Not sure why I'm even going to attempt to reply to this thread. Maybe because its christmas. Was Cuz out of line? Yeah, I guess! I mean I wasn't there, so I really don't know what was said. Personally, I know what I would have said to Smart at the half, and most of it couldn't be printed. So I'm guessing that Cousins said something along that line. The difference is, he's on the team, and I'm not. Frankly I'm getting a little tired of some of you rightous upstanding individuals, that apparently walk the straight and narrow. I expect that none of you have ever spoken a bad word in your life. Oh yeah, I know. None of you are getting paid to play basketball, because the moment you get paid, you automaticly fall into a different class with different rules.
Can we agree that Cousins cares, and that he wants to win. Is that possible? And because he wants to win, and because he's stupidly bought into Smarts pied pipper line of BS, he's feeling betrayed and frustrated. Sell a bill of goods to a young immature kid, and then fail that kid, and your in trouble. I know its difficult, but for just a momen, try and put yourself in Cousins shoes, and into his mind. He knows everything he does on the court, and some things off the court are under a magnifying glass. He knows that he has a reputation that precedes him, so he's not going to get the benefit of the doubt from the ref's, the media, and many of the fans. So when things are going south, and your personally playing well, and your still getting your head handed to you, what do you do?
Maybe you ask your coach why? Why isn't this working? Did all of you watch the second quarter? It was a frigging disastor. No one passed the ball. Everyone took turns making turnovers. Does anyone realize that Jimmer came in at the beginning of the second quarter, and didn't even touch the ball until just under 7 minutes had gone by in that quarter. And I mean, he actually was in the game, and didn't touch the ball for almost 7 minutes. How is it possible for one of five players on the floor to not even touch the ball? And this isn't about Jimmer, its about how the team was playing. If I'm Cousins, and I'm sitting on the bench watching that, I think I might have had some issues with the coach at halftime.
The problem with the team isn't Cousins, and it isn't IT or Jimmer or any one player. The problem is the coach. I had the feeling that those guys that played most of the second half, and finished the game, were playing for respect, and not for Smart. Was Cousins wrong for mouthing off, if thats what he did? Yes! Someone has to be in charge, and that someone, at least for the moment is Smart. So you have to air your differences with respect. I'm assuming that Cuz didn't do that. However, he did, with hat in hand apologize to Smart and to his teammates. I'm sure he learned a lesson in humility. Always a hard pill to swallow.
As far as wanting to trade Cousins. I'll just keep my mouth shut instead of respondinig to that idea. "Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone".
