Quick: Assistants Dean Demopoulos And Joe Prunty "Will Not Be Retained"
Jason Quick of The Oregonian writes that there will indeed be big-time turnover on Nate McMillan's coaching staff this offseason.
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Sources say lead assistant Dean Demopoulos and assistant Joe Prunty will not be retained, which comes after assistant Monty Williams left the team to become the head coach of New Orleans.
McMillan on Sunday said he is "looking to make changes" with his staff but refused to say which coaches will be replaced. When asked if Demopoulos and Prunty were given two weeks notice earlier this month, McMillan was short.
"I don’t want to go into that,’’ McMillan said.
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After Nate McMillan previously denied to Joe Freeman that Bernie Bickerstaff had been added to his staff, Quick writes that both Bickerstaff and his son, John-Blair, are likely to join McMIllan's staff.
Demopolous was given a phone interview with the Atlanta Hawks before they promoted assistant Larry Drew to their head coaching position over the weeekend.
Prunty's name came up last week as a possible assistant for Avery Johnson's staff in New Jersey.
On this week's podcast Dave and Casey touch a little bit on what turnover on the coaching staff might mean.
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and no one saw this coming really?
uh look at the seahawks folks!
by HurricaneDayne on Jun 13, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Not a surprise to me.
I’ve been writing for a few weeks that this will be a summer of big change for the Blazers. I suspect Nate had to agree to change his coaching staff or he would have lost his job this month. I think Paul Allen has grown impatient (perhaps in no small part a result of his own health problems) and is determined to get or at least contend for the prize that has eluded him for 22 years. I believe he is going All-in on the Blazers this year, which started with significantly overpaying Marcus Camby to sign an extension before he could become a free agent (a great move, but he still had to over pay him to do it).
I’m sure Paul already knows who his next GM is going to be and he is just waiting for that person’s current contract to expire. Then watch out. It’s going to get interesting around here. Roy and Oden will be back next year, beyond that ….
"Brandon eats first around here" - KP
by BlazerFanSince1970 on Jun 13, 2010 2:07 PM PDT reply actions
BTW, I'm not saying they are blowing up the team. Just that everyone else is now tradable for the right player(s).
"Brandon eats first around here" - KP
by BlazerFanSince1970 on Jun 13, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
That brings up an interesting point regarding KP:
What if KP was asked to trade Roy and stuck to his guns saying something like, “Brandon is our guy, he’s my guy. I believe in him to my gut core. If you’re going trade him away from the Trail Blazers, you’ll have to do it with another GM.”
Aannnnnd, MISTER Allen called his bluff.
Makes as much sense as anything with the lack if intel on the KP sitch.
"I come to you now, at the turn of the tide." -- Brandon "Gandalf" Roy, April 24th, 2010
Good theory...
I think the “big disagreement on a favorite player of the owner” theory has merit. Now, which player and who tried to trade him or wouldn’t trade him is an unknown, but it makes sense it was something like that.
I think part of the problem with KP
is that he had too many “favorite” players and not all of them can be keepers
kind of like the kid who brings stray pets home and before you know it, you’re breeding a menagerie?
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I agree
I’ve been speculating on the idea of PA’s health, and that obviously he knows a lot more about it than we do. He’s going all out for a championship now and getting rid of anyone who could stand in his way (ie. anyone who is working to make the team great for the future).
This is panic mode, and it’s not going to be pretty.
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After 22 years of waiting, I doubt Paul would consider it panic mode.
I think he looks at the style of play of this team and asks the same questions many of us do. Are we ever going to contend for a championship playing iso offense and getting very few easy baskets? I think Nate is on thin ice, and probably only survived because we won 50 games with all the injuries, and agreed to bring on an entirely new coaching staff. But I suspect if we get off to bad start next year, Nate will be gone before any of the players are.
"Brandon eats first around here" - KP
by BlazerFanSince1970 on Jun 13, 2010 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm saying
he’s trying for a championship before he passes. Isn’t it crazy to think Nate’s on thin ice (which I agree with, especially given these recent shenanigans) since he’s done such a phenomenal job.
