oh why o why i wonder that you wonder about that?
Like i said, wake up call is coming... maybe its here
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oh why o why i wonder that you wonder about that?
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I think part of what is going on is that there are a few different camps on the board. There is the "bake it" camp that thinks what we have is great. Then there is the "This team is not doing the right things it needs to win." camp where people are very disgusted with how the team is playing. For those of us who are in the second camp, often it is very hard to stay silent when you see the team, and coaching staff, make the same mistakes over and over and over again. The message board give us a chance to vent.
I have been watching pro basketball since the mid 70's. I have seen good teams come and go. I can tell you right now, that the Blazers are not doing the things a good team does. It stretches all across the organization, from players to coaching staff, and now, even to upper management. Much like the team with Clyde Drexler in the 80's, this team is lacking toughness. That team had to go outside and make a deal to get that toughness, by getting Buck Williams. The Rasheed Wallace/Sabonis team had to go get Brian Grant, and later Pippen and Smith.(ALL tough SOB's in my book) Oden may provide that, but only if given a true chance to show what he can do, instead of being stifled by the coaching staff. He can't impact the game if he isn't on the floor. He can't score on offense if players don't throw him the ball. If you set him up for fail, he is going to fail.
Right now the team is setting itself up for failure. They play an outside-in game, and teams that are built outside-in, lose in the playoffs sooner rather than later.
I have been watching pro basketball since the mid 70's. I have seen good teams come and go. I can tell you right now, that the Blazers are not doing the things a good team does. It stretches all across the organization, from players to coaching staff, and now, even to upper management. Much like the team with Clyde Drexler in the 80's, this team is lacking toughness. That team had to go outside and make a deal to get that toughness, by getting Buck Williams. The Rasheed Wallace/Sabonis team had to go get Brian Grant, and later Pippen and Smith.(ALL tough SOB's in my book) Oden may provide that, but only if given a true chance to show what he can do, instead of being stifled by the coaching staff. He can't impact the game if he isn't on the floor. He can't score on offense if players don't throw him the ball. If you set him up for fail, he is going to fail.
Right now the team is setting itself up for failure. They play an outside-in game, and teams that are built outside-in, lose in the playoffs sooner rather than later.