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Larry is famous for slow starts. Anyone wanna guess.
Larry has a nice track record. Anyone wanna guess why?
Because laying down a foundation requires that you dig below the surface. If your putting up a building you must first dig below the surface before you go up. The taller the building the deeper the foundation. Imagine seeing a notice for a new skyscraper with a pretty picture of it to show what it looks like when completed. Then day after day your walking by the site and just amazed that the building is not going up but actually they are digging and digging THE OTHER WAY!
IMagine reading about this wonderful building and maybe thinking about buying a place in it. Day after day the hole gets deeper and deeper. Logically you understand but then you just lose site of it all and think "how the **** am I going to enjoy this place if they are going the wrong way!
days go by and start thinking what fools these workers are. They should get new ones, younger ones! The old ones despite the fact they have worked on many buildings, just don's seem to be getting it done. A week later, there is a union strike and you notice many new young workers really buzzing. A few days later you see things have stopped and they are filling in some dirt. you ask why and a superviser says the young guys were so excited and full of energy they over dug and did it wrong!
Further amazed you seek out the site contracter and question his knowlege and back ground. Angry he yells that you don't know what your talking about and there are many things you don't understand about this site, this company, this piece of land, and how the building must be anchored. Besides, he is only following the specifications given to him!
You go see the Architect who has a nice model of the building in his office and he smiles and tells you about how wonderful it is and it will be a great place. Forgetting about the site, your all pumped up again imagining the finished product only.
The next day you go by the site and it looks like nothing is getting done! You change your commute to work and swear your not even going to bother with this because its never getting done!
A year later you go by and see this wonderful tall building and decide to buy in!! You find out the best units are all gone and the cost has gone up 40%! Outraged you complain but the realitor says the preconstruction price was a good one and those with vision get the better unit and better price. And after all they were the ones patient and will get more enjoyment.
Upset, you leave the sales office and see some few friends who are now living there. You ask how its going and they tell you how much fun it was to watch their new home get built and how amazing to see the old building get torn down, the site prepared and "who could believe it would look this good"! The Architect walks buy at this time and says "I did!". They all talk about how wonderful the gala opening party was for those first owners and how it made moving in so much more exciting! They explaine how the sense of community is very enjoyable and they used to get together to watch it being built. There used to be some more friends who were in the early group but they lost patience and dropped out.
Guys and girls, there is no guarantee this team will ever win a champioinship, in fact I suspect its not really designed to do so by the owners. It is designed to eventually succeed and go deep in the playoffs making money for its owners. Perhaps I am wrong and we go further! But this team, this roster, and all the changes being made one can really begin to understand the task at hand and while its very discouraging now, be happy that we are not concerned about building a mediocore team and willing to dig deep to get it done right from the start! Past teams would be more concerned about a slow start but larry can carry this thru.
If anyone is to blame, blame Isiah! But logically its not about the first 10 games, its about getting it right. It might mean upping a lotto pick. But would we prefer we play Eddie out of shape risking injury? Or playing smaller minutes and concentrating on the fundamentals. WOuld we prefer Marbs stay in and pad stats or pull him and give the minutes to others.
Quality minutes are the objective. ANd if you can't give them, you sit. Getting it right is not easy.
Long analogy but I believe the point is well made... (Good to be back!)
Larry has a nice track record. Anyone wanna guess why?
Because laying down a foundation requires that you dig below the surface. If your putting up a building you must first dig below the surface before you go up. The taller the building the deeper the foundation. Imagine seeing a notice for a new skyscraper with a pretty picture of it to show what it looks like when completed. Then day after day your walking by the site and just amazed that the building is not going up but actually they are digging and digging THE OTHER WAY!
IMagine reading about this wonderful building and maybe thinking about buying a place in it. Day after day the hole gets deeper and deeper. Logically you understand but then you just lose site of it all and think "how the **** am I going to enjoy this place if they are going the wrong way!
days go by and start thinking what fools these workers are. They should get new ones, younger ones! The old ones despite the fact they have worked on many buildings, just don's seem to be getting it done. A week later, there is a union strike and you notice many new young workers really buzzing. A few days later you see things have stopped and they are filling in some dirt. you ask why and a superviser says the young guys were so excited and full of energy they over dug and did it wrong!
Further amazed you seek out the site contracter and question his knowlege and back ground. Angry he yells that you don't know what your talking about and there are many things you don't understand about this site, this company, this piece of land, and how the building must be anchored. Besides, he is only following the specifications given to him!
You go see the Architect who has a nice model of the building in his office and he smiles and tells you about how wonderful it is and it will be a great place. Forgetting about the site, your all pumped up again imagining the finished product only.
The next day you go by the site and it looks like nothing is getting done! You change your commute to work and swear your not even going to bother with this because its never getting done!
A year later you go by and see this wonderful tall building and decide to buy in!! You find out the best units are all gone and the cost has gone up 40%! Outraged you complain but the realitor says the preconstruction price was a good one and those with vision get the better unit and better price. And after all they were the ones patient and will get more enjoyment.
Upset, you leave the sales office and see some few friends who are now living there. You ask how its going and they tell you how much fun it was to watch their new home get built and how amazing to see the old building get torn down, the site prepared and "who could believe it would look this good"! The Architect walks buy at this time and says "I did!". They all talk about how wonderful the gala opening party was for those first owners and how it made moving in so much more exciting! They explaine how the sense of community is very enjoyable and they used to get together to watch it being built. There used to be some more friends who were in the early group but they lost patience and dropped out.
Guys and girls, there is no guarantee this team will ever win a champioinship, in fact I suspect its not really designed to do so by the owners. It is designed to eventually succeed and go deep in the playoffs making money for its owners. Perhaps I am wrong and we go further! But this team, this roster, and all the changes being made one can really begin to understand the task at hand and while its very discouraging now, be happy that we are not concerned about building a mediocore team and willing to dig deep to get it done right from the start! Past teams would be more concerned about a slow start but larry can carry this thru.
If anyone is to blame, blame Isiah! But logically its not about the first 10 games, its about getting it right. It might mean upping a lotto pick. But would we prefer we play Eddie out of shape risking injury? Or playing smaller minutes and concentrating on the fundamentals. WOuld we prefer Marbs stay in and pad stats or pull him and give the minutes to others.
Quality minutes are the objective. ANd if you can't give them, you sit. Getting it right is not easy.
Long analogy but I believe the point is well made... (Good to be back!)
