Conner's Blog » bill simmons http://connermccall.com asking questions and failing to answer them Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:24:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Simmons for GM http://connermccall.com/20090506/simmons-for-gm/ http://connermccall.com/20090506/simmons-for-gm/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 21:45:00 +0000 Conner http://connermccall.com/?p=1105 I know most of my readers could care less about the Timberwolves, I have traffic stats that back this up.  On the other hand I know my readers are awesome, so I”m asking for your help.  Our lowly basketball franchise may be irrelevant and not much fun, but we have a savior in our midsts.  Bill Simmons, aka “The Sports Guy” on ESPN, has offered to take over General Management duties.

Now I know the chances of this happening are pretty much nill, but if I can get the weight of the Minneapolis bloggers association behind it, at least I’ll feel like I accomplished something.  Many of you may be wondering why the heck we would want this.  So here are my reasons.

  • The team would become relevant again nationally.  Maybe not competitively but we would have more press coverage than we would know what to do with.
  • He is willing to work for free the first year.
  • He is one of the only NBA writers I respect, and he’s pretty good at it.
  • The team can only get better.
  • He’s on Twitter, and is actually fun to follow.

All I’m asking for is an email to Chris Wright wright@timberwolves.com, or a quick bit of linkage on Twitter or your blog.  He couldn’t get the Bucks to even interview him, and I know we can do better than the Milwaukee fans.

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