Brenice wrote:hands11 wrote:Brenice.. I have to honestly wonder if there are some people here who would rather lose tonight because for this team to break the all time franchise record for best start to a season....that wouldn't support their wrongful speculation of what was going on the last 4 years and how things where supposed turn out. I mean team players like Paul and Gil are opening talking about shooting for the title game this year already as their goal. Now they might now get there, but they are opening saying that is the goal. Its been a long time since we have heard anything like that.
It's shameful that they holding onto the past. The flesh is ugly. Their spirit wants to enjoy the successes of the team Ernie constructed but their flesh don't want to give Ernie any credit because of their own pride.
The thing about it, it looks like the team will be successful for a few years more. Ernie aint going nowhere for a while. They changed the culture. They have potentially the best PG in the world. They got potentially the best backcourt in the world. They changed their image within the NBA from when no free agents considered Washington culminating with Michael Jordan publicly recommending Abe sell his team. Now the Pierce's of the world sign, which is a great luxury only contenders enjoy.
Respect is growing. The Wizards still are'nt rated like they should be. The league overrates the Bulls at our expense, after we whipped that ass in the last playoffs. So we got 2 big games coming up. Phoenix today to give us our best start ever, and the Bulls Tuesday so we can send the league a message and gain more league-wide respect.
Two huge games. I agree.
Then the West schedule soon after that. If we lose to many, the board will likely get trolled. But to get to 50 wins, we can actually lose every one of the West coast swing games and still get there. Its just at this stage of the game, mid to high 50s are in their grasp and to do that along with keeping the higher expectations for post season in view, we want to win some of those game. And we won't these next two. That would be HUGE. One lower range West team for Eastern prop and franchise record and one against our rivals in Chicago who we are competing against for top team in the East.
It could be bumpy here soon. But if they come out of that solid these next two game and the West swing, that will make the team even more legit right now.
Yeah, I could see several 50 win seasons on the horizons. And its been my position that they have been trimming back and investing to focus on the core pieces that are most important. And if they are legit, it opens a nice big 8-10 year window. When we look back,
Teds ownership of the team is going to be a clear delineating point. And as time goes on, it will be common practice to talk about EG before Ted and EG after. And as that happens, its going to be hard to do that without looking at Abe's rules starting with Wes in the front office/coach and until he passed on.
Even Randy will slowly get viewed as before the Wizards with Ted and after. That's given he continues to mature as a game time HC.
We are very likely watching the rebirth of a franchise that was once very good in the 70s and wondered in the dessert for 40 years. No way that happens without Ted and EG getting their props.
How low can you go?
