Recent content by Gretta

Good points .....

As a newly signed forum blogging person, I've spent most of my time reading the posts, as opposed to writing one. However, with this season almost behind us, thought I'd write one now. First, I thought I'd touch on the "how can all of you fans be so negative?" topic. Well, while I...

As a basketball fan, but without much technical knowledge of the game, I'll still make the following observation...it seems the moment that Portland becomes "expected to win", they have the most trouble. And when the odds are stacked against them, with people spewing negative comments, they...

They have been rattled for weeks now. No sense of confidence, none. We just lost to a team that is more than 30 games sub-.500.

Awesome loss Blazers. Slip-sliding-away.

Like a light switch...BOOM...cold.

Once again, disappointed with us going cold. Like a freakin light switch. We had this game. Lost it why? Just because we can? Why? Dallas didn't do much different on defense in the final 2 minutes. And why keep feeding La Softie? WE HAD THIS GAME. And we choked. Once again.

We didn't just get beat, we got absolutely man-handled in our own house. One of my first (and only) posts was commenting on how the Blazers seem to get so mentally out-of-it, so quickly. More so than other teams. I kind of took some heat for writing that. Yet it really seems true...

Yeah, fatigue has partly contributed to our not-so-great last 15 or so games. But I agree with the person who started this thread...I think the "intangible" here is truly a loss of confidence. It's almost like you could see the demeanor change on the faces of the team after a couple of those...

If my next one thousand posts are all 'positive', would I then be allowed a post of true feeling? Just frustrated at the recent losses, knowing how good this team is.

...as in my first and only post prior to this... why do the Blazers seem to let the other team in their head so much? We had two, two, uncontested 3 pointers in the last minute. Matthews missed, then Lillard missed. While that's fine for "typical" teams, it is not fine for "Championship"...

I know confidence and psyche play a big roll in this game. But as a long time Blazer fan now, it seems like over the years, when our team gets a little rattled, they really let it sink into their head, affecting their game. More so than the other "good" teams out there. Why would that be...