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Title: Ed Stefanski Phone Interview
Post by: NetsGM on January 10, 2008, 01:45:41 PM
Hey guys,
I have a phone interview with Ed Stefanski scheduled for next week for a piece I'm doing for RealGM.  If anybody has any questions they want asked, let me know and I'll see if I can get them in.


Title: Re: Ed Stefanski Phone Interview
Post by: GrizzliesGM on January 10, 2008, 01:51:23 PM
Thats pretty sweet. Congrats!


Title: Re: Ed Stefanski Phone Interview
Post by: SixersGM on January 10, 2008, 01:57:34 PM
Ask him what makes Andre Miller a legit piece to built around with and who are the rookies that enticed his appetite for this year's draft.

And ask him why Dr.J isn't improving despite his high rookie potential.. HAHA jk


Title: Re: Ed Stefanski Phone Interview
Post by: HornetsGM on January 10, 2008, 02:57:22 PM
I think it would be interesting to ask him about bargaining strategy (without asking him to give up too much, of course). For example, does he like to make the first offer? Does he like getting offers more?

Also, from a financial standpoint, what is better for a franchise -- a series of peaks (deep into playoffs) and valleys (lotto picks), or steady success (playoffs every year) with limited chance at a championship?


Title: Re: Ed Stefanski Phone Interview
Post by: HornetsGM on January 10, 2008, 05:07:02 PM
BTW, that's pretty damn cool that you get to interview him -- is it gonna be on RealGM radio?


Title: Re: Ed Stefanski Phone Interview
Post by: NetsGM on January 10, 2008, 05:55:24 PM
Yeah.  I was kinda surprised they accepted.

Some of it might be replayed on RealGM radio, but it won't be on there live.  The transcript will probably be posted on realgm, along with a corresponding article.


Title: Re: Ed Stefanski Phone Interview
Post by: GrizzliesGM on January 19, 2008, 09:57:33 PM
I just read it. Congrats again!


Title: Re: Ed Stefanski Phone Interview
Post by: NetsGM on January 20, 2008, 03:01:31 AM
Thanks.  It was definitely a fun experience.  There's definitely a lot I wish I had asked him, some that I forgot, and some that I chickened out on, but overall it could have been worse.


Title: Re: Ed Stefanski Phone Interview
Post by: PacersGM on January 20, 2008, 03:38:17 AM
link?


Title: Re: Ed Stefanski Phone Interview
Post by: NetsGM on January 20, 2008, 04:01:09 AM
http://sixers.realgm.com/articles/117/20080118/a_realgm_interview_with_ed_stefanski/


Title: Re: Ed Stefanski Phone Interview
Post by: MagicGM on January 20, 2008, 04:13:00 AM
when you interviewed him, were you only limited to a certain number of questions? or time pressure?


Title: Re: Ed Stefanski Phone Interview
Post by: NetsGM on January 20, 2008, 09:16:52 AM
it was supposed to be 5-10 minutes.  it ended up going about 25.


Title: Re: Ed Stefanski Phone Interview
Post by: WizardsGM on January 20, 2008, 09:45:54 AM
So what did you do? Just ask them, "hey you wanna give me Ed Stefanski's number, and I'll call him for RealGM?" That'd be sweet. Man, if I could call Bryan Colangelo I would wet myself repeatledly.


Title: Re: Ed Stefanski Phone Interview
Post by: NetsGM on January 20, 2008, 10:07:43 AM
emailed their pr guys, said "hey, I'm blah and blah from RealGM, would ed have time to do a short interview".  They responded back asking if 1 pm on tuesday worked, and ed called me.


Title: Re: Ed Stefanski Phone Interview
Post by: WizardsGM on January 20, 2008, 10:16:09 AM
Sounds too easy. Were you nervous? Ever done an interview like that before?