dandridge 10 wrote:Where are all the optimists this game? Come on fellas, still think we are going to turn this thing around?
Like I said many times before, you can't ignore history. This team, "led" by the big 3, continues to play down to their competition, still plays no D, and are still mentally and physically soft. Yes, indeed, it is time to blow this mother up. I'd rather go back to watching the Bullets teams in the 80s. They sucked, but at least they played hard and with heart for 48 minutes every game.
What really pisses me off this year is that there should be no reason that they can't get motivated to play hard every game. They had a 19 win season last year, their owner died, they already have a pathetic record despite lofty expectations, and they are getting ridiculed on National Tv by Barkely and Webber, AND THEY STILL CAN'T FIND MOTIVATION TO COME OUT AND PLAY HARD AGAINST A CRAPPY TEAM MISSING THEIR 25 PPG STAR!!! The effort that they displayed during the first half of this game was totally unexcusable. As my wife says to me over and over again, this team does not deserve me as a fan. I agree.
D10, I was a proud optimist going into this season and predicted 50 wins. Where am I, honestly? I'm devastated. I've loved this team so much, invested so much emotional energy, time and money and have basically nothing to show for it but feeling like a fool. I don't know if this experience will turn me into a more detached fan -- on the one hand I don't htink it's in my DNA, on the other I used to be passionate Skins and baseball fans and both have all but disappeared from my mind.
As an aside, isn't it ironic that the guy you were least sold on -- Blatche -- has been the most consistently good player on the team this year outside of Haywood?
Anyhow, it's really hard to look at 7-14, especially the last four, and envision how this team becomes anything more than mediocre. Not because the talent isn't there -- the whole is just somehow less than the sum of the parts.
Arenas, and I have loved a lot about the guy, is a basket case. Ironically, I think he made a comment a few years back about how unhappy Larry Hughes was since signing his mega-deal with Cleveland. How miserable has Gil been since his contract? The injury, his family/personal life in public shambles, and his confidence is completely shot. I have no ill will towards Gilbert at all, but I have a hard time seeing him being successful here.
Ernie did his best, but Dat and barely appear to have been right about his ability to assemble a contender. Once Ted gets comfortable, he probably needs to look for a forward-thinking replacement.
This really, really sucks.
Magnumt
