Oddly this may shock you, since it appears that you are in favor of developing insto-amnesia with the start of each new season, but last year was the FIRST year we EVER had a quality starter to step in in place of Webber -- we had exactly one year where we had more than 8 guys who played regularly. Strangely enough, in previous seasons when the best we had was Indiana's 12th man (Pollard) or our own 11th/12th man Fundy, who isn't even in the league anymore, we somehow survived. Tag and Songaila are at least as much depth as Pollard and Fundy were. In fact we've survived injuries to just about ever major player on the team and just kept on winning.
We won't win a title with people hurt in the playoffs, but this team has proven repeatedly that the talent is so deep that its hardly going to fall apart when somebody goes down for a while during the season. But I know that's all in the past, and of course the past means nothing, and the Bobcats have as good a chance to win the title this year as the Pistons.
Yes, think we will have to agree to disagree.
P.S. If we can't find anybody who can duplicate Peeler's hefty 5.7ppg average last year, you are right, we will be in trouble.