Ed Tapscott stepping down?

[heelfan]

It was reported on WCNC 6 on last night\'s news that an anonymous source says that Ed Tapscott, the Charlotte Bobcats team president will be stepping down from his front office position within the next 2 or 3 days. According the source, they say that Big Money Bob Johnson is disappointed that the franchise is still stuck in 2nd gear.

[Dead_Real]

Bob Johnson wants us to be a winning team but what does he expect in only our second year?

[psycho]

I wonder if this will have any effect on the Bobcats\' draft approach? If they are wanting more \"BUZZ\" about the time, then they may go with Adam Morrison in the draft because they know that people either love him or hate him, but they WILL tune in to see him.

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HeelFan wrote:

It was reported on WCNC 6 on last night\'s news that an anonymous source says that Ed Tapscott, the Charlotte Bobcats team president will be stepping down from his front office position within the next 2 or 3 days. According the source, they say that Big Money Bob Johnson is disappointed that the franchise is still stuck in 2nd gear.

Its official, Ed Tapscott got his pinkslip, cardboard box and [url/www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/basketball/nba/charlotte_bobcats/14656125.htm?source=rss&channel=charlotte_charlott e_bobcats]was relieved of his duties[/url] because he refused to accept a lesser role in the organization.

[ashy_larry]

Heres [url/www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_Columnist Article&c=MGArticle&cid=1137836376045&path=!sports !delong!&s]John Delong\'s take on the Ed Tapscott situation[/url], It sounds like Tapscott was really a class act that got caught up in a bad situation, and is being made the fall guy for all of the problems on the business side of the organization.

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It looks like the Bobcats are having more front office shakeups. A few of the top marketing guys got the axe.

http://charlotte.bizjournals.com/cha...5/daily30.html

Up to this point the marketing of the Bobcats has been almost nonexistant in my opinion. Hopefully the marketing people that replace them can create some buzz with the team.