xx_skaterdude_xx wrote:SacKingZZZ wrote:Oh, Westphal, Westphal, Westphal. If you're going to open your mouth about the Cousins situation during the post game presser,don't be a wuss, expound. I swear, two stubborn dudes in Cousins and Westphal, that's the main problem, Westphal just can't stand to be shown up.
What did he say?
Somebody asked about Cousins and Westphal responded that it's "up to him if he comes back" or something like that. And then he said something about "Cousins asked to be traded, we don't want guys that don't want to be here", or something like that and then he was asked about what Cousins said in relation to the trade thing and if he gave reasons, and Westphal said, "yes" but refused to answer what it was with a smart *** smirk on this face.
All in all, I read people very well and I think my first inclination as to what's going on, and what happened is right. Cousins made a remark in the heat of the moment, didn't mean it at all, it was probably clear he wasn't really demanding a trade nor did he even say it remotely in any way associated to that, and Westphal is going to now rub it in his face and make him feel the heat. Good? Bad? I don't know, depends on how far they lat this go. I'm not too worried.
However, the problem I've seen lately is the consistent linking of different teams together. Like somehow what is happening now is somehow directly tied to the "Kenny Thomas" era or something. The last 3 years the Kings have been doing it RIGHT, and it's really only been 3 years for this current situation, not 7. This team fell apart last year too. If not for the Maloofs falling in love so quick and picking up that extra year on Westphals contract he would have been gone by the deadline last year. The end result was it was a good thing he stayed, he stopped being an idiot with this rotations, played his best players to their strong points, and the team started to become competitive. Maybe that happens now and hopefully it does.
