Grants Rant

I personally don't feel the banner has anything to do with anything. He was the number 5 pick and considered the wild card of this draft so of course the Kings are trying to use that to their marketing advantage. He was a risk vs reward pick and we are starting to see the risks come to fruition.

The bottom line is the Kings must "nip it in the butt" as kingster pointed out. He has to play by the Kings rules and if he doesn't he can take his frumpy attitude to the end of the bench.

Maybe everytime he enters the game they should show Debbie Downer clips. Wa waa waaaaa.
 
rainmaker said:
Not sure how many of you heard it today. Brought up a few things I found interesting.

First, said Cousins needs to shut the hell up and stop arguing with coaches and peers. Implied twice, that Cousins is not only arguing with members of the coaching staff, but teammates as well.

Said in the last 2 weeks, members of 3 seperate organizations said when teams pull into Arco, they are laughing at the banner of Cousins.

Veteran players on the team have a problem with the poster of Cousins on the side of Arco, and were mad it went up before Cousins had played a single game. Thinks that banner is not good for Cousins, or the other guys on the team.

Also, said veteran players, including Bobby Jax who is in the practice facility on a regular basis, have tried talking to Cousins about his professionalism on a number of occasions.

Just putting this out there for anyone who missed it.
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Exactly what I knew was going to happen. I wouldn't be surprise if Tyreke is a bit upset about Cousins' banner as well. The kid hasn't done anything YET. Why is he the face of the franchise just like me is what Tyreke is thinking. Cousins will be good one day, but the marketing guys are very dumb for putting the kid on the spot.

Also, Tyreke included, has been given too much power by the Maloofs. If you give these kids too much, they won't listen after a while. Their heads are exploding. What happen to learning your keep?
 
I would like to point out that we don't even know what happened, much less whats in the mind of Evans, Petrie, Westphal or anyone else on the team. From what we can gleen, Cousins and Westphal had an argument over something at practice. Yeah, not a good thing. But we don't know the severity of the argument. We don't know who started it or what it was about. But bottom line is that it was an argument, and it happened on the practice court instead of the Coaches office where it should have happened. He didn't murder anyone. He didn't punch anyone, and as far we know, he didn't threaten anyone.

How hard would some of you be, if it had been Tyreke that got kicked out of practice? Be honest. Don't tell me you wouldn't be looking at this in an entirely different way. I'm not excusing anyone, but because its Cousins, its a lot easier to come down hard on him. Punish him with whatever the appropiate punishment is and move on. There are far too many rumors of unrest in the locker room, and thats not the best environment for a young immature player like Cousins. I would like to point out that Westphal had this same identical problem in Seattle. His problem child there was Gary Payton, who also questioned Westphals decisions on the court. Not excusing Cousins, but there is always more to the story than first appearance.
 
Baja - You are making excuses. You've always said the red flags were just talk and Cousins is starting to act in conformity with the issues rasied at that time. The fact that we don't "know" everything isn't in your favor. We do know that after a couple of months Cousins was fined, kicked out of practice, and has been bad enough that homer Grant has decided to call him out. If that's the case, I'm willing to bet it's not just two things.

"He didn't murder anyone?" Please! I get that you want to believe in this guy, but that's a weak take.

Look, they need to get a handle on this guy. They tried to bring in his HS coach and it looks like that wasn't enough. They took a little out of his wallet and that wasn't enough. Now, it's time for a little public pressure. Thus, he was kicked out of practice and they told the press.
 
If it was Tyreke, this forum would mount a lynch mob for Westphal's head.

I think the most disappointing thing about this is it seems Cousins told of Westphal, and that is disappointing because it's your 20 year old rookie taking action in a wayward, assbackwards season.
 
bajaden said:
I would like to point out that we don't even know what happened, much less whats in the mind of Evans, Petrie, Westphal or anyone else on the team. From what we can gleen, Cousins and Westphal had an argument over something at practice. Yeah, not a good thing. But we don't know the severity of the argument. We don't know who started it or what it was about. But bottom line is that it was an argument, and it happened on the practice court instead of the Coaches office where it should have happened. He didn't murder anyone. He didn't punch anyone, and as far we know, he didn't threaten anyone.

How hard would some of you be, if it had been Tyreke that got kicked out of practice? Be honest. Don't tell me you wouldn't be looking at this in an entirely different way. I'm not excusing anyone, but because its Cousins, its a lot easier to come down hard on him. Punish him with whatever the appropiate punishment is and move on. There are far too many rumors of unrest in the locker room, and thats not the best environment for a young immature player like Cousins. I would like to point out that Westphal had this same identical problem in Seattle. His problem child there was Gary Payton, who also questioned Westphals decisions on the court. Not excusing Cousins, but there is always more to the story than first appearance.
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The Tyreke "what if" is just that - a hypothetical. And the Tyreke hypothetical is an apples to oranges one. Tyreke doesn't have Cousins' history.

We know that Cousins has had run-ins with Tree Rollins and Westphal. We know that Bobby Jackson has talked to him several times. We know he was kicked out of practice. We know about his past immaturity. We've seen him have tantrums on the floor. The evidence is there. He's a problem-child. Now it's up to the Kings organization to do something about it so that his immaturity doesn't fester and become a cancer on this team.
 
I know everyone has an opinion .. and thats fine. The problem is, at least when it comes to Cousins being kicked out of practice is that we just dont know what happened.

Im having trouble wrapping my head around this whole situation. First of all, what kind of practices do we hold? why would Cousins have anything to argue about?

I mean, reports are that Cousins and Westphal go back and forth all the time, but NOW he gets kicked out .. why this time? and again .. what could they be disagreeing over that creates such a huge war of words that it gets out of hand.

I, along with a lot of other Kings fans have been watching Demarcus VERY closely since he was drafted by the Kings. Watching him play every NBA game of his career so far, I have actually been impressed with how he handles bad calls ( or calls he thinks are bad ) compaired to what I read about him. Sure, you can notice his frustrating with the call .. but the techs arent there. I dont see him pulling a Brad Miller where he will sit there and yell at a ref instead of getting back on defense. If his name wasnt Demarcus Cousins and he didnt have his reputation, NO ONE would have anything on the court to point to and say "This guy is an *******". In fact, Jason Thompson, one of the nicest guys on the team, is far worse ( or at least was when during his first two years ) when it came to compalining after fouls.

I hate how the this team has a "sky is falling" aura around it right now. We absolutely need to get back on track.

And you know what? Demarcus might be an idiot. He might be the guy everyone thinks he is. I dont see it, but I also dont know the guy. I do know Paul Westphal though. At least I think I do .. I have a better understanding of who Westphal is. Ive watched him coach longer, Ive listened to him talk a lot, and I dont know why HE would let this 'argument' go as long as he did.

My point is DONT let the argument get so out of hand that a crucial part of our team misses some of practice. Westphal needs to baby Cousins a bit. I know I know I know "Demarcus needs to shut up and play blah blah blah .. " but this is the NBA. Its not reality, its not how things work in this sport.

Cousins shouldnt have been kicked out of practice. It shouldnt have gotten to that point. It makes the negative cloud currently over the Kings even larger. I swear this team is one more negative moment away from completely collapsing. I dont want to have to see that. I've put too much time into this team. I love it too much to read negative story after negative story. Get your **** together over there. You dont have to win every game, you dont even have to win at all .. just make some damn progress.
 
Larry David said:
Baja - You are making excuses. You've always said the red flags were just talk and Cousins is starting to act in conformity with the issues rasied at that time. The fact that we don't "know" everything isn't in your favor. We do know that after a couple of months Cousins was fined, kicked out of practice, and has been bad enough that homer Grant has decided to call him out. If that's the case, I'm willing to bet it's not just two things.