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I kinda agree
I don’t think though PA is forcing Nate to make this move. Earlier in the season, I remember hearing on one of the local shows as one of Nate’s assistants, I think Monty, was coming to the defense of the coach. Nate had been taking heat by some of the fans (more than usual) about the teams shot selection, and specifically the number of three pointers we take considering we don’t attempt many shots in general. The assistant said that it was actually their job to let the coach know when the team begins to take too many outside shots per quarter/game, so it wasn’t necessarily Nate’s job. Needless to say that Nate wasn’t happy about all the criticism. I remember the assistant saying that Nate called them out. They need to have the balls to tell him when he needs to switch it up. I don’t know if anybody else noticed, but since about Jan. this team didn’t rely on the 3 ball as much as it did. I found it interesting though cuz this is not really a coach that puts it out there like that, at least from what I can tell. There are probably other things that caused the firings that we don’t know about, but I think this was more Nate’s call than PA.
I do agree though that Nate may not necessarily make it through the season. I think it has more to do with the fact that Nate’s been the one asking for more veteran help i.e. trade some of this young talent for proven players, and I gotta believe PA is down with that idea. That’s why I believe for now KP is on the hot seat and PA is still giving Nate one more chance.
I highly doubt PA is in panic mode
I think BlazerFan Since 1970 may be very right about everything in this post
I think Nate’s job may have only been saved because he pulled out the magic 50 with over 300,000 lost player-games this last season. Without a healthy Oden, the entire ship is getting blown up, on the fast-tip, and Nate may be the first to go.
"I come to you now, at the turn of the tide." -- Brandon "Gandalf" Roy, April 24th, 2010
That scares me a little.
Like I’ve said before, I’d “like” to win a championship (major understatement, of course). But I’d also like to do it with our current “culture.” If PA is going “all out” and doing everything he can to win a championship, what cost will it come at? If we get Warkentein and he makes us the Jail Blazers 2.0, I don’t know if I’d be able to throw the same support behind them that I do to the current team. And it wouldn’t be fair to Roy and Aldridge to have to play on a team with a load of goons, either.
In other thoughts, it seems odd that PA would choose to start this restructuring by firing Tom Penn, our salary cap guy…
There is a happy medium
Between a pack of felons and a boy scout troop.
These guys don’t have to be perfect, I just don’t want to be embarrassed every time I open a newspaper.
Quite frankly, I think the pendulum has swung too far the other way as a knee-jerk reaction to the jailblazers era, this team is woefully short of attitude or toughness and if I had to choose between a bunch of nice guys that never go anywhere but early exits in the playoffs and a mix of nice and nasty that makes a serious title run, then give me the second option every day, all day and twice on Sunday.
I think this is an accurate read on the situation
and not one I like. I just hope we don’t see a shortsighted, O’Neal for DD type trade involving this team, but it’s in the realm of possibility
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by blazeraddict on Jun 13, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
There's only one player on this roster who's got the potential to truly blow up like Jermaine O'Neal, ...
but even more so than him. I, too, hope the ballclub doesn’t move Greg Oden in an aimless, haphazard trade. Yet, if Paul Allen is foolishly calling the shots regarding player personnel in slipshod fashion, then all sorts of chaos may ensue.
I find your take a plausible one - there is ample evidence of a shake up in process
A lot of wild speculation going on for sure.
But I can see PA getting impatient. And if the GM is changing, coach could easily be in an uncertain spot.
And, maybe the assistants going is actually allowing them to get on with their own job search, in light of an uncertain future of the head coach. All this Nate changing under pressure, if there is that much pressure, he would be a proxy head coach. I have doubts he needs to put up with that. Blaming his own assistants would be really weak, and I am not convinced he is doing that.
Hopefully PA understands we are not THAT far from contending, and we don’t need a big player shakeup, which is my feeling for sure. We do need some superior health maintenance, where ideas have been put forth a-la Phoenix’s system.
I stay hopefully optimistic. I am impatient too. Just waiting and watching.
"You be realistic," Oden said. "I’m going to stay happy. All right?"
let the speculation begin
Terry porter? Juwan Howard? and the state of Mo’s health is still unknown
by southern oregon on Jun 13, 2010 2:16 PM PDT reply actions
I think they are just killing two birds with one stone, per se.
