The amazingly sucky Darius Songaila Thread TM
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I have to admit that I liked the signing when it happened. Though I've been unimpressed by him at times, it was not until about 20 games into this season that i really soured on him. I knew he was slow, but this season his D has been absolutely atrocious. When his J is falling you can play him against some backup PF's, when it isn't (like most of this season) he's like a combination of the worst traits of Ruffin and Jamison. Oh wait . . . both of those guys can rebound . . . so I guess he's even worse than that.
If his suckiness is due to injury (left over from the back, or something new), I feel bad for the guy. And I can't blame him for taking his paycheck. Heck, I'd play for the MLE (I'd just have to put a bag over my head to hide my shame -- I would be off the scale sucky). But EJ just shouldn't be playing him more than a few minutes per game except for garbage time and major big man foul trouble.
If his suckiness is due to injury (left over from the back, or something new), I feel bad for the guy. And I can't blame him for taking his paycheck. Heck, I'd play for the MLE (I'd just have to put a bag over my head to hide my shame -- I would be off the scale sucky). But EJ just shouldn't be playing him more than a few minutes per game except for garbage time and major big man foul trouble.
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Why is he having his worst year?
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/players/s ... yerId=1784
FG .427 is way below his average. .493
but he is shooting his best % from the FT line .929
You would have to think our shooting coach should have been able to get him straight by now.
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/players/s ... yerId=1784
FG .427 is way below his average. .493
but he is shooting his best % from the FT line .929
You would have to think our shooting coach should have been able to get him straight by now.
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I still don't think Songaila is terrible but he's a specialist. He really can't do anything except hit some mid range jumpers. I think he'd be more effective if he had some better players around him to open things up like in Phoenix or Boston...
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Dat2U wrote:0 points (0-2 fgs) & 2 rebs in 17 minutes for Suck-gaila last night. Very Ruffin-esque to say the least.
Why don't we have a shrine for Darius?
Shrines are for the effort guys, the floor burn specialists, the fan favorites that no one else knows, Laron Profit . . . when the Ruffin shrine was created, he was a fan favorite and it was in tribute to his effort.
Songalia is not a big effort guy, either in terms of visible work ethic or defense . . . and he sure doesn't seem to be a fan favorite. No shrine.
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It'd Groundhogs Day and Songalia is Puxatawny Phil.
Different game, different day... same sucky statline, same critical stretch of the game where, for some reason, the Wiz can't protect the rim and get a stop.
At the end of the day, though, you can't really blame Puxatawney Phil... the dude with expensive suits and no rotation keeps putting him in the same position to fail.
Different game, different day... same sucky statline, same critical stretch of the game where, for some reason, the Wiz can't protect the rim and get a stop.
At the end of the day, though, you can't really blame Puxatawney Phil... the dude with expensive suits and no rotation keeps putting him in the same position to fail.
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Cheeky of you to bump this Pine.
I must say, the past few games Darius seemed to have been reverting to the Suckgalia of old. But, he was very good tonight (especially on the offensive end). I do think that several of the Cavs offensive rebounds came at his expense though.
Nonetheless, I'll be a man and eat my words from the post right before yours.
Hey, I'm a Wiz die hard... I want the players on the team that suck to be good. I want Eddie to morph into Red Auerbach.
I must say, the past few games Darius seemed to have been reverting to the Suckgalia of old. But, he was very good tonight (especially on the offensive end). I do think that several of the Cavs offensive rebounds came at his expense though.
Nonetheless, I'll be a man and eat my words from the post right before yours.
Hey, I'm a Wiz die hard... I want the players on the team that suck to be good. I want Eddie to morph into Red Auerbach.
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sorry long suffrin' boulez fan, nothing personal toward you.
Just wanted to note Darius' improvement in recent weeks.
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Just wanted to note Darius' improvement in recent weeks.
We're all on the same team here. You, me, the rest of the board. We all want to see the home team do well.
Go Wiz!
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