I don’t know if he will be better than KP who I thought did a great job, but we shall see. I am somewhat nervous that we appear to be doing nothing despite his acknowledgment that this team as constructed will not win a title. Wait till next year only works for so long folks, BRoy is in his prime now, we cannot waste anymore time if we truly want to see a winner in PDX.

Can you bake a champion, darling Richie?

If you bake a champion

We will jump and shout WE’VE WON!

But we’ll still ream you if you make a trade we don’t like.

There’s no questioning Cho’s sincerity when he says things like this, and he’s obviously very smart. Is he an upgrade over KP? Time will tell. But I’m so relieved Allen & Co. lucked out and found Rich Cho. I’d just about resigned myself to the Blazers hiring a hack GM. Danny Ferry? Ughh.

Boston Writer…indepth conversation and look at Cho’s history.

Oregonian…Cho Orders carefully at restaurants….

Why do I have a Boston Paper to thank for finally feeling I know Cho better?

However, the more I find out about Rich Cho, the more comfortable I am about the future of this franchise, assuming that Cho is given the autonomy necessary to execute his plans.

I just watched a documentary on RiCho’s homeland, Burma (Myanmar). It was called Burma VJ, and it was about their 2nd attempted peaceful revolution against the military dictatorship that has run that country for 40+ years.

The first, in ‘88, ended with the massacre of 3,000 unarmed civilians in the streets of Rangoon. The second, and the subject of the film, ended with the kidnapping (and probable execution) of hundreds of monks, who had joined the civilian protests. It’s a miracle that any footage of the event made it out of the country, as they had closed their borders to the media.

The footage that they did get was from a group called the Democratic Voice of Burma, which was composed of a small band of brave souls who hid camcorders in backpacks and plastic bags, then transmitted their recordings via satellite to Sweden, where they were broadcast to the rest of the world.

The film is unfortunately yet another nail in the coffin of a peaceful revolution against a military dictatorship, but it is important to watch all the same. I’ll be excited to see what the living revolutionaries do with their time, because it’s obvious they’re not simply going to lay down their cameras and quietly disappear into the night. Last word was they had fled into the countryside… Sounds like step one in a guerrilla revolution to me.

Successful leader? That’s another story. But personally, I’d rather have a likable leader than a successful one.

First time I’ve read that Cho ‘aggresively chased the job’. Interesting….