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re: New Orleans Hornets and Jeff Bower mutually agree to part ways
Posted on 7/13/10 at 8:33 pm to flytronix225
Posted on 7/13/10 at 8:33 pm to flytronix225
This calls for a celebration
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Posted on 7/13/10 at 8:41 pm to hendersonshands
FWIW:
Hornets247
quote:
From our sources, Bower sat down with Chouest and Weber a couple weeks ago and drew up a list of candidates to replace him. This was far from a contentious firing.
I updated the post with the official Hornets Media release.
Hornets247
Posted on 7/13/10 at 8:42 pm to kfizzle85
Bower is a good guy despite being a walrus.
Posted on 7/13/10 at 8:43 pm to kfizzle85
Why would he remove himself from potentially becoming the GM of the Nets then?
Posted on 7/13/10 at 8:43 pm to Charles Bronson
a-hole cancer?
Posted on 7/13/10 at 8:45 pm to hendersonshands
cause Avery threw tantrum
Posted on 7/13/10 at 8:47 pm to hendersonshands
I'm happy Bower's gone, but the biggest problem with the franchise is Shinn. We'll never build a competing team while he's the owner. I can't see us getting a legit GM until he's gone; I hope the turnover to Chouest is at least to a point where Chouest will be making the call on the new GM.
Posted on 7/13/10 at 8:51 pm to Charles Bronson
Chouest has to be able to spend dat papa
Posted on 7/13/10 at 8:52 pm to hendersonshands
quote:
Bower is a good guy despite being a walrus.
I know a guy who's a trainer, and that's what he said. Despite what you read on here/everywhere, he was universally liked within the org according to my buddy. As far as the Shinn thing, if Chouest doesn't have serious input on this, the bottom line is he is simply not buying the team. Period.
Posted on 7/13/10 at 8:55 pm to Charles Bronson
Chouest, Weber, & Shinn all make the call for GM I would think not just 1 person. I don't know if Chouest has any front office experience & or enough connections so hopefully Weber & Shinn are just helping him find a GM then complete the sale.
gtfo
gtfo
Posted on 7/13/10 at 9:02 pm to kfizzle85
I highly doubt Bower put together a list for the Hornets...did Byron recommend Monty as well? 
Posted on 7/13/10 at 9:03 pm to flytronix225
Great fricking news, I called it that he was a dead man walking and was just in until after the draft and FA started.
But our problem isn't Bower as much as it is Shinn. Bower was a pretty well respected guy.
Everyone in the league hates Shinn's guts.
But our problem isn't Bower as much as it is Shinn. Bower was a pretty well respected guy.
Everyone in the league hates Shinn's guts.
Posted on 7/13/10 at 9:07 pm to Fun Bunch
yep
quote:
ChrisMannixSI
Lot of snickering being done at George Shinn's expense. Most in Vegas laughing at him for canning a good basketball man in Jeff Bower.
quote:
ChrisMannixSI
Instability at the top is not going to instill confidence in Chris Paul. Hornets better bring in a heavy hitter to run basketball ops.
Posted on 7/13/10 at 9:16 pm to NIH
Jim_Eichenhofer
RT @me: You think ownership transfer will happen this season? (Haven't heard anything to say otherwise. Not sure on timeframe tho)
not sure how reliable he is though.
RT @me: You think ownership transfer will happen this season? (Haven't heard anything to say otherwise. Not sure on timeframe tho)
not sure how reliable he is though.
Posted on 7/13/10 at 9:17 pm to NIH
Why is Jeff "max contract to Peja Stojakovic" Bower seen as a savvy basketball man?
Posted on 7/13/10 at 9:24 pm to hendersonshands
Since there's no game thread ill put it here
Brackins is STROKING threes to start the 3rd summer league game
Brackins is STROKING threes to start the 3rd summer league game
Posted on 7/13/10 at 9:24 pm to hendersonshands
Probably getting a lot of love for his draft picks from last year.
In all honesty, he's made some major bad moves as GM since 2002. Getting Chris Paul was more due to it being a given at the #4 spot.
His trades and signings have been horribly short-sighted and killed this team in the long run. I have absolutely no idea why anyone would trade Chandler for Okafor (and his massive contract) and be called a solid basketball guy.
Seriously, Okafor is under-sized, under-skilled, and has little competitive spirit. Tyson may have had injury issues, but he'd have been an expiring contract this year and great trade bait despite his injuries. Instead, we are now being forced to try trade Okafor just 1 year later.
Yes, Bower is a great GM!
In all honesty, he's made some major bad moves as GM since 2002. Getting Chris Paul was more due to it being a given at the #4 spot.
His trades and signings have been horribly short-sighted and killed this team in the long run. I have absolutely no idea why anyone would trade Chandler for Okafor (and his massive contract) and be called a solid basketball guy.
Seriously, Okafor is under-sized, under-skilled, and has little competitive spirit. Tyson may have had injury issues, but he'd have been an expiring contract this year and great trade bait despite his injuries. Instead, we are now being forced to try trade Okafor just 1 year later.
Yes, Bower is a great GM!
Posted on 7/13/10 at 9:24 pm to hendersonshands
the media likes him for some odd reason.
Posted on 7/13/10 at 9:27 pm to NIH
Three 3s for Brackins!!!
Posted on 7/13/10 at 9:28 pm to NIH
Like I said, by all rights, he's a good person. People generally don't hate good, non-pompus people.
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