What exactly did he say that was wrong?
Don't ya know? It is not WHAT you say but HOW you say it. Did he say it with love for Portland in his voice or was it said in a denigrating manner?
My kids once played a song for me wherein if you said something in a song with a happy tune to it, you could say whatever and it would be taken nicely.
Charles is going with traditional thinking which is right more often than not, but not
always right. Since, at least so far this year, the traditional thinking is not right, whatever Charles says must be wrong.
I will admit that I was leery of the early success as I wasn't sure it was sustainable. However, they continually find ways to win and show a strength of will and character that has not been seen for quite some time in a Blazer team. It has been prevalent at times in certain players (i.e., Roy) but not necessarily in the team as a whole; now it seems to be throughout the entire team.
There are exceptions to nearly every rule and the pre-season predictions for the Blazers were by-the-rules. Some still hold to those by-the-rules predictions for future success. We, has homeristic fans, believe they are wrong and point out as evidence of our correctness, their continued success no matter the opposition (well, except maybe for those dang Suns).
Long-term, those who predict less than ebullient success have as much chance of being correct as those of us who hope for more.
It is interesting and refreshing that in spite of the current success, there is little discussion of us winning it all. Nearly any time that is mentioned, it is with a breath of hesitation that we could actually go that far. Too much perception that the NBA would not allow that to happen. In spite of how things are now, we are destined for a Miami/Lakers finals.
Gramps...