"He didn't murder anyone?" Please! I get that you want to believe in this guy, but that's a weak take.

Look, they need to get a handle on this guy. They tried to bring in his HS coach and it looks like that wasn't enough. They took a little out of his wallet and that wasn't enough. Now, it's time for a little public pressure. Thus, he was kicked out of practice and they told the press.
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I'm not making excuses for him. I said he should be punished. I just happen to disagree that throwing him to the dogs in public is a good idea. Not only does it reinforce the national media's opinion of him, it also reflects badly on the Kings orginization thats trying desperately to project a good image and get people to buy tickets. I don't propose to have the answer as to how to handle Cousins. But I'd certainly have him start seeing an anger management therapist.

Let me make one thing clear here. Yes, I want Cousins to succeed. Just like I want Evans or Thompson, or Greene, or any player we have on the team to succeed. Not for any personal gratification, but because I want the team to succeed. Now perhaps I'm more patient than others, and that looks like I'm not coming down hard enough at times. But from experience, I know that these things can get out of hand on a fourm like this. And images created now can be very difficult to change later. Public image is a very important part of a players makeup. Its important when the team wants promote itself by using you as part of that. Its also important if the team ever decides to trade you. In other words, it's a part of a players value. So to purposely destroy, or enhance an already bad public image is just plain stupid in my opinion.

Now if a player goes out to a bar and gets into a fight, or gets stopped for drunken driving, you don't have much choice. But to go public with in house problems is just foolish. It makes for good discussion on this fourm, but serves little or no purpose in the development of Cousins. Now thats just my opinion. They need to be tough but fair with Cousins. And they need to keep these incidents where they belong. And if they decide they can't do that, then trade him to Philly for Hawes. Lets see how happy that would make everyone.

By the way, my statement that he didn't murder anyone was an exaggeration made on purpose. Because there are some that are exaggerating just as badly in their response to this whole incident. It was a frigging arguement for god's sake. Greene got a couple of DNP's and Thompson got a DNP and Casspi got a DNP, and for all we know they got those because of something they may have said to Westphal in a heated moment. It happens all the time on teams. And to blow it out of proportion isn't helpful. I don't know that they did by the way. I certainly don't want to start anymore rumors.
 
After the Bulls game in post-game comments Coach Westphal said that Kings players would be having their usual film session next time they met with first half hightlights not the issue but the second half was going to be - and I think I'm quoting correctly - a "horror show with guys running out of the room." Well, maybe Cousins was one of the guys fingered as producing that second half horror show (he certainly had more than a cameo) and the frightening pressure led to something that had him bolting for the exit as he was told to leave. Seems plausible but still under the category of uncertain when or what got him thrown out of practice or the video room.
 
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Going public is a legit way to handle it. In the long run, you can't hide the problem from other NBA teams. But you can air it out in a way that makes it clear to the player that you've got to conform or flush dollars from your next contract down the drain.

Some reporters will get the story and fans have every right to be upset. It seems like you are saying the fans shouldn't be told that, after taking a potential head case, the team is seeing head case behavior. At this point, the Kings need to worry less about image and more about substance. This would be a good time to try it. Instead of trying to spin the news, try to fix the problem.

Pre draft, you backed this guy hard and tried to knock down every anti-Cousins posts. No matter why you root for him, now that he's having problems, it's fair to play the bias card against you.
 
MassachusettsKingsFan said:
I know everyone has an opinion .. and thats fine. The problem is, at least when it comes to Cousins being kicked out of practice is that we just dont know what happened.

Im having trouble wrapping my head around this whole situation. First of all, what kind of practices do we hold? why would Cousins have anything to argue about?

I mean, reports are that Cousins and Westphal go back and forth all the time, but NOW he gets kicked out .. why this time? and again .. what could they be disagreeing over that creates such a huge war of words that it gets out of hand.