-I think that Monty needs assistants in NO and could perhaps be interested in acquiring Dean D.
-I think Avery Johnson may pick up Joe Prunty.
-I think after losing Monty, Nate is cordially letting his guys go and in the meantime just looking to upgrade/find familiar people to help him in/with his system.
Being a Blazer fan is not exactly healthy.
How many staff members are you allowed to have?
Monty Williams, Mo Lucas, Dean D, Joe Prunty, Bill Bayno, Kaleb C.
We just lost 4 of those and are looking at 2 new members in Bernie and JB Bickerstaff.
Who are other possible assistants? I’d guess more on the radar people.
Being a Blazer fan is not exactly healthy.
No limit, far as I know.
Dallas has ton of people on their staff, from my memories.
"I think he’s been doing some good things. I think he’s been doing some good things. He’s had to play a lot of minutes lately with Blake being out. I think he’s been doing some good things." -Nate McMillan
theres no limit
but there is a limit to how many you can have on the bench.
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by Philthyanimal on Jun 13, 2010 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions
well, there is a limit
on how many can sit in the first row…gotta keep those high-profile seats open for Dyan Cannon and her buddies
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I've since deleted the fanshot I created, I figured we may as well keep all the conversation in one place. :)
Thanks for the shout out though.
Kind of in the same boat. He looked lost when filling in for Nate.
Being a Blazer fan is not exactly healthy.
lol. he def looked the part... but.... yeah....
Treat people well because Karma can hit you at any second.
Maybe this means the offense will be less risk-averse
Since Dean was keeping track of turnovers for Nate
I’ve been strongly requesting changes to the assistant coaching staff for awhile (Tom Thibodeau…sigh) because I thought it was unlikely yhat the axe would fall on Nate, even after the team failed to advance in the playoffs, again. As David Aldridge wrote back in March, Allen and the Vulcans are “McMillian believers” from his days with the Sonics, so it will take another disappointing post season before his job is in jeopardy. It’s easier to roll-over the staff, and from all appearances Nate is getting to pick who he wants, which could mean the same old same old system with new faces in suits on the bench
I keep hoping that Portland will bring in some innovative offensive and defensive assistants because the team’s system has grown stale and uninteresting to watch, even for diehard Blazer fans like most of us here
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I hope
this shakes everyone up……I will be curious to see what type of offense/defense Monty runs with New Orleans….and the changes he will make…my feelings aren’t hurt with any or all of the coaches gone….and next year Nate…..it may be you….set your starting team at the start of the season please so they can PLAY TOGETHER FROM THE START….tell your star that he needs to learn how to play and use to his advantage his big man..and make sure he does it…and Nate…get a boundary with Brandon will ya….take the keys to the bus away from him for a while will ya…I like team basketball ..okay….that’s all.
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Is there possibility Nate deserves some credit
For his willingness to adjust course and due what he sees is necessary to better his team and system?
by BatumShakalaka88 on Jun 13, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Links to all the teams Bernie Bickerstaff has head coached thanks to basketball-reference
06-07 Charlotte Bobcats Record: 33-49
05-06 Charlotte Bobcats Record: 26-56
04-05 Charlotte Bobcats Record: 18-64
98-99 Washington Wizards(Partial season) Record: 13-19
97-98 Washington Wizards Record: 42-40
96-97 Washington Bullets (Partial season) Record: 22-13
96-97 Denver Nuggets (Partial season) Record: 4-9
95-96 Denver Nuggets Record: 35-47
94-95 Denver Nuggets Record: 20-12
89-90 Seattle Supersonics Record: 41-41
88-89 Seattle Supersonics (76 Games) Record: 46-30
87-88 Seattle Supersonics Record: 44-38
86-87 Seattle Supersonics Record: 39-43
85-86 Seattle Supersonics Record: 31-51
Ugh.. I just noticed I could just link to this page… Bernie Bickerstaff
Being a Blazer fan is not exactly healthy.
He's coached Juwan Howard during his time in Washington. That's funny.
Being a Blazer fan is not exactly healthy.
Bernie Bickerstaff was team president of the Denver Nuggets from July of 1990 through February of ...
1997, too, as well as executive vice president of the Charlotte Bobcats from November of 2003 through May of 2008.
