Another Conference with Riley and Rowell coming up in person

by bojangles408 on Jun 5, 2009 6:17 PM PDT

As most of you know the Dubs organization held a conference call a few weeks ago with season ticket holders so that they can answer any questions that fans may have concerning the direction the team is headed. It was quite informative and good to hear from the front office actually speak to their beloved fans...

Anyways I just got off the phone with my sales guy again (8th time after season end) as he wanted to see what I thought about the call a few weeks back and then informed me the Warriors are having a forum that will be held in person Wed. 6/10 @ 6-8pm in Oakland with about 100 or so selected season ticket holders with guests. He said the forum will let the holders be able to ask any uncensored questions to the GM and Prez without Fitz screening the questions... uh oh! There will also be another one held the next day 6/11 not in Oakland... I forgot the city but it started with a "D" haha sorry guys.

Geez so what do you guys think about this? I'm scheduled to go to the one in Oakland and my sales guy said I can bring 1 guest for now but I can call him back to schedule even more friends to join if I wanted. I'm not sure how the selection process was but I guess I was lucky? One thing I know for sure, I'm going ALL OUT when I'm asking my question!

I really like the way the organization is handling themselves this off season. It seems they are finally learning from their mistakes and trying to interact more with their knowledgeable fan base. There really hasn't been a day where I haven't thought about the Warriors and I'm sure there are others here the same way so it's great to see the front office do these kinds of things. Maybe next they'll hold a poll to see which player we'd like to see be drafted!

This FanPost is a submission from a member of the mighty Golden State of Mind community. While we're all here to throw up that W, these words do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSoM Crew. Still, chances are the preceding post is Unstoppable Baby!

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yeah that would be nice to have a poll to see who we wanna draft

and i’m happy they are trying to talk to fans more

by GSW9 on Jun 5, 2009 6:28 PM PDT reply actions

another ploy to get people to renew their season tickets… instead of blowing all their money on setting up things like this & telling us how great next season will be in commercials, tell them to go buy some 1st round draft picks like the Trailblazers do.

by the evil monkey on Jun 5, 2009 7:23 PM PDT reply actions

Post your questions here then?

Without saying who is leaving, ideally how many new players will the roster have?

Chris Cohan and Robert Rowell? Oh no hide the children!

by Nuck Chorris on Jun 5, 2009 7:27 PM PDT reply actions

Ask about Baron and Bosh and what possible roster changes could affect this team in a positive way.

by GSW_fan on Jun 5, 2009 10:48 PM PDT reply actions

Doubt they would even let you see the back of their hand in that one.

They won’t even let you know what deck they’re playing with.

by phiLthyphiL on Jun 8, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Ask them do they see Ellis, Randoiph, and Andris as the future young core of this team and are they gonna build around them

by GSW9 on Jun 6, 2009 8:25 AM PDT reply actions

Ask them:

What will it take for you two to resign and for Cohan to sell the team.?

LeBron James? I'm the only Ty Crane.

by misterjennings on Jun 6, 2009 9:36 AM PDT reply actions

+ Infinity

by phiLthyphiL on Jun 8, 2009 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Be sure you wear some very high boots

And bring a shovel.

There's a party in my mind.
And I wish that I was there.

by qin on Jun 6, 2009 11:23 AM PDT reply actions

Re: I'm going ALL OUT when I'm asking my question!

Damn! You gonna use two question marks or something?

Reduce your carbon footprint, commit suicide.

by bloodsweatndonuts on Jun 6, 2009 12:43 PM PDT reply actions

Warriors are full of BS

They don’t actually care what the fans want. They don’t care primarily about winning – they care about filling seats.

Warriors haven’t made a good move since picking Randolph last year and keeping Morrow around.

Crawford trade was stupid.
Elton Brand max offer was stupid.
Gilbert Arenas max offer was stupid.
Maggette signing (at that price) was stupid.
Marcus Williams trade was stupid.
Pissing Monta off by threatening to the veto his contract all season was stupid.
Getting rid of Mullin and replacing him with nobody (I mean Riley – same difference) was stupid.
Giving Jackson the extension was stupid.
Giving Nellie the extension was stupid.
The “Rest-A-Vet” thing was both botched and stupid.
Telling Crawford to opt out (lowering his value in the open market if he actually did opt out) was stupid.
Every year Cohan doesn’t sell the team he’s being stupid (and selfish).
Keeping Rowell is always stupid.

by Neon on Jun 6, 2009 12:53 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs

+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

I like Craw though

We Believe

by RunNdGun on Jun 6, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions

You should replace the "We Belive" movement, signs and shirts with the "I'm With Stupid" movement.