I, along with a lot of other Kings fans have been watching Demarcus VERY closely since he was drafted by the Kings. Watching him play every NBA game of his career so far, I have actually been impressed with how he handles bad calls ( or calls he thinks are bad ) compaired to what I read about him. Sure, you can notice his frustrating with the call .. but the techs arent there. I dont see him pulling a Brad Miller where he will sit there and yell at a ref instead of getting back on defense. If his name wasnt Demarcus Cousins and he didnt have his reputation, NO ONE would have anything on the court to point to and say "This guy is an *******". In fact, Jason Thompson, one of the nicest guys on the team, is far worse ( or at least was when during his first two years ) when it came to compalining after fouls.

I hate how the this team has a "sky is falling" aura around it right now. We absolutely need to get back on track.

And you know what? Demarcus might be an idiot. He might be the guy everyone thinks he is. I dont see it, but I also dont know the guy. I do know Paul Westphal though. At least I think I do .. I have a better understanding of who Westphal is. Ive watched him coach longer, Ive listened to him talk a lot, and I dont know why HE would let this 'argument' go as long as he did.

My point is DONT let the argument get so out of hand that a crucial part of our team misses some of practice. Westphal needs to baby Cousins a bit. I know I know I know "Demarcus needs to shut up and play blah blah blah .. " but this is the NBA. Its not reality, its not how things work in this sport.

Cousins shouldnt have been kicked out of practice. It shouldnt have gotten to that point. It makes the negative cloud currently over the Kings even larger. I swear this team is one more negative moment away from completely collapsing. I dont want to have to see that. I've put too much time into this team. I love it too much to read negative story after negative story. Get your **** together over there. You dont have to win every game, you dont even have to win at all .. just make some damn progress.
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I agree with you. It shouldn't have gotten this far. I don't agree that he shouldn't have been kicked out of practice. He should have been kicked out of practice when he got into it with Tree Rollins. Westphal should back up his assistants. Not have them be disrespected by Cousins. Now Cousins' isn't disrespecting just the assistants, he's disrespecting the head coach. Big surprise... it escalated.

The worst possible thing that Westphal & Co. could do right now would be to "baby" Cousins. What do you want them to do - just ignore his rant and let him play the way he wants to play? Let it become "Cousins' team"? Like some two-year old that throws food - are you just going to ignore it? You know, there are other players on this team who have to play by the rules and obey the coach and do some things probably that they don't want to do. So are you going to make up some special "baby rules" for Cousins to mollify him at the expense of others? If the Kings org goes down a path of placation this is going to spin waaaay out of control.
 
Larry David said:
Going public is a legit way to handle it. In the long run, you can't hide the problem from other NBA teams. But you can air it out in a way that makes it clear to the player that you've got to conform or flush dollars from your next contract down the drain.

Some reporters will get the story and fans have every right to be upset. It seems like you are saying the fans shouldn't be told that, after taking a potential head case, the team is seeing head case behavior. At this point, the Kings need to worry less about image and more about substance. This would be a good time to try it. Instead of trying to spin the news, try to fix the problem.

Pre draft, you backed this guy hard and tried to knock down every anti-Cousins posts. No matter why you root for him, now that he's having problems, it's fair to play the bias card against you.
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If it helps inflate your ego to take shots at me, have at it. But I'm not the issue here. How to handle Cousins is. And throwing him and his problems out there for public consumption is just plain stupid. Do you really think turning some of the fans against him is going to help him. Do you think it helped Tiger Woods repair his marriage by having his problems splashed across the front of every newspaper in the country. Were not talking about a leak exposing some crook that commited fraud.

