DusterBuster wrote:Here's a quick transcript of Quick's interview on Wheels at Work today:
Q - Is the Rudy deal Rich Cho's main focus right now?
A - No. There is another deal Cho is working on. Rudy is Priority #2 right now, that's the sense I and Andy Miller (Rudy's Agent) get. He is extremely busy right now and it's hard to get any time with him. I don't know what deals he's working on. I do know that he has been talking to teams about Rudy, but he hasn't assured Rudy's camp that he'll be dealt. He has the company line that "We're going to do what's best for the organization." The price has to be right, the team isn't going to deal him just because Rudy's upset.
did anybody else notice this part?
essentially, Quick is saying that because Cho doesn't have much time to talk to either Quick or Rudy's agent, he has to be working on another deal!
after all, it just couldn't be the case that Cho has decided it isn't his job to spoon-feed the tabloid-like beat reporter for the Blazers like his fired predecessor did; or that he needs to schmooze the agent for a cry-baby euro-player.
Maybe Cho was picking out the color for the new carpet in his office and didn't want to talk to Quick so he just acted busy.
so Quick, a bit inflated with self-importance, interpreted Cho's unavailability accordingly