Reduce your carbon footprint, commit suicide.

by bloodsweatndonuts on Jun 7, 2009 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions

this is all a cover

to make up for fact our team will suck next year.

by tafkasam on Jun 6, 2009 3:38 PM PDT reply actions

Good!

Time for the john Wall movement!

by flaaron on Jun 7, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions

ask

why Paul Wong was treated like crap

by saintdee on Jun 6, 2009 10:03 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

ask

If they are aware that Don Nelson and his short term goals are completely opposite of what our franchise needs right now if we want to build a perennial winning team.

Also ask:
If they are intentionally trying to insult our intelligence by saying they’re trying to build only an “exciting team this season”, shorthand for a “high scoring – low win” team.

I hope the questions really are ALL OUT, I’d love to see them squirm a little.

"We Deserve"

by YaHeard on Jun 7, 2009 1:21 PM PDT reply actions

hahahahahahhahahahahahha

"If you can make 10 things happen during the 10 minutes you play tonight, we will quadruple your salary and you will start for the rest of the season" ... and then he does just that, but the coach reneges on the promise so Anthony has a near-crying meltdown on the bench. That's every Anthony Randolph game.

by gsw1 on Jun 8, 2009 1:03 AM PDT up reply actions

Re: short term goals are completely opposite of what our franchise needs right now

What do you see as Nelson’s short-term goals, what is what the franchise needs to be a long term winner and how do those two conflict?

Reduce your carbon footprint, commit suicide.

by bloodsweatndonuts on Jun 8, 2009 1:24 AM PDT up reply actions

If they are intentionally trying to insult our intelligence by saying they’re trying to build only an "exciting team this season", shorthand for a "high scoring – low win" team.

+99999999999999999999

LeBron James? I'm the only Ty Crane.

by misterjennings on Jun 8, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Uniforms!!

Can you ask if we are finally getting rid of the horrible and silly neon orange and ugly indigo jerseys? Is pretty unanimous that every fan here prefers the retro jerseys to the present ones.

I know it’s superficial and not as important as some of our other current problems….but damn those things are disgusting, and the older jerseys are so pretty.

by Blue and Yellow on Jun 7, 2009 5:45 PM PDT reply actions

Again...

I say no one should show up to this meeting as a show of solidarity against the current management and ownership team.

They arent going to actually say anything, and if you think you are getting honest answers to tough questions, remember that they wont follow through. The never have since Cohan bought the team.

Do you really think you will ask a question they dont expect to hear? They have a mountain of bullsh*t ready to spew at the attendees.

by warriorsvictim on Jun 8, 2009 11:49 AM PDT reply actions

The only problem with that is if they dont go

Then it will only be supporters there asking softball questions.

There's a party in my mind.
And I wish that I was there.

by qin on Jun 8, 2009 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions

It's a

shi**y piss poor-run organization that has become a laughing stock among the league and is becoming comparable to the Elgin Baylor run Clippers.

Just as qin and other users said, they won’t even ask softball questions, more like T-ball questions to build up those season-ticket holders who do go and try to build up a positive response among a very small sample size. I’m sure they wouldn’t dare let someone with the ability to ask rash and personal questions go the event, or get away with much without being silenced. You do remember the man on the phone who went off on Rowell and they abruptly hung up on him during the conference call. What makes you think this event will be any different? Get the t-ball set ready. Someone among the media will probably run a piece about how effective the in-person conference is.

I’m really surprised anyone found that conference call effective. They asked and answered the same questions, revealed nothing new at all and tried to come across personable to the fans and at making such a good attempt to reach out. That is of course, until Riddergate was revealed.

Seriously, this organization is a complete mess with a few very shortsighted goals; make Don Nelson the winningest coach in NBA history, try to avoid succumbing to the pressures and downfalls of the current economy, squeeze every last drop of profitability possible from the leftover We Believe bandwagoners/ loyalists alike.

There’s no goal of winning, playoffs, or a championship.

There’s the importance of renewals, product, entertainment value, and tickets.

by phiLthyphiL on Jun 8, 2009 3:52 PM PDT reply actions