I'm not happy with the team right now.

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  1. Sinobas

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    Re: Kingspeed is not happy with the team right now.

    Well, how far are you going to get with poor defense and a crap bench? Robin Lopez is the Blazers only inside game, because LA wants to shoot those stupid jumpers. I don't think we missed him at all tonight.
     
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    Re: I think I might skip Friday's game.

    I almost never do. I didn't get overly upset about a loss until the loss at home to OKC. It became clear that the season was taking a bad turn. Then we lose to Clips. Then to Spurs without their stars. When we were a top 3 team, I never got very upset about a loss. I was the optimistic one when people were panicking that we were only 12-10 since 24-5. I was the one saying it was just a slump. Not a bad slump at all. But it is now clear that it is worse than that. It's a very bad trend. Suns are only 3.5 games behind us. And it feels like last year. I'm reacting to the trend that is not being reversed.
     
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    Re: I think I might skip Friday's game.

    That was like, two years ago!
     
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    Re: Kingspeed is not happy with the team right now.

    If we continue with no defense, Stotts will be gone in under 12 months. But Olshey may add defensive coaches and players before then. So we shall see what we shall see about Stotts.
     
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    Re: Kingspeed is not happy with the team right now.

    I don't think Stotts job is in too much jepardy. You look at where the team was when he took over vs what it is now. Between all of the basketball minds on the Blazers coaching staff, can none of them come up with a good defensive scheme for these guys? I think it's more likely the players themselves. Lillard, Batum, and Matthews just don't play defense very well....and the bench is a joke.
     
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    Re: Kingspeed is not happy with the team right now.

    There was an article about the Blazers D a few weeks ago talking about how the scheme is one that takes a few years to learn and the players are just having a hard time getting adjusted to it. I guess its hard to figure out exactly what the scheme really is when you walk into Stotts office to see a board tittled "Defense" with 10 dots on it and all it says is "outscore the opposing five".
     
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    Re: Kingspeed is not happy with the team right now.

    "Contenders"
     
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    Re: Kingspeed is not happy with the team right now.

    A scheme that takes years to learn?? Maybe they need a scheme that they can play NOW. That sounds kind of ridiculous.
     
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    Re: Kingspeed is not happy with the team right now.

    Hahahaha - we didn't miss the player that has owned San Antonio for years? He kills them when they HAVE Duncan. Tonight LA would've feasted against Diaw.
     
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    Re: Kingspeed is not happy with the team right now.

    Yea the article was pretty stupid, but honestly I just skimmed it because it seemed far fetched and a way to provide and excuse for the Blazers D. It does seem like we dont' really have bad defensive players, aside from Lillard, so something is wrong with how our players are told to defend.
     
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    Re: Kingspeed is not happy with the team right now.

    I don't like there being a thread title I didn't write being attributed to my name.
     
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    Re: Kingspeed is not happy with the team right now.

    We were 31-9 with 7-1 record vs division leaders. That's a contender. But since then, it's fallen apart.
     
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    Re: Kingspeed is not happy with the team right now.

    It seemed more accurate after I merged your two threads.
     
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    Re: Kingspeed is not happy with the team right now.

    That's why I kept saying it's too early. I feel stupid for getting any sort of hype knowing it was too early.

    Did you learn something? lol.
     
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    Re: Kingspeed is not happy with the team right now.

    I dunno though, I think just keep it. There was nothing bad about the title of this thread.
     
    Strenuus, Feb 19, 2014
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    Re: Kingspeed is not happy with the team right now.

    At 31-9 we were not contenders . . . didn't take a lot of "foresight" to figure that out at that time.
     
    The_Lillard_King, Feb 20, 2014
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    Re: Kingspeed is not happy with the team right now.

    The truth is, KS, the Blazers aren't quite as good as you thought they were in December, and they aren't quite as bad as you think they are now.
     
    TripTango, Feb 20, 2014
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    Re: Fire Stotts

    I wasn't right.

    This team has been way better than I thought they'd be to this point.

    That being said, my cautious realism was probably closer then some of the extreme homerism. Unless they COMPLETELY collapse, this team will win way more games than I thought it would.
     
    Mediocre Man, Feb 20, 2014
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    Re: Kingspeed is not happy with the team right now.

    This.
     
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    Re: Fire Stotts

    Also known as "pessimism"

    Also known as "optimism"

    I don't know why you put embedded value judgments (cautious vs extreme) in your words, except to wink at us, letting us know that, somewhere below the surface, you really want to just point and laugh at optimists. Which is cool; everyone needs a hobby. :ghoti:
     
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