barfo

Canzano is not a source. Sheed didn't tell him that. Canzano is repeating what somebody else (Nash? A bus driver? Who knows?) said. Nash has every reason to claim that he 'had to' trade Sheed.

I don't see why. Everyone involved has an ax (or three) to grind, and there's no way to ever determine the truth. Whether or not Sheed said to person X or Y that he wouldn't re-sign is not proof that he would not have re-signed. There are lots of reasons why Sheed might have said that - he might have been angry (imagine that!), he might have been negotiating, he might have been jerking people around for the fun of it. He might have meant it, he might not have. If he did mean it, he might have changed his mind prior to the signing date, he might not have.

Asserting that we had to trade Sheed for crap because of something he may have said is silly. Sheed says lots of stuff.

I notice that people are still worried about whether Joel will re-sign, despite the fact that he said he wants to stay.

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FeloniusThunk

I wouldn't want to take the pay cut.

I do appreciate him bothering to respond, though. I think the only chance for him and similar columnists to maintain relevancy (see this long tail summary for stats) is to become a lot more "interactive" in some fashion. I come here for my Blazer news and opinions first, never the Oregonian. That's partly because of more content linked to from here, but also because the commentary about any articles will go a long way toward filtering out the chaff. His articles fare poorly here, and he ought to be defending himself with a bit more than a "just read" or "just email me". Good of him to start (or at least do it once).

The more fans who talk to each other, like here in this forum, the better off folks like Nate Bishop or Henry Abbot look, despite the difference in direct access and full-time pay.

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mook

Incidentally, I copied and pasted my earlier post regarding his ineptitude and unethical behavior. His first reply was this:

my reply:

his reply:

uh, yeah.

Dan

canzano should write for wrestling. Their motto is, ieven if it's on tape and infront of thousands of people, if we say it didn't happen/we didn't say it, it [b]didn't[/i] happen.

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CanJohno

Thanks for posting that!

It's_GO_Time

I just want to thank ABM and Canzano. This thread really separates this board with the ESPN board (and probably the O-live board?). You just don't get stuff like this. At least Canzano takes his job seriously enough to sit down and put some thought into answers to poster who clearly dislike him. I don't think all sports writeres would do that.

It's pretty funny that ABM forwarded my joke question about UoP soccer and that it was answered. John, if you are reading this, you pissed off a lot of UoP fans with that article. I told them that was Canzano doing what he does. : )

RPCity

I suppose you can believe what you want about what happened. There is, however, more evidence (whether you want to consider it credible or not) that he would not resign than there was that he would resign. Of course, that doesn't take into consideration whether it would have been good for the team to resign him considering the image change they needed to go through so desperatly. Sheed needed a change of scenery...whether he got that by trade or by leaving as a free agent....I am relatively certain he would have gotten it one way or another.

And personally....I dont think we traded him for crap. Bonzi...him we kind of traded for crap. But not Rasheed.

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barfo

I'm not a believer. I'm a skeptic. I haven't been arguing that he would have re-signed. I've been arguing that the evidence isn't anywhere near strong enough to know either way.

barfo

barfo

This is just too funny/pathetic. Can this possibly be a coincidence? Nay, I think theWanker has been dubbed 'Confused reader' by the Hon. John Canzano:

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mook

hey, I'm just impressed that all the badgering we have done has forced him to actually sit down and have somebody explain the CBA a little to him.

now if only somebody could sit down with him and teach "Journalism Ethics 101" plus "How to Read an Email 99 (Remedial)," I could die a slightly less annoyed man.

Ukrainefan

regarding whether Sheed would have signed up with the Blazers again, I don't need Nash or Canzano to tell me; I believe that his body language and lack of hustle in his final year with the Blazers told the whole story.

MARIS61

1. Why did you leave Fresno? Seriously.

2. At what point in this season can we expect you to write your annual "Blazers fans should boycott games and root for The Lakers" thread?

3. Is your true goal to be an investigative reporter/columnist and the sports gig was your only "in"?
Like being a weatherman got Letterman his start in TV?

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tlong

SCOREBOARD!

And since he was measured by the Blazers I would bet that in reality he is an inch or two shorter.

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