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gowiz999 · Post #421 » by **gowiz999** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:02 am

Haywood was a team leading +14 yet sat on the bench during the majority of the 4th quarter. Young did a few good things but he was a team low -20 and should have not have been taking as much shots down the stretch as he did. It's all on the coach!!

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #422 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:03 am

At the begininnin of this season, I posted about Haywood's minutes.

I hoped Ayres or somebody with critical thinking skills would see all the man has to do is play Haywood for defense, for free throw attempts, for higher fg percentage, and for lower opponent fg percentage.

Eddie Jordan isn't sharp enough to get it.

Nick Young is a shot jacking rookie who freezes out teammates. Andray Blatche is generally foul prone and a step slow on defense. Songaila has been a total abomination of a player.

I think the smart thing today would have been to stick with DeShawn, Roger, Antawn, Brendan, and either Andray, Nick, or Dominic.

EDDIE KEEPS LOSING LEADS WITH WRETCHED SUBS AT THE END OF THE THIRD AND START OF THE FOURTH.

All he had to do was play his starters longer and sustain their run, but no ... in with Nick and Darius.

YIKES!!!!!!!

GilArenas88 · Post #423 » by **GilArenas88** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:03 am

Waisted performances from Haywood and Mason because EJs a complete idiot...thank you and once again F*ck you Jordan...Im going completely mental right now....how is a coach able to f*ck his team so constantly and get away with. You have a center whos having a 20 and 10 game, and when you need stops you take him out. Then you have Mason having a career game and you take him out in critical times. Then you put Darius mother f*cking Songalia in during crunch time, who completly sucks. And wait guys heres the f*ckin cherry, you run ISOs alll 4th quarter long for a damn balll hog rookie because he made a few buckets, please someone shoot me now and put me out of my misery :banghead:

charlie32 · Post #424 » by **charlie32** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:04 am

Will anyone question him on his 4th qtr decisions? Of course not. EJ gets a free pass because his team plays hard. 8 game losing streak? That's ok because the team competes. 23 point lead blown. That's ok, the team plays hard even when they're undermanned. Nothing he does is ever questioned. Wish I had a job where mediocrity was acceptable in the face of good effort.

Severn Hoos · Post #425 » by **Severn Hoos** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:04 am

I also thought Eddie had turned the corner, alas. I think the other coaches (led by Aters) need to stage an intervention. Let him know that he's hurting those around him, even though he can't see it. That he needs to PLAY HAYWOOD WHEN THE GAME IS ON THE LINE!

I'll keep saying it, because it's true - I don't care what Haywood has done through 3 quarters of any given game (and in this one, he was damn near perfect). Good things happen when he is on the floor in the 4th. Defensive stops. Offensive rebounds. Actually securing rebounds off of missed FTs. He should play at least 8 minutes of every 4th quarter. I cannot understand why this is so difficult to understand.

Yi Jian Lian · Post #426 » by **Yi Jian Lian** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:05 am

great game great game

Post #427 » by **miller31time** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:06 am

Seriously, what the hell is wrong with him? Was Songaila effective at all tonight? NO. Has he been effective at all this season? NO.

Was Haywood effective tonight? YES. Has Haywood been effective this entire season? YES.

Why does he need precious Songaila minutes like crack? What the hell is so appealing about Songaila?

He doesn't have a good jumpshot. He commits as many turnovers as assists.

WHAT THE HELL IS SO APPEALING?!

80sballboy · Post #428 » by **80sballboy** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:06 am

That's unreal, but predictable. You knew they'd find a way to blow it. How about Randy Ayres? Where was the defense at the end? Haywood should have been in there to guard Biedrins and protect the basket. Doesn't make any sense. Stevenson at the end. WTF? He takes the closest thing to a point guard out in Mason and Stevenson chokes as usual.

Also didn't get the calls at the end, but that's life on the road. You have to finish and not wait for the officials. I can't believe how many times the Wiz scored and didn't get back and just traded baskets in the 4th quarter. It caught up with them. Eight f-ing losses in a row. We don't need the All-Star Break. We need the2-week break. :banghead:

Benjammin · Post #429 » by **Benjammin** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:06 am

Yi Jian Lian wrote:great game great game

I'd stay off the Wiz board right now, especially if you like to be able to post.

Post #430 » by **nate33** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:06 am

I'm not going to complain about Young. He played hard. EJ didn't really have many alternatives. Mason and Stevenson each played 40 minutes and were dog tired. Heck, Young actually played some fairly nice D.

