Blazer VP Penn out, Pritchard might be on his way... can we get them?
The Portland Trailblazers have parted ways with Tom Penn, their Vice President and the rumor is that Kevin Pritchard might be next on the firing line. As most of you know, KP is one of the brightest general managers who turned under achieving over payed Jail Blazers in to one of the most promising young teams.
One quote of interest:
"They can't do Kevin in the middle of the season, but they can do a drive-by on someone close to him," said Warren LeGarie, the agent for Penn and Pritchard. "But guess who would be next?"
The Warriors are horrible and we as fans spend a lot of time imagining trades, and debating which players to keep, and what we should do at the head coaching position. But what we really need is a guy to be given the keys to the Basketball Operations. Credit to Chris Cohan for staying out of the way and doing that at first. However Cohan being Cohan hired 3 ridiculously inept people to run the team, namely Twardzik, St Jean, and Carlisemo. We can debate on whether Chris Mullin would have eventually got us there, but he was definitely no genius here. If Cohan wants to make one last ditch attempt of being the owner of decent basket ball franchise, he should bring in Penn as the President of Basketball Operations and Pritchard as General Manager.
We can debate Wright v Randolph or Curry v Ellis for hours, but what the team really needs is someone credible with a vision and direction. Chris Cohan hire these guys turn the basketball ops to them.
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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Blazersedge response to the article...
by warriorsscore110 on Mar 18, 2010 12:54 PM PDT reply actions
Sorry,
that was the link to the original article if you needed again, here is Blazersedge response…
http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/3/17/1378344/canzano-vulcans-behind-penn-firing#comments
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by warriorsscore110 on Mar 18, 2010 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
With Rowell at the helm, I doubt anyone can work magic in this front office.
If Cohan is serious about bringing this franchise around, he really should fire Rowell…ah, how am I kidding? There’s a better chance at the front office trading Curry for expiring contracts than of Cohan firing Rowell. This franchise is hopeless…
Love Warriors, Hate Cohan! - Sell the team! Save us Mr. Ellison!
Pritchard
Boy, could I go for a good housecleaning that leaves us with Ellison, Pritchard, and a new coach at the beginning of next season. Ahh… a fresh start, a new beginning. That sounds like just what I need to get up for another season of Warriors basketball. I don’t know how much more of Cohan/Rowell and to a lesser degree Riley/Nelson I can take.
"I could be chasing an untamed ornithoid without cause."
There will be no new hirings till team is sold
Pity cause they’d be good guys…
I want Pritchard
not senile Jerry West.
"It's like Will Smith, remember the Fresh Prince? Get the ball don't let nobody else shoot? That's kinda what the offense can be sometimes, and they're just standing around waiting for Monta to make a play"
-MT2
by golden_solitude on Mar 18, 2010 5:31 PM PDT reply actions
Also check out this article:
Apparently Riley has the worst swagger of all 30 gm’s in the NBA.
http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/02/19/fanhouses-2010-nba-general-manager-swagger-index/
"It's like Will Smith, remember the Fresh Prince? Get the ball don't let nobody else shoot? That's kinda what the offense can be sometimes, and they're just standing around waiting for Monta to make a play"
-MT2
by golden_solitude on Mar 18, 2010 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Another link:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-trailblazers032210&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
Looks like Pritchard could be gone soon.
"I could be chasing an untamed ornithoid without cause."

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