Any chance the team could pull a "Varsity Blues" at halftime?
"The only way we're going back out there is without you!"
"The only way we're going back out there is without you!"
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Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
As I said, perhaps a fine.
That itself would have been damaging, but there is a real issue here is Karl is a walking dead coach. He probably should have been fired a month again. Certainly will be a month from now. And there is extreme sensitivity amongst media and fans to any signs of Cousins' malfeasance. And extreme sensitivity in Cousins/a persecution complex. One of your jobs with Vlade is to calm those waters, and there is no need for an exaggerated response to protect the authority of a coach who a) has already lost the team, and b) is soon to be fired. The long term interest is Cousins and his stature.
people sense. Its been missing amongst the Kings for a long time. Vlade naturally has it. But he's not perfect. Here he may just be too solid/reasonable a person to understand the hate storm always whirling around the Sacramento valley. In a vaccum, its fine. But any move like this with Cousins gets amplified 100x until its not fine and damage is done. You ahve to try to calm the storm, not feed it.
Here's what gets to me. Everyone on this team started out the year enthusiastic and ready to win. I can understand why other people would want these players gone. But I don't think they're all quitters. I think the horrible coaching combined with management backing the coach not the players combined with the local media (not to mention the play-by-play guy) dumping on the players at every opportunity has got us to where we are now. The majority of the fans seem to be buying the "blame the players" storyline as well. If I were a player, I wouldn't want to be there either. I'd be counting the days until my contract expired and I could move a thousand miles away from this situation.
SLAB
Hall of Famer
I'm trying to watch the Giants. But the channel's signal is out and I'm stuck with this.
So... not good.
Aaron Bruski @aaronbruski 1m1 minute ago
Exponentially worse with each passing day, Kings fans. The Pete D/George Karl era managed to absorb an entire season https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkJqKOb0ZhY…
I have never been embarrassed to be a Kings fan. Today, though, Chuck Yeager is at Sleep Train. That embarrasses me, for the simple fact that man did so much while wearing the uniform of the US armed forces for virtually pennies. He's watching a bunch of spoiled millionaires who can't even pretend to give a crap.
The entire team needs to walk over to Gen. Yeager and do two things:
1. Thank him for his service.
2. Beg his forgiveness for having him show up for such a pathetic performance.
Exponentially worse with each passing day, Kings fans. The Pete D/George Karl era managed to absorb an entire season https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkJqKOb0ZhY…
I have never been embarrassed to be a Kings fan. Today, though, Chuck Yeager is at Sleep Train. That embarrasses me, for the simple fact that man did so much while wearing the uniform of the US armed forces for virtually pennies. He's watching a bunch of spoiled millionaires who can't even pretend to give a crap.
The entire team needs to walk over to Gen. Yeager and do two things:
1. Thank him for his service.
2. Beg his forgiveness for having him show up for such a pathetic performance.
CuzistanKing
G-League
It's pretty simple really. This is what happens when a mediocre-offense/terrible-defense team runs into a great-defense/mediocre-offense team.
Having a corpse for a coach doesn't help either.
Having a corpse for a coach doesn't help either.
Carmichael Dave @CarmichaelDave 9m9 minutes ago
You guys want something to bank on with this team? Watch the injury list grow over the next week. #ShutdownTime
You guys want something to bank on with this team? Watch the injury list grow over the next week. #ShutdownTime
SLAB
Hall of Famer
I see words like "offense" and "defense" but nowhere do I see the term "Pace".
Your point is invalid.
It takes an 8-2 run to get to within seventeen.
We're a little more than halfway through the second quarter.
We're a little more than halfway through the second quarter.
I just quit following Voisin on Twitter (again), right after I saw her hard-hitting in-depth commentary about the baby race during one of the timeouts.
I keep hoping this is all a bad dream and I'll wake up. But I've been asleep apparently since February 2005, so...
I keep hoping this is all a bad dream and I'll wake up. But I've been asleep apparently since February 2005, so...
Glenn
Hall of Famer
WCS and Curry may get injured, I presume.
There could be an epidemic of ingrown toenails, conjunctivitis, and such I suppose.
Chubbs
Starter
She looks at this mess and thinks Karl in the FO is the solution.
Of course she's focusing on the baby race. She's divorced from reality.
Don't be absurd; if they focused on defense in practice, somebody might actually try to play some.
Glenn
Hall of Famer
He might have also worried out loud about his coaching but then that's taking personal responsibility. Why do that when you can throw the entire team under the bus?
I wonder how many people Reynolds think are watching that would get that reference?
Glenn
Hall of Famer
Maybe somebody should tell George Karl that man-to-man defense with a full-sized lineup is an option most coaches consider in those situations.
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