The complain is Haywood. How many times does EJ have to make the same mistake before he learns from it. Haywood had done everything he is supposed to do but EJ still won't play him.

Haywood was +14 in 30 minutes. The team was -17 in the 18 minutes he sat. EJ, you are a flucking MORON!

Yi Jian Lian · Post #431 » by **Yi Jian Lian** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:07 am

at least there is playboy on sopcast now

P'Oed · Post #432 » by **P'Oed** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:08 am

Mason played 41 minutes so i dont think you can sit there and make the argument that EJ didn't play him enough.

Now Haywood...that's another thing. You have to be on some sort of crack or funny sauce to not put your best defensive player in the game at crucial points. I'm not saying play the guy 48 minutes but damn, you played him only 30 and look what he did while he was in!

this loss is just crushing, not only on us as fans but on the players. We might not see a win until after the break.

GilArenas88 · Post #433 » by **GilArenas88** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:09 am

You know whats funny too, the one thing Darius Songalia did good was make 13-14 foot jumpers, Haywood even shoots jumpers then him now...

hands11 · Post #434 » by **hands11** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:10 am

Dat2U wrote:This is Eddie's worst coaching display in his four years here. Easily. These guys that competed tonite deserved so much better than this. They deserved to have a real coach tonite.

I'm hurting not just for me, but for them too.

So why again did we get away from Mason 13-20 who was read hot and Haywood 6-8 8-8, amazing game so we could watch NY 4-13 shot after shot after shot. It actually looked like we were running iso plays for NY.

I didn't get that.

80sballboy · Post #435 » by **80sballboy** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:11 am

Why does he need precious Songaila minutes like crack? What the hell is so appealing about Songaila?

He doesn't have a good jumpshot. He commits as many turnovers as assists.

WHAT THE HELL IS SO APPEALING?!

Nothing is appealing about Songaila, especially against a fast-paced team like this, but you have to play your bench. We are on a back-to-back and these guys have to produce. It's either Pecherov who has no clue or Songaila who has some clue, knows the offense, but is too slow or lazy to do much else by set screens and throw up crappy 19-foot jumpers. If Blatche showed any consistency and wasn't in foul trouble all the time and if Pecherov grew some balls, then he'd be playing 5 minutes a game max.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #436 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:12 am

Trade Darius and strongly consider firing Eddie.

GetInMyBelly · Post #437 » by **GetInMyBelly** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:12 am

Stevenson had a pretty awful stretch there...quick three miss...then the turnover...then the ball getting knocked off his back. ok, the last one was just bad luck...but it was a pretty awful stretch. let me get this right...arenas out...ad out...roger's the only passable PG...and he comes out with the game on the line???

Post #438 » by **miller31time** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:13 am

80sballboy wrote:
Why does he need precious Songaila minutes like crack? What the hell is so appealing about Songaila?

He doesn't have a good jumpshot. He commits as many turnovers as assists.

WHAT THE HELL IS SO APPEALING?!

Nothing is appealing about Songaila, especially against a fast-paced team like this, but you have to play your bench. We are on a back-to-back and these guys have to produce. It's either Pecherov who has no clue or Songaila who has some clue, knows the offense, but is too slow or lazy to do much else by set screens and throw up crappy 19-foot jumpers. If Blatche showed any consistency and wasn't in foul trouble all the time and if Pecherov grew some balls, then he'd be playing 5 minutes a game max.

I was addressing the late game crack-addiction Eddie has for Songaila.

Obviously, we need to play our bench. I don't support Haywood and Jamison logging 48 minutes each.

hands11 · Post #439 » by **hands11** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:14 am

hermitkid wrote:I really thought Eddie Jordan had turned the corner, but damn here he is with the same old bull that has cost this team over and over again. I simply cannot get over this madness.

WTF for is Haywood spending his time wasting away on the bench in critical situations while d-song gets heavy crunch time minutes night in and night out. It's **** mind boggling, how can EJ not see that he is killing the team. WHAT THE HELL IS HE TRYING TO PROVE BY SITTING HAYWOOD.

I'm so damn mad I was on the verge of destroying my plasma with the remote.

Welcome to my hell.

gowiz999 · Post #440 » by **gowiz999** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:14 am

I actually thought we were going to break the losing slide after Dmac hit the 3 to the end the 3rd. Ah, wtf was I thinking. I should have known Brendan who was dominating would ride the pine down the stretch and Songaila would get big minutes.

It's not all Eddie though. The Wiz as a team just completely fall apart in the last few minutes of every game. They failed to get many key rebounds and took some very poor shots when it mattered most.