Tom Dundon, the brand new proprietor of the Portland Path Blazers, has come underneath fireplace for a few of the cost-cutting measures he has taken since buying the crew. Dundon’s controversial selections have included axing playoff t-shirts for followers, hesitancy to pay the going market fee for the providers of a premier head coach, and shedding 70 crew workers.
Nonetheless, within the face of all of the backlash, Dundon is standing by his selections.
“The truth that T-shirts and all these different issues are what individuals are likely to deal with in all probability signifies that we in all probability haven’t executed an excellent job of explaining, or perhaps I didn’t suppose we must always need to, as a result of I wouldn’t have thought individuals would transfer towards the flawed issues,” he stated of not offering followers with T-shirts, in accordance with oregonlive.com.
He additionally touched on the layoffs, going with a take that many could understand as harsh.
“Individuals are happier once they’re busy and productive. That’s the means I believe issues needs to be executed. And extra individuals simply creates extra issues, often. I believe Portland simply had too many individuals.”
If Dundon’s modifications result in profitable, Blazers followers will nearly definitely overlook what, as of now, has been extensively obtained as gratuitous cost-cutting. Nonetheless, if issues don’t pan out, this might evolve into one of the contentious owner-fanbase relationships in skilled sports activities.
