This is a tape of Tim Floyd calling in to a New Orleans sports talk show last week.http://www.blues1280.com/timages/page/media/GERRYV_TIM_FLOYD_120904.mp3
The Hornet's problems (much like those of the Saints) go all the way to the top of the organization. People in New Orleans, jilted long ago by the Jazz (for no good reason, I might add), were so anxious to get another NBA franchise, that they were more than willing to overlook the fact that the Hornets were only coming here because the good people of Charlotte had had enough and were about to run George Shinn and Ray Wooldridge out of town on a rail. Now Shinn is about to buy out Wooldridge's share in the team, so he'll be the only one to deal with...but I give it another 3 years before he's worn out his welcome here, and the Hornets are on the move again. I guess the bottom line is that an a-hole is an a-hole, be he in Charlotte or New Orleans...and there was a reason the people in Charlotte wanted Shinn gone. The people of New Orleans are going to find that out for themselves soon enough.
G_MAN 113, they most certainly were not...They asked for and ultimate received, albeit too late, a new stadium referendum. By the time it was approved, the team had already made its mind up to move to New Orleans. So what you're saying is that the public and leaders and politicians of Charlotte wanted to run a team out on a rail so badly and quickly that they offered to build a new facility for them? Methinks you don't know what you're talking about... They left because attendance was flagging, and they left because of the initial apathy towards the new stadium and the ability to provide the new revenue streams the facility would create. I listened to the radio, and while I never thought Tim Floyd would be a good NBA coach, I do think the radio host divulged private info that was probably told in confidence to him, and that it was basically a hack job where the typical Richard Condon, "I'll talk louder than you do and drown you out before I admit that I made a silly comment". The host is beating a dead horse...Like C.B. Forgotston still railing against what he finds as faults against Foster, a year after the election to replace him from politics in this state...
TE, Before you go mouthing off about people not knowing what they're talking about, why don't you do a little checking around? Find out what the people of Charlotte thought of George Shinn and the way he was running the Hornets. On the whole, I'm sure you'll find out that their perception was pretty negative...negative enough that they defeated the notion of a new facility for the Hornets before caving in and agreeing to it...too late, as it turned out. You know, I generally perceive you to be a pretty intelligent poster. But sometimes, you're just a tad too much of a know-it-all for your own good. You're in Denham Springs, reading about it in the paper. I live in New Orleans, and I see what's happening there every day, and I can recognize what's going on.
You mean TE doesn't know what he is talking about? Really? Gosh, I'm utterly stunned. Another fallen hero.
TE, G-Man is Correct The city took a vote prior to Shinn leaving and voted down the measure for a new arena, basically because they didn't want to give Shinn even a single shiny new penny. The new arena referendum passed after Shinn was gone, so that a new team with new ownership could be lured to town.
all of the shinn/woldridge arguments aside, the hornets are an old team that cannot keep up with most NBA teams. with the ressurection of the the zone defense in the NBA, you have to be able to shoot and defend. the hornets did neither last year. this year, they've played pretty good defense, but can't throw the ball into the ocean. one bright spot has been the play of the gonzaga kid, dikau. when baron comes back, the hornets will have a true point guard to give him valuable rest.
