<div align="center">SVG Preaching Patience</div> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">''My perspective changed a little bit after watching the film and really trying to look realistically at our season,'' Van Gundy said. ``I think what we have to keep in perspective is that were in our first month as a new team. ``We haven't played anywhere near as well as we think were capable of playing, yet were 10-6. We're on pace to win 50 games. Because our own expectations are high, and everyone else's are high, there's a frustration setting in over being 10-6. It's a little bit crazy, and it's leading to people playing a little bit frustrated.'' ''It's very hard for me,'' Van Gundy said. ``I think that's why I get frustrated when things aren't going [well]. You sort of downplay the adjustment time. The bottom line is, other than the Dallas game here where they shot the lights out, we've been in every game. So yeah, we're 6-6 in the last 12, but one of those is down in San Antonio without Dwyane, and we're right there to the last minute. One of them is on the home floor of the defending champion [Detroit], and we're ahead with two seconds to go in the game. ``So we're playing at a pretty good level. Are we playing at the level that a lot of you people thought we would play at? I don't know. You can't get caught up in that. As I said at the beginning of the season, this team is new. Anything you have as expectations are really guesses.''</div> <div align="center">DJ's response to the post raps game comments</div> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">''I think for the majority of the guys in the locker room, the comments that he made were taken in a very positive light,'' Damon Jones said. ``He's the coach and he understands from watching the game film that guys really need to be held accountable. That's an honest assessment on his part. We don't take it as a negative.''</div> <div align="center">Shaq's response to the post raps game comments</div> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">``Stan's upset and he should be upset, because we should be 14-2.''</div> I think SVG had good reasons to rip on em. I look at it like this: Where would Larry Bird's Celtic be if he hadn't called em sissys after performing poorly in game 3 of the Lakers Finals after losing by 33pts? This league is for men. If you're not gonna step up to the challenge then you shouldn't be playing.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting heatfan83:</div><div class="quote_post">This league is for men. If you're not gonna step up to the challenge then you shouldn't be playing.</div> Amen. These are professionals at work. If anyone of us "regular people" are reprimanded at work, we have to deal with it, right? Don't treat athletes any different than regular people. Anyone who feels sorry for Eddie Jones or any of these guys for getting ripped is not being rational. Eddie Jones is making 15 Million Freaking Dollars this season alone !!!!!!! WOW That was Hard to Type in. Wouldn't be Great if the Heat could just Fire Eddie Jones, just like a "regular person" not doing their job !!! :thumbsup:
