All the podcast is nothing but a furnace of negativity regarding the Trail Blazers and without a touch of reality in it. Aaron Furness is nothing but a PNW version of Stephen A. Smith. Just a loud clown who edgy for the sake of it and that’s not a good listen at all. Jacked Ramseys is a much better Blazer podcast. Don’t listen to this ragebaiter!!!

I think the information, whether I agree or not, is compelling. My big issue is they need an audio engineer or something to keep Fentress’ volume at a consistent level. Sometimes he gets so quiet I can barely hear him. It detracts from the quality of the production.

Maybe it’s me, but Aaron doesn’t seem able to maintain reasonably consistent audio levels, whether he’s moving around the mic or simply alternating between shout and whisper. At times it borders on unlistenable, and I find myself constantly adjusting my headphone level. Craig’s audio levels, on the other hand, are fairly consistent.

I’ve listened to these guys in the past and didn’t dislike the show, but I tuned into the 10/2/23 episode and they spent the hour mostly trashing the Blazers past and present. Negative, at times uninformed, belligerent takes. Specifically, omitting the fact that Dame never rescinded his trade request in their evaluation of Cronin’s denying his return to the team, devaluing the RW III and Brogdon pick-ups in their comparison to the Miami offer and suggesting Scoot isn’t or shouldn’t be the starting PG on opening night. Blazers fans are already feeling beat up post-Dame trade and these guys just spewed all over the mics at the worst time. Please take this criticism constructively. I am not a person who writes reviews, but I just have to say this was really tough to listen to as a Blazers fan. I think we deserve better.

This is the podcast for you if you’re looking for some of the worst content about the Blazers. Aaron Fentress often confuses being a clown with being edgy. The only thing he feeds more than his burgeoning belly is his ego. Hopefully he is run out of Blazers coverage soon. I can see why Ducks fans felt relief when he moved on. Absolutely terrible show.

It’s a shame the local paper of record employs a beat writer for the only major pro team in the state who clearly doesn’t know or like the NBA and would rather be covering football. There are better Blazers podcasts out there.

The balance of Casey and Joe worked extremely well and stands in stark contrast to the twitter Stephen A Smith wannabe that is Fentress. Better content and analysis can be found elsewhere where the primary hosts don’t act like they are better than than the listeners.

Beyond just general disagreements with his opinions, I had the absolute displeasure of listening to Fentress talking down on female coaches. I was slightly optimistic after hearing him talk positively about coach Eddy, but then listening to him follow that up by saying that women should be required to jump over more hurdles than men was nothing short of disgusting. The fact that he said that on air and diminished the credibility of female assistant coaches and their experiences playing in the WNBA, no matter how well they coach in an assistant role, left an awful taste in my mouth. In a society that should be striving to break down barriers formed on the basis of gender, Fentress represents the antithesis of that. Needless to say, I won’t be listening to this ever again for as long as Fentress is the host.

OMG!!! Get off the steroids! Slow down! With such great content and so much knowledge it’s really sad that so many of us can’t listen to it!

I never listened to the podcast with different hosts so I have no history. I thought Aaron was insightful, knew the team, and appreciates good basketball. The back-and-forth was entertaining and the enthusiasm each host demonstrated was a plus. This Blazer moment has a lot of uncertainty and the Podcast navigated the uncertainty and possible season, and beyond, outcomes well. The Blazers are fun to watch and the hosts encouraged fans, including the tank now advocates that no matter what they should enjoy the way the team is playing.

Always nice to hear someone keep it 100

Aaron Fentress is just a rough host. His ability to talk the X’s and O’s of basketball is rudimentary. Due to this, it sometimes makes his analyses hard to follow and clunky. He also gets really stuck on his storylines and takes that he wants to push. Even if they become factually disputed by the team, players and other more informed analysts, he drives his invalid points or takes. My take on Aaron is that he’s trying to be edgy and against the grain so that he can get that national attention. He wants to make loud takes like Stephen A. Smith but doesn’t have the chops or charisma to do so. Not only can the Oregonian do better for a Blazer’s Pod, but they can find a much more qualified and astute beat writer to follow the Blazers. The guests and other commentators have more knowledge and ability to speak about the team and those thoughts just get interjected with Aaron’s infatuation and love for Anfernee Simons

A lot of one star reviews for this podcast. I suspect they are from the fallout from when the Oregonian started this show and ended another. Not the fault of the host who brings a long term reporter’s perspective and has many good insights. I find him refreshing. No random filler. This podcast has been moving up my list.

I like that Aaron Fentress keeps it real. He makes it known he is a Chicago fan and a Blazer beat writer. He bring objective opinions and good insider details from covering the team. Love the pod!

This is a man who uses logic and reasoning instead of in-the-moment feelings to assess the Blazers. I love it. If you don't like what you're hearing, there problem is probably with you.

I enjoyed RCR as much as the next guy, but most of the negative reviews here are mad about what happened, let’s all be honest. Aaron is definitely different but he’s coming into his own. I love the added audio clips of coach/player interviews. The last episode with no guest was solid and had some good analysis backed up with stats. I think this will be a 5 star show soon enough.

With any new podcast, I try to keep an open mind, but this one has just been really hard to listen to. The host has seemed very defensive, goes on long rants, gets off topic quite a bit, and is just overall not fun to listen to. I was particularly disappointed to learn that RCR was ended for this podcast to happen. Just save your time and skip it, there are better Blazers podcasts out there.

This is just bad. RCR was so much better. Just don’t bother listening to this.

I don’t enjoy Aaron’s approach and his one sided opinions

Joe is great. Love his analysis, unbiased view, and overall demeanor. Aaron comes off as an arrogant and pretty rude guy. Not interested in this while he’s there.

Where are Casey and Joe? Big mistake guys, big mistake

What is the podcast about? I listened to a good amount of the first episode and they didn’t really talk about the blazers. They actually talked a lot about football. I miss the old podcast that this one replaced.

I’m done reading OLive because they killed RCR.

I like how you emphasized “objective” as if Casey can’t be because he works for the team 🙄. Get the Oregonian to bring Joe and Casey back, and I’ll listen to you AND RCR...imagine that!