Not the kind of upgrade I was looking for...
Not even if you throw in his son… which is ridiculous nepotism…
Replacing 2/3 of the staff isn't a shakeup-it's a DRIVE BY !
Seriously,some interesting quotes.
"I want to add more experience on the sidelines with me,’’ McMillan said. "I’m really happy with my group (of assistants) but we don’t have much with head coaching experience…"
So happy I’m replacing 2/3s of them.
No head coaching experience but one was just hired to coach NO and another had an interview w/Atl.
Possible interpretations-
1) I need help figuring out stuff,like how to attack a zone and get the ball to a center
2) Nate was told either bring a possible replacement on board or take a hike
3) Nate really wants to upgrade his staff.
“I told them if they are not happy, if they want more, that there are opportunities out there to pursue,’’
AKA,you’re either with me,or against me.
“Earlier this month McMillan refuted a report that Bickerstaff had been added to his staff. He said that statement was made in response to a question of whether he had been hired.”
Truespeak at it’s finest
“I want to add more experience on the sidelines with me,’’ McMillan said. “I’m really happy with my group (of assistants) but we don’t have much with head coaching experience…”
I would like to add some people who have been demoted to assistant coach. That sounds like a recipe for a winning staff.
If they got the opportunity to become a head coach
then they were a damn good Assistant Coach, just not a good Head Coach.
Also let’s not think Nate would not have kept Maurice Lucas around if his health was permitting. I certainly hope they are able to keep him around the team in some capacity. He can only be a positive influence to the team.
by BatumShakalaka88 on Jun 13, 2010 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
My take? Sneaky Vulcans....
They bring NAte into the office, and say, NAte, we’ll give you a chance – 1 more year – but they make him hire certain people… like (ugh) Bernie… and let them get rid of guys, like they have, and… say that “I want more guys with HEAD Coaching Experience on the bench with me”! Wow.
Now, the sneaky part is, I think “hiring others with head coaching experience” is the Vulcan’s way to have a new, ready captain if Paul has to take Mr. Sonic out. (perhaps one of the Vulcan’s isn’t down with Mr Sonic and hatched this awesome plan?)
Anyway, I’m the eternal “Change is Good” optimist. Even freakin Bernie B has to realize the speed on this club… And if he can teach D, he’ll have my support….
“Change is Good”… maybe That should be my entry in the slogan contest…
This AM on the MSP
Antonio Harvey said that Bernie’s team have averaged 113 ppg while he was the head coach
And some of those teams had young/marginal NBA talent
(So, perhaps the Blazers will make into the mid-20s in the pace index instead of finishing 30th again, this year?)
Bickerstaff is not the defensive guru, though. That guy needs to be found before I’ll be satisifed with this coaching staff rollover
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Bernie Bickerstaff will likely bring in his so-called defensive mind, Gary Kloppenburg, who's no ...
good in my book. As it is, there won’t be any real change regarding coaching philosophy until there’s a complete overhaul in which Nate McMillan is shown the door.
Well, from what the guys on the radio are saying
Paul is giving Nate one last chance, this is the shot across the bow. It only makes sense (human nature wise) that McMillian would choose coaches that he’s familiar with to make his last stand. I’m still holding out hope that they can get Casey away from the Mavs, instead of Gary K, but we’ll see how it goes. There’s no doubt that if you used to work for the Sonics, it gives you a leg up with the big boss
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Its seems obvious to me
Nates tenure here is now limited. He will be lucky to make it through next season. And just to put it another way, we are losing the best coach and GM and all these assistant coaches, plus Penn—with Nate on thin ice, we have nothing left…sheesh, Ive seen things go down hill fast, but this is an avalanche of destruction—the ruination of our team.
Why Why Why? We cant have confident players now, they all have to be looking over their shoulders, wondering when they are next to get the boot! Geez, I truly could run a team better than whoever is making the decisions. PA must be on some heavy duty medicine to let all this go down!
One minute we are the hottest, young, up and coming team in the league and now weve been hit with a nuke! Say good bye to winning, hello to losing…oh and playoffs —forget about it.
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by cavejunctionblazer on Jun 13, 2010 4:42 PM PDT reply actions
I bet Bernie Bickerstaff, John-Blair Bickerstaff, and Gary Kloppenburg will be the new assistant coaches.