Yes I defended him last year. But I never denied that he had problems. I simply tried to keep those problems in prospective as relative to his talent. I never thought for a moment that there wasn't risk. But I did think that the risk was worth taking, and I still do. We still don't even know for sure what happened and some people are ready to trade him. Now I'm sorry, but thats simply an overreation, and I'm also sorry, but I'm going to say so. I realize that there are people like you that couldn't wait for a chance to say I told you so. Just like those that still can't get over the fact that we drafted Evans and then had the audacity to call him a point guard. Personally I never had a dog in that hunt other than I wanted the Kings to draft Evans. Call him whatever you want. I don't care.

And at some point in time if I think drafting Cousins was a bad idea, I'll say so. But I'm not about to condemn the kid 15 games into the season. Whatever he did wrong he should be punished for. I'm not defending his actions. But don't have different rules for different people. I'm 69 years old and I'll be the first to admit that the brashness of young people can irritate me at times. But one thing most young people are good at is seeing right through Bulls--t. Unfortunately, many times they don't know when to keep their mouths shut. There were many times when I was young when I was right in what I thought, but wrong in how I expressed it. And it got me in a lot of trouble. Punish the Kid. Send him to a therapist. Do whatever you have to do. But don't drag him through the mud.
 
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Larry David said:
Going public is a legit way to handle it. In the long run, you can't hide the problem from other NBA teams. But you can air it out in a way that makes it clear to the player that you've got to conform or flush dollars from your next contract down the drain.

Some reporters will get the story and fans have every right to be upset. It seems like you are saying the fans shouldn't be told that, after taking a potential head case, the team is seeing head case behavior. At this point, the Kings need to worry less about image and more about substance. This would be a good time to try it. Instead of trying to spin the news, try to fix the problem.

Pre draft, you backed this guy hard and tried to knock down every anti-Cousins posts. No matter why you root for him, now that he's having problems, it's fair to play the bias card against you.
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Honestly, the pre-draft "red flags" was more the media making a mountain out of a molehill. Negative reporting always attracts a bigger audiance for them. Before teams draft anyone, GMs investigate very carefully, by talking to multiple people who know that player as a person very well, including those who have coached that player. Certainly a better more reliable way to get information than the media.

Coach Calipari and his high school coach belied the media reports of Cousins as a "problem" and they are certainly in a better position to judge Cousins the person, player and teammate.

I think bias very much works the other way around, too. If there are whispers of "red flags" around someone, then everybody is looking for the negative, specifically because it proves them right, in their mind. They also happen to overlook the positive things. Once you have a certain "reputation," deserved or not, it is very, very hard to shake that in peoples minds. In fact, you have to be far more exempleary than others, just to try and get past that.

Now, I'm not saying there are no problems with Cousins. He is clearly an emotional person, who has difficulty controlling those volatile emotions, sometimes. And he is still very young and immature. I think he's actually fared better than a lot of people expected on the court. Has he had a technical called on him yet? The fact is everybody matures at a different rate and some of it is just the fact that the adolescent brain doesn't mature for awhile, somtimes as long as the late 20s. So I'm not going to go overboard on denouncing this kid as a bad apple already.

But you know what? There have been rumors of problems with a lot of the Kings players being unhappy or angry this year. Were there "red flags" we should have seen with them, too? Or are we ignoring that, because nobody claimed they had some red flags before they got here?

People, including the media are ready to jump on the, "See, I told you Cousins would be a problem bandwagon," as fast as they can. Especially if they predicted problems. Part of the problem, to me, is the public airiing of Cousin's "punishment." Maybe it will work and maybe it will make things worse. All I know, is I loved that when Adelman was coach, he never called a player out in public. Ever. It's never been his style. As a result, none of the players called out each other, either.

Being a cohesive team means you should be able to trust that the people around you aren't going to publicly humiliate you and that you are free to discuss things behind closed doors in an open and honest way to work out issues, without having to read about it in the newspaper the next day.
 
