Portland Trail Blazers GM Gets The Boot After Just One Season!

The Portland Trail Blazers front office began shaking things yesterday when they fired the team’s General Manager of operations, Rich Cho, after just one season.

Cho was hired last July to replace Kevin Pritchard, whom the Blazers fired on the night of last year’s NBA draft. Trail Blazers President, Larry Miller, commented on the team’s decision to part ways with Cho:

“I think over the course of time that Rich has been here, there was the realization that the chemistry just wasn’t there, and we didn’t feel it was going to get any better moving forward,” Blazers President Larry Miller told The Associated Press.

The unstable chemistry Miller was referring to is the fall out between Cho and Blazers guardBrandon Roy which could’ve potentially affected the team as they moved forward.
According to The Oregonian, Cho wanted to suspend Roy for his plea for more playing time during their first round series against the Mavericks. No one else agreed with Cho’s ridiculous suggestion, and that may have been the last straw for the organization.

Trail Blazers owner Paul G. Allen realizes their is still much more work to be done in order to build a championship team in Portland:

“The move is part of the franchise’s commitment to building a championship contending team. “This decision, as difficult as it was to make, reflects our willingness to admit and recognize that things haven’t worked out,” Allen said. “We’re going to be tough on ourselves in assessing what we could have done better, and then go out and find the executive who is the best fit with the needs of our franchise. That chemistry and connection is critically important.” -Source

The team’s director of college scouting Chad Buchanan, will serve as acting general manager. Hopefully this ignites an active off-season that the Blazers use to improve the team on and off the court.