Tom Penn Fired!?

Jason Quick is reporting on Oregon Live that Tom Penn has been fired by the Blazers organization.

almost 2 years ago cLaRkY 5 comments 5 recs |

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Whoa - very strange

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by Tiparillo on Mar 16, 2010 6:47 PM PDT reply actions

Very weird, all impressions is that they were happy with him.

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by mxpx5678 on Mar 16, 2010 6:53 PM PDT reply actions

Hmmmmmmm....thanks for the link Clarky. Good find.

I just don’t quite know what to think of this. Was it differences in philosophy? A perceived mistake? A huge argument? A strictly financial decision? ( very possible ) I hope he was smoking a cigarette right when they said “You’re fired!!”, and he put his cigarette out on the nice gold embroidered oak desk and screamed back “You can’t fire me!!! I quit!!!”

It will be interesting to hear what happened. My first impression is that losing him hurts us a little. Maybe not now that we are likely done making major draft day deals.

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by dario argento on Mar 16, 2010 6:57 PM PDT reply actions

To happen this suddenly.

My guess is personal indiscretion detrimental to the organization. Firing might be the easiest way to keep it quiet-ish.

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by T Darkstar on Mar 16, 2010 6:59 PM PDT reply actions

I still think losing him is HUGE

Penn has possibly the best knowledge of the salary cap (it’s rules, exceptions, loopholes etc.) of any non-GM front office guy in the league, and I think losing that knowledge will hurt.
Although it is a loss for the organization, I hope he finds his feet somewhere else and remains successful, but it would be interesting to get more information about the situation around this.
Hopefully Jason Quick and the rest of the Blazers writers can shed more light on the situation when they get more info.

by cLaRkY on Mar 16, 2010 7:04 PM PDT reply actions