Authorship attribution, hands11 vs. milellie111
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Text from hands11 (Author 1): And yet I still enjoy reading his posts.
So what. He took a position in support of the team. Lets go hang the dude.. Oh the outrage. A fan of a team was positive about the team he is a fan of.
Its easy pickings to beat down on the team when things aren't going well. That's takes not great talent or emotional courage.
And its easy pickings to jump on the bus when things are going well. Same as above.
I have no issue with people having the balls to be positive about the bigger picture and hoping that things work out for a player or coach. Hell. I wanted things to work out for Randy and he showed some glimpses. And he does have his strengths. Its just at times, I have no idea why he does what he does because it just doesn't make sense. Its like he lives in a bubble.
The team, the coaches... We are learning who they are or aren't over time. Randy is better then many projected. He just isn't as good as we want or need right now. And I'm not sensing its in his personality to adjust to what is needed. Being stubbornly committed can be a strength sometimes if you vision requires patients. Its can also be a huge liability is you are wrong. He seems to be more the type to double down something and force it to work as best as it can then to adjust to the talents of the players he has. And I don't think he is noticing the changing trend in the league regarding motion offenses and 3 ball shooting.
So no. I'm not down on Milli for having hope and drinking some Kool-aid. He has his positive view and he voiced it. Hell, he even had to balls to do it here where negative seems to win the day. Hell, he even had the balls to do it even though he was negative on the team in the past but excepted the changes he saw. And he hasn't backed down from answering question even though others have shown little intelligence in addressing him. Or courtesy.
Here is a question. Why is it so much worse here for someone to be very positive and wrong then it is for those that have been consistently negative and wrong. Where is the outrage over those people ?
Text from Chocolate City Jordanaire (Author 2): It's not how you start. It's how you finish. Five straight losses and 4 wins, eight losses over the last 12 are the reasons for my discontent.
Seraphin hasn't taken a leap. That is a perception that I don't believe you can justify using actual objective measures. If you say he rebounds better or passes better I will show you what he does worse. But I will be the first to say I think Seraphin at PF and Gortat at C is something that Wittman needs to try.
Milellie111, I believe Pierce and Humphries are great pieces of the roster success. The problem is more with how this coach utilizes the roster he has. How is Gortat doing since getting his deal? Is Humphries taking away or adding to Marcin Gortat? Same with Pierce? You want Seraphin to replace Gortat?
Washington is losing consistently to teams that go small and pick apart slow defensive rotation. Perimeter defense is not like it was last season with Ariza. Wall is having a great season but opposing guards are getting to the rim with regularity against the Wizards.
Instead of building on youth like Rice and Porter after they dominated summer league, the Wizards brought in Butler and Temple. Good for the short term but are they winning now?
Look at teams like Charlotte, Milwaukee, Detroit, and Boston. They are currently behind the Wizards but they don't have a bunch of players over 30 who aren't going to get better.
Milellie111, of those 4 teams can you assure me that Washington will finish stronger than all four? Forget Atlanta. Cleveland has a loaded roster now. Toronto seems to have Washington's number. Chicago has problems with Washington but I still like Rose in a series if he's healthy. The Wizards need to be better than the rest. Are they?
Text from milellie111 (Unknown Author): Not trolling here, just looking at this thing from both sides of the coin.Sure, losses suck but let's not hang our heads down too low. These past 3 losses were 8 points or less and one was in overtime. We are not totally getting blown out or dominated. The loss to Phoenix in Phoenix is nothing to be ashamed of. The Suns have beaten some quality teams this year including San Antonio, Golden State and recently Cleavland and Chicago.
Losing only by 4 in overtime to Toronto shows that in a 4 game series it will be close and will be determined by who stays hot. Toronto was unbelievably hot last game but they won't shoot like that every single game in a 4 game series.
Last night was just a bad loss at home, but Charlotte is no lottery team. They themselves have recently beat Toronto, New Orleans and Miami.
So yes, I'm saying the sky isn't falling, this is not the time to panic and make a desperate trade or "clean house". Our current group of guys have built a chemistry. Wall is hurt/banged up and the team could use some needed rest approaching all star break to regroup and come back out with a vengeance. Gortat did not all of a sudden forget how to play center within the last month neither has Rasual Butler forgotten how to make a 3 pointer. Guys will settle down, these slumps happen around the league with other teams and players too.
Do not lose faith yet wondering if we are still a good team or not. This is still a 50+ win playoff team.
RESULT: INCONCLUSIVE - On function word analysis, the software says that the milellie111 text is slightly more likely to have been written by Author 2 (CCJ) than Author 1 (hands11). In the lexical and punctuation areas, the software is neutral.