So Much Anger........

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  1. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    These days, it seems one can never be totally sure. Especially around here. Jokes are dangerous things in times of turmoil
     
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    I've said it before, but I have taken a huge step back from sports in general. Between the Blazers and the Ducks, I have just seen so much disappointment that I'm over it. I didn't like what sports did to me as a person. I felt like I was angry or sad more than I was ever happy.
     
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    I guess what I'm saying is my issue is that we're even talking about a team that went to the WCF having much lower expectations the following year instead of them building on that success is the reason I'm upset if that makes sense, lol.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Don’t watch the NFL, my bad.
    Is this better....... go to bed every night expecting to wake up with a Porsche in the driveway, but everyday it’s a KIA. At some point you’ll just kind of except it right?
     
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    I avoided listening to Rip City Radio today, and just went with the stand-up comedy station instead.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I’m just asking at what point you accept that we just might not have the talent to win some of these games. How does that come across?
     
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    Who would think their car would change at night? This is what's happening here:

    Go to bed with a Porsche (or whatever I'm not a big Porsche fan but I'll stick with your example).

    Wake up with Pinto.

    Question what happened to your Porsche and get people telling you to just be happy you even have a car and that you shouldn't have expected the Porsche to be there.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Where did I tell anybody here how to be a fan? I asked some questions on the current state of the team and how your expectations affect how you react. I never told anybody HOW to react.
     
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    Don't you think that would have been a better thread discussion than calling out expectations and people's posts in game threads?
     
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    Fans are expecting us to win in spite of the huge loss of talent that’s happened to us this year. Just was wondering why people get so upset is all. Not saying it’s ok we are losing, saying I understand WHY we are.
     
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    No that’s the whole point OF the thread. I’m amazed people get SO worked up and pissed in threads. Like they will this week when we are Denver. Do they really think we will hang in that game?
    And it all starts with the expectations. When people think this group with 8 new players and injuries was really going to get back to the WCF, they are just setting themselves up for a let down right?
    I’m not telling anybody HOW to be a fan, I‘m just curious what goes through the mind of some is all. Plan on a sloppy ass turnover ridden nail biter of a win tomorrow. That’s it. Won’t be pretty, try to enjoy it.
     
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    I think we all understand why we're losing; that doesn't change whether or not people are frustrated by it.
     
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    The Porsche got in a wreck. I.E. Collins went down with a dislocated shoulder and Hood went down with an achilles tear. Also, Whiteside isn't as good as Nurk. I don't think anyone expected him to be, but it is part of the equation. We were counting on key players staying healthy and that didn't happen. It's not hard to see what that has done to us.
     
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    The "huge loss of talent" is a debatable thing though. So is expectation level. I could easily argue that there has been several years of failing to live up to expectations while others in here think getting swept in the 1st round is an achievement for this team because they didn't think they'd make the playoffs those years.

    Many people thought OKC was way better than us last year and even the Blazers Organization themselves tried to avoid playing them in the playoffs. Turns out the Blazers are pretty talented.
     
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    See and your boy Hoops wonders why people come at you all the time. You lost me after that first sentence man. The rest wasn’t worth reading to be honest. Why not just give your opinion of the topic without snapping at people all the time?
     
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    I’d like to think I’m a number 2.
     
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    Lot of people think your posts are a bunch of number 2. #BAM
     
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    That is the whole point. Curious what goes through the minds of people who still freak out every game thread when we aren’t getting it done on the court. Should you by now kinda go into the game knowing we aren’t going to get it done on the court? Never said you can’t be frustrated or upset........ just wondering if they actually thought it would be different.
     
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    I forgot an additional category:

    5. Creating threads just to start controversy.
     
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    You're saying that a team that a team with Dame and CJ in their prime should have the expectations to hopefully squeak out a win at home against the Knicks tomorrow so that you aren't disappointed or upset if they lose that one?
     
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