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e_blazer said:
I was tempted to start a thread on this issue. I get being angry that the team isn't performing as well as we would like at times and that individual players have struggled. That said, people really need to be a bit more objective about this team. By almost every metric, compared with what was "realistically" expected coming into the season, the Blazers have dramatically overachieved. We fans can get sucked into the excitement of that, but this team is young, not playoff experienced, and (most of all) is not complete from a roster standpoint. The opposition has had the luxury of only having to game for two consistent scorers. The Blazers have played the Clippers and now the Warriors; both teams known for the excellent defense they play. They're coached by two of the best coaches in the game and, especially in Kerr's case, they've had the luxury of plenty of time to think about how to defend Lillard and CJ. Calling these guys "garbage", as some of you have, is absurd. In some cases, this has been by posters for whom this is a typical shtick. Others of you, well, I'll just say that these kinds of posts make me lose respect.
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I don't understand all the negativity either... the Blazers supposed to be rebuilding this year and obviously they're way ahead of schedule. It kills me that people can't give them any credit for making the play offs and then getting to the 2nd round because of other teams' injuries. This happens every single year and that's exactly why we play the games. Did Memphis get an asterisk last year in the 1st round because they were playing the Blazers without Wes?

Nobody thinks this is a championship team (well maybe KingAJS does but he's been a lot more right about this team than most of us) but this experience is priceless. They are so young and need to understand what it feels like to play far into the play offs even if you don't win. Neil Olshey is going to make some tweaks in the off season. We're going to continue to get better. And I really feel like if the Blazers had done a better job of keeping the Warriors off the offensive boards it would've been a tight game. I can't wait to see how they do in the Moda! I think the Blazers are going to make a series out of this and I'm going to enjoy every second win or lose.
 
Strenuus said:
It's all gravy in the 2nd round. We weren't expected to make the damn playoffs. How can you be negative? lol. Logic.
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There are some people who interpret any discussion on how to improve the team as "negative." If you take every sign of frustration or desire for improvement as "negative", then this is a very negative place.

IMHO, if you are rooting for the team to succeed - that is not "negative." YMMV.
 
Or maybe it's just time for some of us to accept the we "deserve to lose for what we did to the Jazz"... what do you think e? :topicclosed:
 
If you truly love anything unconditionally--family, sports team, god--I'd suggest not discussing it on the Internet.

I don't mean that flippantly. Any large group of people is going to provide many views incompatible with that type of love or passion and it will grind you down.
 
e_blazer said:
I was tempted to start a thread on this issue. I get being angry that the team isn't performing as well as we would like at times and that individual players have struggled. That said, people really need to be a bit more objective about this team. By almost every metric, compared with what was "realistically" expected coming into the season, the Blazers have dramatically overachieved. We fans can get sucked into the excitement of that, but this team is young, not playoff experienced, and (most of all) is not complete from a roster standpoint. The opposition has had the luxury of only having to game for two consistent scorers. The Blazers have played the Clippers and now the Warriors; both teams known for the excellent defense they play. They're coached by two of the best coaches in the game and, especially in Kerr's case, they've had the luxury of plenty of time to think about how to defend Lillard and CJ. Calling these guys "garbage", as some of you have, is absurd. In some cases, this has been by posters for whom this is a typical shtick. Others of you, well, I'll just say that these kinds of posts make me lose respect.
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Well said!
 
Hobbesarable said:
Is this gonna get ugly, now? Huh? I hope not. Because I thought what we were here, racial differences notwithstanding, was just a couple of old friends. You know, just both of us Californians.
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(you can't leave out the HOLY SHIT WANG! at the end of that line!)

Nothin' or double, Jack.
 
If I leave the forum, I promise I won't do the Kobe last season tour.....game threads suck for the most part in my view..I used to really enjoy them. Way too polarizing for my idea of a good time during a game...any other thread I could care less...games being a live event are not the best place to act like Hubbie Brown with a keyboard
 
IMO some of it is deserved.

Our franchise player is getting torched and his career playoff numbers are, at best, mediocre.

As long as Dame fails to step up this team will be stuck on this treadmill of mediocrity.

He has yet to have a decent series.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
(you can't leave out the HOLY SHIT WANG! at the end of that line!)

Nothin' or double, Jack.
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The movie quotes was fun. It's been a while since I've done that. You can always count on Big Trouble in Little China for several quotes!

Take care and hope to see you around, BlazerCaravan.
 
oldmangrouch said:
There are some people who interpret any discussion on how to improve the team as "negative." If you take every sign of frustration or desire for improvement as "negative", then this is a very negative place.

IMHO, if you are rooting for the team to succeed - that is not "negative." YMMV.
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Desire for improvement is not negative.

Saying someone is garbage without giving a recourse is negative.

There's a very solid difference.

That said, game threads are kneejerk in nature... instantaneous reactions to a fluid game. So I understand both sides.
 
KingAlbertoJrSpeed said:
Enjoy the rest of the playoffs, guys and Vanilla Gorilla, riverman, and Orion Bailey, keep up the good fight.
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I'm honored to be mentioned here but I do say negative things about the players performances sometimes. Not as much since Leonard has been out, but I still do.
 
I understand your frustration. I used to feel the same way. I even came up with a name for the Negative Nancys and Debbie Downers that were always killing my buzz about my favorite team. I called them anti-fans because they were so invested in their own negative opinions that they actually celebrated when the team, or certain players, failed and made excuses when we over achieved (easy schedule, other teams' injuries, got lucky, etc.). To them, being "right" in some anonymous internet forum was more important than watching their "favorite" team win.

As noted, it's worst in the game threads. So, I started avoiding the game threads during the games. In the game threads, people overreact in the heat of the moment. I occasionally go back and read the game threads after the game is over, usually after a comeback win, just to laugh at some of the stupid shit people posted.

There are still some things that get posted here that annoy me, but my solution has made the forum a much more enjoyable place to hang out. So, do what I did. Stop giving so many fucks about what your fellow format assholes think. Sometimes they'll be right. Sometimes you'll be right, but at the end of the day, if your goal is to enjoy rooting for your team in a positive way, do so with abandon, but don't expect everyone else to follow suit. That's just not the way the world works. If you expect EVERYONE to share your optimism, you will be disappointed and frustrated. Enjoy your fandom and the successes of your favorite team, stay out of the game threads and don't take what other morons post here so fucking serious.

BNM
 
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