Why were Pritchard & Penn fired?

[Wizenheimer]

I guess substance abuse would explain his massive weight gain (insert joke about why he was really fired).

LOL...that was Bower's problem. Paul Allen saw too much KP in him (acronym pun bonus points)

I've been a pretty frequent critic of KP, but it's always been for performance. I'm not sure where this image of fat, drug-addled groper is coming from

[Blaze01]

I think Pritchard was fired b\c he lost the trust of his owner Allen....and that started with the whole offer\not an offer that Penn said he got from MIN and get paid more money from POR....

That was the beginning of the end....

[JasonStern]

no need in rehashing the fact that the blazers are rebuilding three first round playoff exits after pritchard not only had cap space, but had a #1 pick, multiple lotto picks, and more draft picks overall than any other GM during his tenure, seeing how everyone has already done that.

I never heard anything about pritchard forcing himself on blazer dancers, but I do remember it being reported that he cheated on his wife with the recently deceased kevin duckworth's ex:
http://withleather.uproxx.com/2009/01/blazers-gm-dating-dead-centers-ex

without any sources, I wouldn't put any faith into the pritchard substance abuse claim. if he was that troubled, it seems odd that indiana would hire him and that clownzano wouldn't have some fact-free holier than thou rant about it.

[The Sebastian Express]

I guess substance abuse would explain his massive weight gain (insert joke about why he was really fired).

LOL...that was Bower's problem. Paul Allen saw too much KP in him (acronym pun bonus points)

I've been a pretty frequent critic of KP, but it's always been for performance. I'm not sure where this image of fat, drug-addled groper is coming from

No, yes I know it was Bower's problem. KP DID put on a lot of weight in two years, though.

[trepacallypse]

Nobody has mentioned his biggest failure....... Trading RLFEC...

[JasonStern]

Pritchard wanted to pursue other passions.

pritchard tried to bake a cake, but felton ate it all.

[DusterBuster]

Nobody has mentioned his biggest failure....... Trading RLFEC...

Or not trading it as it were.

Looking back though, there was nothing available for RLFEC that would have changed anything one way or another. It was either going to be Vince Carter or Richard Jefferson.