RookieOfTheDay said:
The banners are pretty ridiculous. Bad move on the Maloofs part. As for Cousins arguing with teammates/coaches, I hope it doesn't become a chronic problem. It would be a real bummer if all the worst fears about Cousins come true.
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Yes, banners are ridiculous. But what are the Maloofs supposed to do? They have a young, not so good team and they have to put butts in the seats. They cant exactly market the Kings impending championship run, now can they? So they put up banners of the young players and hope the fans get excited about the youth movement. Because that is all they got to sell right now. I am certain that every young bad team does it to some extent. However, the Maloofs are prone to going overboard with things (see Billboard of Maloof mowing lawn begging Webber to stay...). It is a fine line between enthusiasm and annoyance. If Cousins starts to improve, as he eventually will, the banner will seem less absurd.

Now Cousins big head is a problem. But I dont understand how he could have a big head with so little game. He needs to work harder on his game and do a lot less crowing. He isn't the star on this team, but he is a focal point of the marketing campaign. That could change any time. Hopefully Cousins can reign in his abrasive nature and start playing the team game. He will benefit from improving his cohesiveness with the team. His teammates can help him get to where he wants to go. The coaches want to help Cousins get to where he wants to go. He just has to shaddup long enough to listen and learn. Youth is wasted on the young. Lets hope that Westphal can maintain the peace until Cousins sees the light.
 
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If it was Tyreke, this forum would mount a lynch mob for Westphal's head.

I think the most disappointing thing about this is it seems Cousins told of Westphal, and that is disappointing because it's your 20 year old rookie taking action in a wayward, assbackwards season.
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Why? For someone that has a much more mature reputation than Cousins like Tyreke to get kicked out, something big must have happen (if that were to happen). I don't think we would be on PW for doing that if its warranted.

In this case, we are assuming that it was warranted to kick out Cousins. Yes PW does seem to be too ... prideful sometimes. But Cousins shouldn't be arguing everything. He is 20 yrs old, he should listen to his elders/coaches. There is a reason why they brought in his HS coach. I'm still a big Cousins fan, but he does need to listen and not argue.
 
1. Anybody have audio of Grant's rant? I really want to hear it.

2. I think this issue is becoming much bigger than it really should be...How do we not know that Grant isn't taking something small and making it into a huge issue?

3. We're making this kid into a villain and we don't even know what happened.

4. I also think that Coach Westphal needs to find a way to understand Demarcus (if this is really a problem). And maybe then they both can meet each other half way.
 
No one knows, it's all speculation. It should be treated as much from the media that has been out for this kid since day one. Until some factual information is produced I won't overreact to anything the media speculates on without hard evidence of it taking place. We must be cognisant of the fact the media will take things and twist them around for them to write a story, and this is the best thing they can do right now as far as the Kings go.
 
Grant had more to say about Cousins during his radio show today.

Said Cousins had run-ins with assistant coaches. Said that he (Grant) probably wouldn't have been as lenient as Westphal has been with Cousins. To paraphrase, Grant said that Westphal had essentially given Cousins a lot of rope until it got out of control and he had to kick him out of practice. It's up to Cousins to act like a professional. Said he (Grant) would suspend him. You can have all the support group in the world around the guy, but unless he wants to listen, it's not going to matter. Lastly, he said, it's not the end of the world. It's something that bears watching, however.

By the way, it's hardly speculation. The "nobody knows" argument doesn't wash. If anything, Napier has it in his interest as announcer to minimize the issue, not inflate the issue. The last thing he wants to do is turn off fans more than they are already. The fact that his 1140 ratings could blip up a few points because of piqued interest in Cousins immature behavior is nothing compared to the potentially negative effect on the Kings and his job down the line.
 
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Napier spent much of his show trashing Cousins before the draft, so its in his interest personally to diss Cousins. I'm not saying that to pretend that Cousins' behavior is not an issue, but if this was someone else the spin would be different, even if still negative.

And I agree with Larry, the Kings need to stop with the spin and show some honesty and substance. The fanbase is tired of the spin from the team over the past several years. Stop trying to fool the people you need money from, show some respect and come forward with the problems.
 
