[Portland] The Vulcans can be vindictive %$&#'s

Carl Herrera · Mar 17, 2010

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/or...sf/2010/03/canzano_blog_what_in_the_name.html

Western Conference executives told the Oregonian that Vulcan headquarters (Paul Allen's company) was livid in late summer after they realized Tom Penn played them in getting a raise and promotion out of the phantom Minnesota offer.

"There's real resentment at Vulcan headquarters at that whole deal."

The source isn't buying the idea that something new happened on Tuesday that caused Penn's firing, rather, that the Vulcans decided long ago they were going to blow up Penn the first time they had cause.

"I'm not guessing on this, there's no speculation here, the resentment over the Minnesota thing is real," source said. "The Vulcans can be vindictive %$&#'s."
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Interesting...

Deckard · Mar 17, 2010

Different Vulcan?

rimrocker · Mar 17, 2010

Here's something else...

Penn's desire to make that mark may have been behind the "philosophical differences" that led to his departure. For all of the titular glory he enjoyed, the Blazers hired him primarily as a capologist. The chance to grow and flex his basketball muscles was certainly a bonus for him but with Pritchard himself being relatively new in the position at the time of Penn's hiring, it's not likely they were looking for a true backup GM, let alone GM #1A. Subtle rumblings coming out of Blazer headquarters in recent months had Penn with his fingers in a few pies, none of them relating to the cap. Tracing the practical chain of command in Portland's hierarchy is challenging in the best of times. Perhaps Penn's (alleged) expansion of power was planned. On the other hand those philosophical differences may have resulted from the organization discovering it had a V.P. of Basketball Operations who wanted to spread his wings farther than the team was comfortable with or prepared for. In the end the Blazers likely still wanted a great capologist who could work as part of the decision-making team. If Penn wanted more, if heads butted over more...well...it wouldn't be the first time that happened in business. (In fact it's an eerie parallel to some of the on-court roster issues the Blazers are facing.) Sometimes the direct resolution is the best resolution.

http://www.blazersedge.com/2010/3/17/1377029/farewell-tom-penn
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Easy · Mar 17, 2010

Blame the Klingons.

jedicro · Mar 17, 2010

Deckard said:

Different Vulcan?
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He's only half Vulcan...maybe that's the cause of the resentment?

droxford · Mar 17, 2010

Wow - what a poorly written article. I don't think I've ever seen so many run-on sentences, grammatical errors, and punctuation errors in a professional news article. It's really atrocious.

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