Dan

that the Blazers are laying off a fair number of their employee's today.

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Swoosh

Interesting...will that include Damon?

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bfan1

UT oh-well, I hope they keep my ticket agent! She is the first person I have had in 4 years that seems to be operating on a full happy meal!

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MAS RipCity

damn dude, you got me all excited with your headline of koin tv is saying..I thought it had to do with getting or dropping someone,now I am let down

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Dan

Holy crap!

30% decrease in employees!!

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Blazer Ringbearer

Patterson the hatchetman?

Reep

Vulcan strikes again.

antibody

Good. The organization needs some internal cleansing. Start with Cheech...I mean Damon Stoudamire.

Dan

we're talking about people who work for the organization, not the players.

These are people who are being let go because of Bob Whitsits over spending, and bad judgement of contract signing. Nothing more, nothing less.

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bfan1

man...that would really make a bad day

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antibody

Yes, I understand we are talking about people who work for the Blazer organization. Who knows all the people involved but maybe it will be a good thing to get rid of some bad apples anyway. Yet, Damon is technically an employee of the Blazers and I would like to see him gone. Crap happens sometimes. It's the same way at where I work. They can come around and tap you on the shoulder at anytime and say bye-bye. You have 30 minutes to gather your things and get lost...all of this with an armed guard standing by for the nutcases.

Blazer Ringbearer

Since Bob was handling the business end of things, it's likely that he may have hired too many high priced people within the organization as well.

It sucks, but it is a business and sometimes you have to cut the fat...

The Enigma

Well there goes some people's sources.

Fork

Ridiculous. Not the decision made by Patterson. He's just the guy who has to bite the bullet and do what he has to do to keep his company afloat. What pisses me off is the HORRIBLE MISMANAGEMENT that has led the Blazers to this situation. A few dozen people are out on the streets in a terrible economy thanks to Bob Whitsit and the roster of arrogant, selfish idiots that he assembled. Shawn Kemp's appetite for drugs probably cost 2-3 people their jobs. Stoudamire's drug arrests a half dozen more. Ruben Patterson's wife beating, 2-3. Sheed, Bonzi, Zach.

Thanks a lot ***holes. Because of your stupid, childish and loutish behavior, some kid's mom just lost her job. Because you want to try and sneak weed through airport security, some kid's dad is out on the street with the other 8% of the population who can't find work.

You can say "It isn't directly related to these layoffs." but you're wrong.

It's a combo of Bob Twitsit's idiotic overpaying for drug addict crybabies and those same drug addicted crybabies acting out so much and so often that season ticket holders have no choice but to forget about renewing their tickets.

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dkap

This could've included me... I interviewed for a media relations job with the Blazers in 97/98, but I didn't make the cut. Given the PR problems the subsequent years, I'm inclined to think that was a good thing...

Dan