Comcast’s services. How much is Comcast asking the locals to pay? Is it fair market value, or is it extortion, now that they hold exclusive rights to Blazer broadcasts?

Many people slept through high school lectures about the dangers of monopolies. How does it feel to be at the mercy of one now, sports fans?

Dear Paul Allen,

You’ve done an incredible job of turning around the Trail Blazer franchise. The fan base is back in droves, the prospect for revenues is good, and the future is bright. Why not buy back the cable rights from Comcast and independently negotiate with the local cable / satellite providers? It would be the absolute best public relations move any NBA owner has ever made; it would endear you forever to the many thousands of Oregonians and Washingtonians who follow the team; it would end up costing you less than Comcast asks, because you have a list of subscribers ready to pounce; and it would show your true commitment to the overall health of the product.

Just a thought.