Post by kucoach7 on Aug 23, 2014 13:03:59 GMT -6
Mark Mason: We'd like to thank the Blaze the Trail Cat, the BlazerDancers, and our sponsor, Fred Meyer for that pre-press conference entertainment. And now, ladies and gentleman, may I present our GM, Kevin U. Coach VII and Coach Seven!
Kevin U. Coach VII: Good evening, welcome to the Portland Trail Blazers preseason press conference. Folks, I'd like to be frank with you. We live in a basketball league where the standard response to a disappointing season is to blame the sim gods and then promptly blow up your roster. There is a pretty blatant lack of accountability on the part of the GMs and coaches in this league. Today, Coach Seven and I would like to buck that trend. We're going to break from our usual conference format and bring out our entire team to join us on the stand.
The entire Blazers squad walks onto the stage. Everyone laughs as Shawn Bradley has to duck to get through the door way but hits his head anyway.
Coach Seven: First we're going to apologize to these guys right here and our fans. Last year was our fault and we're sorry.
Kevin U. Coach VII: Last off season went exactly as planned. We signed Macon and drafted a defensive specialist big man, Andrew. That was my first mistake I only gave Coach Seven a 9 man roster. Then Andrew started experiencing some health problems during training camp and we sadly realized that he will never be the man we thought we drafted, leaving us with effectively an 8 man roster.
Andrew DeClercq starts to tear up and Mash gives him an awkward sitting down side hug.
Coach Seven: I appreciate Kevin's candidness but let's be real, that was a really really good 8 man team, which is where I started making mistakes. I put way too much pressure on Kenny and Danny. With 2 6th Man of the Year Award winners on the bench and a solid Brent Price there was no reason for that. You all know what happened from there. The injuries that took us from a 3/4 seed to an 8 seed playing the eventual champs without Danny and with a hobbled Kenny.
Kevin U. Coach VII: And that brings us to this year. With Brent and Stith coming off their rookie contracts, we knew money was going to be tight this year. Luckily the right deal came down the pipe during the draft and we're excited to welcome Sam Mack and Doug Overton to the organization. Then we were able to bring in Cadillac Anderson to to provide some defensive depth down low.
Coach Seven: So looking forward to this year, you can expect to see reduced minutes for Danny and Kenny so that we can be sure that they will be healthy for the post season. You can expect Cadillac to take most of the minutes backing up Shawn. You can expect Sam and Doug to replace Stith and Price without a hitch. You can expect to see the Portland Trail Blazers make it past the first round of the playoffs. We'll now open the floor to questions.
Kevin U. Coach VII: Good evening, welcome to the Portland Trail Blazers preseason press conference. Folks, I'd like to be frank with you. We live in a basketball league where the standard response to a disappointing season is to blame the sim gods and then promptly blow up your roster. There is a pretty blatant lack of accountability on the part of the GMs and coaches in this league. Today, Coach Seven and I would like to buck that trend. We're going to break from our usual conference format and bring out our entire team to join us on the stand.
The entire Blazers squad walks onto the stage. Everyone laughs as Shawn Bradley has to duck to get through the door way but hits his head anyway.
Coach Seven: First we're going to apologize to these guys right here and our fans. Last year was our fault and we're sorry.
Kevin U. Coach VII: Last off season went exactly as planned. We signed Macon and drafted a defensive specialist big man, Andrew. That was my first mistake I only gave Coach Seven a 9 man roster. Then Andrew started experiencing some health problems during training camp and we sadly realized that he will never be the man we thought we drafted, leaving us with effectively an 8 man roster.
Andrew DeClercq starts to tear up and Mash gives him an awkward sitting down side hug.
Coach Seven: I appreciate Kevin's candidness but let's be real, that was a really really good 8 man team, which is where I started making mistakes. I put way too much pressure on Kenny and Danny. With 2 6th Man of the Year Award winners on the bench and a solid Brent Price there was no reason for that. You all know what happened from there. The injuries that took us from a 3/4 seed to an 8 seed playing the eventual champs without Danny and with a hobbled Kenny.
Kevin U. Coach VII: And that brings us to this year. With Brent and Stith coming off their rookie contracts, we knew money was going to be tight this year. Luckily the right deal came down the pipe during the draft and we're excited to welcome Sam Mack and Doug Overton to the organization. Then we were able to bring in Cadillac Anderson to to provide some defensive depth down low.
Coach Seven: So looking forward to this year, you can expect to see reduced minutes for Danny and Kenny so that we can be sure that they will be healthy for the post season. You can expect Cadillac to take most of the minutes backing up Shawn. You can expect Sam and Doug to replace Stith and Price without a hitch. You can expect to see the Portland Trail Blazers make it past the first round of the playoffs. We'll now open the floor to questions.