I'm Tired

But the teeming hordes are not. We’ll likely have to deal with this till the Blazers win a really big game, like Dallas.

I feel the exact same way. Whether KP stays or goes at this point to me is irrelevant. Obviously I would like KP to stay and we as fans should back him in every way possible, but if making 100 fanpost’s that say the same exact thing is backing him than I’m not willing.

I think it’s more of an “Internet” than a “Blazers” phenomenon: caffeine-fueled hordes hunched over their keyboards waiting to get set off by the latest crisis or perceived slight. The Blazers just have a large horde.

But yeah, for me it’s not fun – not the actual reality of whatever politics are going on, nor the frantic jumping-to-conclusions and gnashing of teeth you see on here.

It’s just basketball, let’s enjoy it…

And we need to crush the opponent.

…this thing pops up in the stretch where the Blazers play like 3 games in two weeks, and just after other locals sports scandals had just finished…the next game can’t come soon enough.

Jerryd Bayless is boring, and that goes for the rest of the clean living Trail Blazers. When the best you’ve got on the guy is that he can’t shoot from the arc, how fun is that? Thank god for Big Oden’s member.
They’re in eighth place. When they barely got by GSW and the Bullets, during their last streak, well, a fool’s gold run, it seemed to be.

In the face of what is likely, an early playoff exit, this front office melodrama really stokes the fire.

Aren’t the Vulcans only there to further PA’s stated interests? They are his Mr. Smiths, are they not?

my escape from daily life (Blazers) sometimes seems the opposite. Back to the game folks…

   I posted as much in response to “A team gone wrong”.

  “I don’t know. To be honest I’m tired. And Sports as entertainment isn’t suppose to make you tired. It’s suppose to be "fun" diversion. I really thought we had moved past the years where The Blazers were primarily a local Soap Opera. Where the discussion was based on non-basketball related actions.”

   I don’t know who to blame, I suspect it’s a little of everyone and everything. It’s the media, it’s the franchise, and it’s the fans.

   While I too get tired, and am tired, it’s a double edged sword. The fanatical support The Blazers get, the microscopic attention is part of the fabric of being a Blazer fan. It’s a dsyfunctional relationship, but it is part of the equation.

   I have family members that have moved away from Oregon. When they visit they are always amazed at the coverage The Blazers get in comparison to sports teams from there newly adopted states. My Dad even once commented that did I realize in San Diego they pretty much just reported on The Players and The Games.

   I get tired of it, but I don’t know if I really would want it any other way. The ridiculously high standards of Blazer fans, the microscopic attention, the passion and fury that attends to The Blazers, creates the enviroment of Soap Opera BUT also is a part of what makes being a Blazer fan so great.

  Yes, in most cities I think the firing of Tom Penn and the comments of an agent for a GM would be met with a morning swig of coffee and a big yawn. In Portland? It launches a wild fire of speculation and angst…..tiring….but almost a genetic part of following The Blazers.

  Having said this, I don’t know if we could of avoided most of this attention. The firing of Tom Penn was sudden and timed badly. The following comments made by Penn and Pritchards mutual agent were kindling to an always ready to burn media. The Blazers “let’s calm everyone down” Press Conference was a blue print for how to get everyone riled up. This whole exercise has been like watching someone try to put out a fire with firehoses filled with gasoline.

  If the team can play well, and make some noise in the post season, I think this will die down. Once the season and post season end….it will all re-awaken, given Larry Millers post-ponement of any real answers with the now fabled…“We will evaluate at the end of the season”.

  I suggest we all take Larrys advice…The Blazers can evaluate at the seasons end…and so can we fans. I’m tired…but I’ll be watching intently this post season to try and get a feel as to what condition the management of this team is really in.

A lot of people ARE interested in this “Stuff”

In fact I would venture to say the majority of people ARE, and of the people on Blazersedge, I’d guess closer to 90% of people are.

I understand why you are not. And I think that is great for all of you who agree with him. In fact I’m jealous. I wish I didn’t care about the future of my franchise like you don’t just so I don’t have to listen to the bad news. If you truly don’t care about TP and potentially KP getting fired and the reprocussions that will come, including the revealing stories about Paul Allen (our OWNER) that are bound to come out…well…I really have to question your long-term devotion to the Blazers franchise as a whole.