Oh, and if that’s indeed the case, then it’ll just be a matter of how the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Yet, if the incoming assistant coaching staff is instead a collection of people with no prior working experience with McMillan, then all bets are off in my book.
Yeah, they both had San Antonio Spurs connections.
I’m not so sure about Monty Williams, but Joe Prunty was a Kevin Pritchard hire.
And it is looking increasingly unlikely that there will too many more of those.
Kinda too bad that we won’t have as many guys with the Pops connection.
Here's an interesting take
From Portland Rounball Society:
“Now, this is just conjecture, but it seems to me that the addition of Bickerstaff, the addition of someone with a great deal of front office and personnel experience, is exactly the type of addition that a coach might make if he anticipated broadening his role. If Kevin Pritchard really is on his way out, perhaps Nate McMillan envisions stepping into Pritchard’s shoes, taking on more of a Greg Popovich style role with more input on personnel decisions. Could this be the real reason behind McMillan’s refusal to take a long term contract extension?”
http://www.portlandroundballsociety.com/
I could see Bernie Bickerstaff replacing Kevin Pritchard, with Nate McMillan preferring that setup due ...
to him and Bickerstaff having a long-running relationship with each other. Yet, I don’t envision Nate McMillan taking on any front office title himself; that just isn’t his style. Nevertheless, there’s no doubting that McMillan most likely wants more input regarding player personnel decisions. McMillan could achieve that objective by having a lacky, Bickerstaff, as de facto GM.
Nevertheless, there’s no doubting that McMillan most likely wants more input regarding player personnel decisions.
Out with the uptempo “second unit” players who don’t mesh with the starters. In with a 3-man rotation at the guard position and the 4-5
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If it was all up to me, the whole basketball operations department and coaching staff would be ...
blown right out of the water. You’d see Dennis Lindsey as GM, Jeff Van Gundy as head coach, and possibly guys like Lawrence Frank and Andy Greer — as well as potentially Kevin O’Neill, although he’s reportedly happy as head coach of the rebuilding USC basketball program — assisting JVG.
Yet, I’m not Paul Allen. I’m not Bert Kolde, either. Heck, I’m not even Larry Miller. I’m just me, which means little to nothing.
On a side note, here’s a remarkably interesting read pertaining to why Van Gundy stepped down as Houston Rockets coach a few years ago. It had less to do with anything between the front office and the coaching staff, but rather the owner, Les Alexander, wanting to see a different style of basketball on the court than Van Gundy was willing to provide him.
those darn owners, what do they know?
other than how to make money and CTC
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I see this as a potential good thing. Someone ( perhaps Nate himself ) is unhappy with Portland's predictable offense and easy to exploit defense.
Maybe this is Nate saying he realizes he needs to change to help take this team to the next level.
Or maybe Paul just doesn’t like them and decided to shoot a hostage.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
Glad to see this... I had the same take
I grumble a lot at Nate during the season but the man seems very serious about improving himself as a coach.
A more charitable read on this is as you mention: with Monty gone Nate is looking to change/upgrade his system. For example, I saw Dem. constantly cited as the guy with the “no turnover” rule to the detriment of the pace of the system. Now he’s gone.
I very much like the idea of Nate trying to take control of things and evolve.
Here’s hoping the training/medical staff takes a few changes, too.
Buck Williams for the hall of fame
IF Nate is going to shake his staff up, who would be a good candidate / improvement over, Dean, Joe, and Maurice
Could Pritchard / McMillan convince David Robinson to to come to the team? What a great influence / style of play for Oden to emulate.
We need an offensive guru, not quite sure who that would be. Ideas?
Long shot, but is there any chance Byron Scott would want to come on as Lead Asst.?
and someone with some grit to them, someone who will help instill a dominant attitude with the team, in support of Nate’s demeanor.
by BatumShakalaka88 on Jun 13, 2010 6:30 PM PDT reply actions
From what I can tell, David Robinson has absolutely no desire to coach anywhere and is content being ...
an ambassador of sorts for the San Antonio Spurs. More importantly, though, is that Robison has a real life outside of basketball, which involves running his private equity firm known as the Admiral Capital Group.
since Dwane Casey didn't get the ATL job
He might be another candidate for Nate’s staff, if he doesn’t receive a better offer
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Dwane Casey already has a nice assistant coaching gig, so that's a no-go.
