Game Thread GAME# 46: CAVALIERS @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 16, 2019 - WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM, NBCSNW

No excuses just win this one. Must win game and let’s get prepare for NO on Friday

 

Dumb analogy. The Blazers could trade for different players, hire a different coach, hire a different GM, or any number of moves that could lead them down the path to a title. You simply wanting a car to magically appear in your driveway isn't possible.

Let me ask you this: If this team isn't good enough to make a title run, why isn't okay to discuss things to make it that way? Should we just be content that they win 40 some games for the 4th year in a row and aren't good enough to make noise in the playoffs? I understand you work for the Blazers and can't say anything about them. However, making up shit about how people view the team is stupid and pointless. There are a lot of great basketball minds in here and I don't think it's wrong to point out specific examples of areas we could improve.

 

the Lakers arent THAT good.

 

I never said people can’t debate and point out things. That’s what this place is for. It’s just the unrealistic highs and lows of this place is mind blowing. Many on here just set themselves up to be letdown if you ask me. I said 40 wins this season and it looks like we will be better than that. Of course they can make changes, but the constant repetitive bashing of the same player or coach, just gets a little old or lame if you will. If you post the same point about the same person 42 times in one game thread..... just step away for a bit.

 

Completely disagree. As a fan I want to see a light at the end of the tunnel. There is going to be bad years and good years. There will be years that they do terrible when they were supposed to be good and years that they surprise us when we thought they'd be bad. However, I think it's important to see growth and an eventual path to contention instead of just being okay with 41-49 wins every year. It has been physically proven that their coaching, lineups, and players are not the right mix for playoff success. At what point is something going to be done about that?

I don't want to look back at Dame's career and think damn he only made it to the 2nd round like 3 times? But no it's okay because we exceeded The HCP's expectations most of those years!

 

Maybe 14-16 more times this season even.

42 comments X 16 more losses = 672 more comments saying "Stotts Sucks!"

Yeah... Time to step away for sure.

 

Of course the same four people will "Like" all 672 comments so your Like to Comment ratio will be stunning!

 

A good portion of the "Stotts Sucks" comments were actually specific breakdowns of what people don't like about the coaching. How come no one can reasonably argue against the points being made and instead have to resort to these type of posts?

 

Maybe after all these years I’ve become numb to it all. I had just as much fun during our 20 win season before we drafted LA and BRoy as I did during the 54 win season with a somewhat healthy Greg.

 

It's okay Hoops. I gave ya a "Like".

 

Well that's kind of my point. The 20 win season was fine because that light at the end of the tunnel of getting a high draft pick was there. Because of that season we were in a position to get Aldridge and Roy and eventually Oden. There are nothing wrong with those seasons. Heck, I think winning the 2007 draft lottery was the most exciting moment as a fan since the 2000 WCF, maybe just behind the Dame shot against Houston.

I just don't get what the direction of the team is. They obviously aren't bad but they aren't great either. I don't think they are stuck in mediocrity but they also don't seem to care that the same things are not working for the 4th straight year. Then when things do start to go right by playing a different way we immediately resort back to playing the way we did the last 3 years. Sure it works okay in the regular season but when you get a tough stretch of games like the last two or when it gets really tough in the playoffs it doesn't work.

I'm not saying to make changes or trades just to do them, but at this point why not do some tweaking with something?

 

What does that matter? I really couldn't care less about my like count. How about we dissect the posts instead of the peripheral stuff?

 

COMPLETELY agree!
And that's why it's high time for a new coach, so our bashing can be about something new rather than the SAME OLD SHIT we've been rehashing for the past 8 years.

 

Both those seasons were WAY more fun than the past couple...

 

Hahahaha!

 

Well said. Teams need to sell hope - but the Blazers are content with selling stagnation. I'm baffled by the actions of the franchise and even more so by the fans who not only accept the situation but actively defend it.