Boycott Timbers and Thorns until Merritt Paulson is gone

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Oh please. It's a mediocre league, and the current FO and staff are sub-mediocre.

Reset the whole org and build an academy that isn't crap. It's not that big

Then I suppose it won’t matter who our owner is. Great news! Someone has to miss the playoffs every year but it wont be Portland because all we have to do is reset the whole org and build an academy. Should be easy with no chance of failure. I’m relieved because I thought all that work might be difficult. But I’m glad this forum has people with previous experience building out a well run and competitive MLS franchise.

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Then I suppose it won’t matter who our owner is. Great news! Someone has to miss the playoffs every year but it wont be Portland because all we have to do is reset the whole org and build an academy. Should be easy with no chance of failure. I’m relieved because I thought all that work might be difficult. But I’m glad this forum has people with previous experience building out a well run and competitive MLS franchise.

Does Portland currently have such people? What part of this sh-tshow would you classify as “well run”?

seems to me that the current crew has basically sh-t the bed on running this team

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Oh yes. The customary "she wanted it" defense when an abuser is caught.

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I think there is another scenario that will play out. Merritt Paulson dogs in and stays, because he has nothing else to do. And by doing this he will lose fan support of the clubs and top players will avoid it like the plague he is. The Timbers/Thorns slowly bleed out until they are virtually worthless and he is forced to cut losses by the investors.

It would be way better for all of he would cut and run. He could get top dollar right now, in 2 years, half of what it is today. With lack of sponsors they will burn so much cash, cash that they do not have and quickly be in bankruptcy. No one will float them large enough credit lines to maintain the costs.

it’s over.

The only investor that matters to MP is Daddy.

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So, Eastside Timbers finally released a statement completely avoiding the elephant in the room. Typical weak sauce from the Gresham outfit.

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Then I suppose it won’t matter who our owner is. Great news! Someone has to miss the playoffs every year but it wont be Portland because all we have to do is reset the whole org and build an academy. Should be easy with no chance of failure. I’m relieved because I thought all that work might be difficult. But I’m glad this forum has people with previous experience building out a well run and competitive MLS franchise.

Lmao. MLS is the least competitive league in the world. The teams are purposely kept mediocre. The idea that someone can't do it better than this pack of dip****z is laughable.

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Paulson just “stepped down” as CEO.

The heat is turning up. It won’t stop. The sponsors won’t come back as long as he is there. The world has changed and you cannot operate this way anymore. He keeps trying to skate through this, but it only ends when he divests completely and is no longer part of the organization.

This is the problem when you are a trust-fund baby and entitled to everything, you can’t imagine when you are held accountable. And you think you can weakly apologize and it goes away. Not this time. Gravy train is over.

when you build it yourself, you value it and never risk losing it. Just like kids who earn money vs. receiving it for nothing. When you earn it you value it, when given it for nothing….it has no value.
Merritt pissed it away because he didn’t really value it. Just liked being the boss and allowing a culture filled with abusers and a-holes. Time to leave completely

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Lmao. MLS is the least competitive league in the world. The teams are purposely kept mediocre. The idea that someone can't do it better than this pack of dip****z is laughable.

I just means there has to be someone who finishes last. It’s usually Houston but we could be challenging for that soon with all this upheaval. I really hope the last few years of Diego Chara’s career aren’t wasted on a terrible team playing in meaningless decision day games.

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So, Eastside Timbers finally released a statement completely avoiding the elephant in the room. Typical weak sauce from the Gresham outfit.

"We look forward to Gavin Williamson to having more time to spend as director of our club"

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He goes to another pro club. Not a youth club.

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He goes to another pro club. Not a youth club.

The only club he is going to is the discount furniture club to sell crap.

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The only club he is going to is the discount furniture club to sell crap.

I just heard he has a new club already. Sam’s Club as a part time stock boy and cart cleaner.

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Merritt Paulson is a wealthy trust-fund baby; he'll be fine.

It will be hard for him to deal with, of course; he's not used to being held accountable by the riffraff. Torches and pitchforks outside the gates can be a bit unnerving to a rich guy used to having the world slob his knob. And actually having the peons BEAT you must be a bit of a psychic shock.

But he'll find other activities to sink his dad's money in, which will pay for the country club membership, the cars, the coke, and whatever else happens to float his boat

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Merritt Paulson is a wealthy trust-fund baby; he'll be fine.

It will be hard for him to deal with, of course; he's not used to being held accountable by the riffraff. Torches and pitchforks outside the gates can be a bit unnerving to a rich guy used to having the world slob his knob. And actually having the peons BEAT you must be a bit of a psychic shock.

But he'll find other activities to sink his dad's money in, which will pay for the country club membership, the cars, the coke, and whatever else happens to float his boat

This is all true.

I would add though, he will not handle it well. He will have money, but no respect or adoration. Something trust fund babies crave more than anything.

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This is all true.

I would add though, he will not handle it well. He will have money, but no respect or adoration. Something trust fund babies crave more than anything.

Maybe he should run for President. The line forms on the right!