Besides, Casey is technically a branch of the George Karl coaching tree — while Nate McMillan is a branch of the Bernie Bickerstaff coaching tree — and is currently an assistant coach next to another Karl protege, Terry Stotts, with the Dallas Mavericks.
Maviercks head coach Rick Carlisle has an odd set of Seattle SuperSonics ties, too, since he was a color commentator for the ballclub — while announcing alongside legendary play-by-play man Kevin Calabro — during the 2000-2001 season.
Unless Mark Cuban tells Rick he needs to shake up his coaching staff, too
Then Dwayne could wind up like Demo, looking for a landing zone
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True, anything is possible.
Regarding Dean Demopoulos, I’ll be interested to see what becomes of him. Heck, it isn’t at all too far-fetched to even see him return to the college ranks.
that's what I was thinking
after all of those years with Don Chaney, someone should give him a shot. But the Duck’s job was already filled and most of the other schools filled their big chair a few months back
But I heard that Michigan State could have an opening for a head coach, pretty soon…
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If by Don Chaney you mean John Chaney, then yes.
Regardless, it’ll be interesting to see where Dean D. lands.
Don Chaney was an NBA guard for the Celtics and others
that’s not the first time I’ve gotten them mixed up, and it (probably) won’t be the last
Then of course there’s Lon Chaney…
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that would depend
on Dean’s relationship with John Drew
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I think that someone within the Atlanta Hawks large ownership group ...
made the call to promote Larry Drew from assistant coach to head coach.
If it was completely up to GM Rick Sund, I bet he’d’ve instead hired Dwane Casey for the head coaching job. That’s just conjecture by me, though.
Not sure if he's a coach, but...
wouldn’t you love to see Hakeem Olajuwon working with LMA and GO? Mmmm…
...and Nic and Bayless
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She touched my hand what a chill I got
Her LIPS* are like a volcano that’s hot
I’m proud to say she’s my buttercup
I’m in love
I’m all shook up
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!
My tongue gets tied when I try to speak
My insides shake like a leaf on a tree
There’s only one cure for this BODY* of mine
That’s to have the girl that I love so fine!
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But sa a fan, I feel like this Cars song
she shadows me in the mirror
she never leaves on the light
and some things that I say to her
they just don’t seem to bite
it’s all mixed up
it’s all mixed up
it’s all mixed up
she tricks me into thinkin’
I can’t believe my eyes
I wait for her forever
but she never does arrive
it’s all mixed up
it’s all mixed up
it’s all mixed up
she says to leave it to me
(leave it to me)
everything’ll be alright
(be alright)
she says to leave it to me
(leave it to me)
everything’ll be alright
she’s always out makin’ pictures
she’s always out makin’ scenes
she’s always out the window
when it comes to makin’ dreams
it’s all mixed up
it’s all mixed up
it’s all mixed up
she says to leave it to me
(leave it to me)
everything’ll be alright
(be alright)
she says to leave it to me
(leave it to me)
everything’ll be alright
(be alright)
she says to leave it to me
(leave it to me)
everything’ll be alright
(be alright)
she says to leave it to me, yeah
(leave it to me)
everything’ll be alright
(be alright)
if you leave it to me
(leave it to me)
everything’ll be alright
(be alright)
yeah, if you leave it to me
(leave it to me)
(be alright)
(be alright)
(be alright)
(be alright)
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Calm Down...
It pains me to quote Larry Miller…but in this case? We shouldn’t be jumping to conclusion based on speculation.
Paul Allen is in Panic Mode?
Nate’s on his way out?
Oh really?
What we know in relationship to this is that Monty Williams left because he got the opportunity to be a head coach. He wasn’t kicked out, fired, let go, …he earned an opportunity and he took it.
The only other thing we know? Dean and Prunty will not be back.
Everything else is pure speculation…and IMO a lot of it is pretty poor speculation.
There’s no evidence that any of this happened because of anyones dislike for McMillan. Or that it represents the “reality” that Nates on the way out.
