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Originally Posted by barfo
Ok, so you hate him for something other than basketball. Fine, but basketball is what determines champions, not whatever mysterious grudge you are holding against him.
Did you hang around Sheed every day? If so, please fill us in.
barfo
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My friend Brian Fachini was the Blazers PR assistant for a number of years. Thus he would often travel with the team go out with the team after games etc. I probably went out with him and various players 50+ times over the couple years he was there before he moved to the Spurs. The big spot back then was the Shadow Room downtown or sometimes Stars Cabaret. Sheed was sometimes friendly and sometimes rude. He would often be-little people to make others laugh at their exspense. He wasn't particulary friendly to Brian or the rest of his staff who was simply their to serve the players. Alot of other guys were very friendly to us...D.A., Damon among others.
Damon did try to take one of my friends sisters home once and we almost came to blows when we told Damon she wasn't going with him. She was underage and at the bar with a fake ID. He apologized to us and her a couple days later and blew it off on being really drunk.
And "basketball" isn't the only thing that determines champions, team cohesion, fan support plays a factor as well IMO and Sheed was detrimental to both those areas while here in Portland.