Kingster said:
Grant had more to say about Cousins during his radio show today.

Said Cousins had run-ins with assistant coaches. Said that he (Grant) probably wouldn't have been as lenient as Westphal has been with Cousins. To paraphrase, Grant said that Westphal had essentially given Cousins a lot of rope until it got out of control and he had to kick him out of practice. It's up to Cousins to act like a professional. Said he (Grant) would suspend him. You can have all the support group in the world around the guy, but unless he wants to listen, it's not going to matter. Lastly, he said, it's not the end of the world. It's something that bears watching, however.

By the way, it's hardly speculation. The "nobody knows" argument doesn't wash. If anything, Napier has it in his interest as announcer to minimize the issue, not inflate the issue. The last thing he wants to do is turn off fans more than they are already. The fact that his 1140 ratings could blip up a few points because of piqued interest in Cousins immature behavior is nothing compared to the potentially negative effect on the Kings and his job down the line.
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Is this the same Grant that accused Bobby Jackson of basicly faking an injury? The same Grant that went on a rant about Chris Webber more than once. Sorry, if I don't get too excited about his impressions of the situation.
 
ArcoKings said:
Bench the kid for a handful of games so he can wise up. It'll do him good. He's a pro and needs to show respect. Take down the banners and put up action shot banners of EACH player instead. I like the idea about C-Webb "counseling" Cousins. His issues need to be addressed ASAP someway or the other.
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I like that idea...demonstrate no one is bigger than the team.
 
yeah, a friend picked up in the Indiana game the number of times Grant chided DMC at times where he normally wouldn't have made it personal against a singe player : "what's he doing going for a steal on tj ford at midcourt?" or how he shouldn't be reaching in on the offense in the post - in neither case was he actually called for a foul. i wouldn't even have noticed it but his chastizing of Cuz was indeed carrying over to the game.
 
Good news about taking down the banners. That was just a little too extreme this early. I know they were trying to promote ticket sales and what not, but it clearly isn't going to work so either fans are going to want to come and watch a horrible product on the court or do the wise thing and save their money for when the team is respectable to watch again.
 
The other thing I'd like to see taken down, frankly, is the "Bigger. Badder. Better."-billboards. Frankly, they make me sick.

And they'll make me even sicker if this team gets to, say 7-23, which is well within the realm of possibility.

Everyone already mentally replaces "Better." I'd wager that "Dumber." is the leading candidate here. And I think it's completely fair to point this out, because the banners at (soon to no-longer-be) Arco are absolutely married to "Here We Rise" and "Bigger. Badder. Better.". No doubt about it.

I've already mentally replaced "Here We Rise" with "Here We Lose."
 
Bigger, Badder, Better works. We finally got some size, thus we are Bigger. The talent on this team is Better. As of right now, the team is Badder.
 
SCKingsfan said:
yeah, a friend picked up in the Indiana game the number of times Grant chided DMC at times where he normally wouldn't have made it personal against a singe player : "what's he doing going for a steal on tj ford at midcourt?" or how he shouldn't be reaching in on the offense in the post - in neither case was he actually called for a foul. i wouldn't even have noticed it but his chastizing of Cuz was indeed carrying over to the game.
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Uh.. I thought the exact same things when Grant made those comments. WTF?! He's reach in on a guard on the opposite end of the court?

HE SHOULDN'T BE REACHING IN EVER!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, but it's a pet peeve of mine. Yes he sometimes pokes the ball loose. That's great. He's also leading the league in fouls. That's terrible. How do you foul less? You try and reduce the unnecessary fouls. What's an unnecessary foul? A 7'er reaching in on anyone. It's a terrible habit for him to have. If he wants to reach in, how about doing it only when the man he's guarding puts the ball on the floor. Even then I'd say he's better off moving his feet and keeping his hands up.
 
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