Furthermore, Paul Allen has been the owner of The Blazers most of my adult life, I’ve watched him change over the years.
It’s my speculation that for men as powerful and wealthy as Paul Allen who ARE use to getting whatever they want..whenever they want it…part of the allure of owning a sports team is the very fact that it provides unpredictable variables and an ultimate prize that can’t be bought.
Dean and Prunty are being let go and so now Paul Allen is in this failing health, panic mode existence…he want’s to win now?
Well let me tell you. Paul Allens goal has always been to win. He pretty much tried the let’s break the bank, I’ll pay anything to win approach when Bob Whittsit was here. And guess what? It didn’t work. So excuse me if I don’t think the non-retention of two assistant coaches and even the potential letting go of KP, doesn’t mean Paul Allen is about to do something he should know wouldn’t work anyway.
Yes, this is an off-season with more managerial wheels in spin than The Blazers have had in a long time. I’m not saying it’s not significant that Dean and Prunty are being let go.
Having said that? What it IS might be just what it is…nothing more, nothing less. But people speculating that this is reflective of some personal agenda of Paul Allens based on outside speculation on his health and how he might be reacting to his existance and shared human mortality are gazing a little too deeply in that plastic Magic Eight Ball. Just shake it, wait for the plastic dice to raise up in the window and “Try Again”.
"Mother Nature started this fight, I think it's about time we ended it!"
by Krang on Jun 14, 2010 2:24 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Brian T Smith was on with Barrett last week
Smith is the only beat writer who thinks that KP’s job is just “in limbo” and that he may not be replaced as GM
I don’t agree with this conclusion, but that’s how Brian is connecting the dots after talking to his sources
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
He pretty much tried the let’s break the bank, I’ll pay anything to win approach when Bob Whittsit was here. And guess what? It didn’t work
The problem is, if Allen rehires Wark to be the GM, Blazer fans will jump to the conclusion that the Trader Bob era with all of it’s goblins is back, and the roster will be as gangstah as ever
it ain’t necessarily so
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
it may not have worked, but it was the right move at the time
Whitsitt took an aging roster on it’s way down in the mid-90s and transformed it into a title contender in less than 5 years – all without missing the playoffs. We didn’t end up winning a title, mostly because we ran into one of the all-time great teams of the modern era, but it was still a chance worth taking. Whitsitt is so vilified now, and he certainly made some mistakes along the way. But for that time and that team, his approach was absolutely the right one. And it came within 10 minutes and 30 seconds of working out perfectly.
What was the alternative? Watch the team slide into oblivion as Clyde, Terry, Jerome and crew got older and older each year?
"I want to be traded to a contender" is almost always code-speak for "I'm a loser."
-Dave, 2/5/2010: http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/2/5/1297509/no-amore-for-amare
Not trying...
..to reignite a debate over the Whittsit era, or even the Jail Blazers Era..just saying that I don’t think Paul Allen should think, that he can buy a championship. Being an owner as long as he has been, of both The Blazers and Seahawks he should know by now that a championship trophy is one of the few things you can’t just write a check to obtain.
Some people seem to be suggesting that Deans and Pruntys non-retention is indicative that Paul Allen is on a “Spuce Goose” quest with The Blazers…I disagree.
"Mother Nature started this fight, I think it's about time we ended it!"
Right on Krang!
The voice of reason. Thanks. Also, folks, keep these changes in perspective. Our changes are so minor compared to what so many teams are going through this summer. How would we feel if Roy or Oden were free agents, looking to move? New owners, new head coaches, possible free agent signings, lottery draft picks coming on board or being traded, sign and trades, etc. Our asst. coaching changes aren’t real earth shaking in comparison. Even KPs travails are not necessarily that big of a deal. He isn’t perfect. We don’t know why, and we won’t know. PA has always tried to win. Truly, the most important issue the Blazers have to deal with at this time is PAs health. My thoughts are with you, KP.
Correction
Although my thoughts are somewhat with KP, I meant to say my thoughts are with
Correction again!
My thoughts are with PA, not KP.
I think they are panicking.
Last season was a freak of nature. I guess this isn’t that big a deal…but if they sign Lebron, I’m going to scream.
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