81-1 November 2, 2006
Posted by pardis in Bosh Watch, Charlie V. for Vendetta, Colangelo Watch, Raptor Watch, Sammy Watch, TJ Watch.add a comment
I don’t know…it’s tough to say after that game.
To be honest, I was shocked that they were still in it in the fourth. They were being thoroughly outplayed by the Nets on both ends. My take is that they lost their grip on the game at the end of the third, when Jose came in for TJ. TJ was dominating, and the Raps, our Raps, were up. But Jose slowed the game down, and they went down by four going into the fourth.
The turning point, though, came in the fourth when TJ cleanly stole the ball from Kidd as he was coming down the lane on a fastbreak. Now, this was a clean steal and TJ was heading the other way, with clear possession of the ball. The ref blew his whistle, though, called it inadvertent, and then gave the ball to the Nets!
WTF?
The Nets hit a three on the next play as part of a 15-6 run, and the Raps were out of the game.
Brutal.
Bosh played like crap, Garbajosa couldn’t hit the wide side of a barn, PJ Tucker was questionably getting quality minutes down the stretch, Fred Jones did nothing memorable, and Joey Graham, the guy all the “experts” thought the Raps should have drafted instead of Charlie V, needs to be traded while other GMs still believe he has an upside.
TJ was another story. He was Skip to my Lou at Rucker. He was toying with the Nets defence, and got to the hoop whenever he wanted. He just didn’t do it enough. If BC wants this to be Phoenix North, then he needs to get Sammy to let TJ loose – let him call the plays, let him run the offense, and trusthim. If he does that, TDot will do just fine.
If they don’t, then I can only pray that Charlie V’s performance last night was an aberration.
All quiet on the Northern front… October 6, 2006
Posted by pardis in Raptor Watch, Sammy Watch.add a comment
Everyone’s making this big hullabaloo about Mr. Mitchell being a lame duck.
Know this, Sammy – I got your back.
If something happens this year and you’re not offered a contract extension with Canada’s Team, don’t you fret. I’ll hire you.
I stand here, in front of all of you, and make that commitment loud and proud.
If BC doesn’t see the benefit in securing the employment of a Coach who isn’t afraid to challenge players with undeserved out of control egos, or engage in fisticuffs with overpaid players whose whining compounds how much they suck, then I’ll be glad to pick up the pieces and benefit from BC’s loss.
This is a man who was able to go 26-40 after a 1-15 start. Now, if you ignore the poor start, that’s a .350 team! I mean, c’mon…there aren’t that many head coaches in the National Basketball Association who can lead their professional basketball team to a better overall team winning percentage, or record, over the course of a season. And even if there are 1 or 2 or 25 of them, none of them had extenuating circumstances or injuries to deal with, like the Raptors did.
I mean, when you look at the season wholistically, Mitchmeister Flex did an admirable job.
And that’s worth rewarding.
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