After his team suffered another road loss on Sunday to the New York Red Bulls, Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson took to Twitter to answer Timbers fans on Twitter who have been using the #GWOUT hashtag to indicate they want him to fire General Manager/Interim Coach Gavin Wilkinson.
Here are a few screen captures of @MerrittPaulson’s tweets:
This kicked things off…
Paulson’s response when asked for an explanation
Of course, there was a flurry of reaction to Paulson’s tweets. Here’s a sampling of a few:
So what do you think about Merritt Paulson’s tweets? Was he out of line to fire back at Gavin Wilkinson’s critics? Is it better to have an owner who will respond to fans via social media or an apathetic owner who never responds?
Leave your comments below.
Chris Singer
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