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danman6336 
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 9:46 pm to 42)
I mean am I the only one with the memory of jizz everywhere little cutesy shite y'all did on the board for a while, with "In Demps We Trust" memes everywhere, and quotes about Monty from coaches all over the place, and so forth.
Yea I exaggerated with the "best coach/GM" stuff but it's not terribly far off.
I mean this board said we were going to be a playoff team this year before the season.
Expectations were by some pretty laughably high for a team with a below average coach and very little real talent, and for the longest time it was an unthinkable sin to speak bad about anything regarding this team.
I appreciate that other opinions are being voiced a little more often now, that's all I'm saying.
And y'all should too, it's what makes boards like this interesting.
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darryljames30 
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 9:47 pm to HeadyBrosevelt)
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No room to learn? Teach me oh wise one. I already read your professor reviews online and it seems like most of your students think you are a cocky d-bag, kinda like you are on this site.
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Cap Crunch 
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 9:49 pm to danman6336)
And I don't think anyone, including the "Monty apologists" think the same way of him now that we did at the beginning of the year. I know that I don't.
But again, if EG and AD are healthy all year, we'd be a completely different team right now
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42 
New Orleans Saints Fan
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 9:52 pm to HeadyBrosevelt)
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How am I a "troll?"
No room to learn? Teach me oh wise one. I already read your professor reviews online and it seems like most of your students think you are a cocky d-bag, kinda like you are on this site.
Stalker, too? Or do you just love me?
At least you know something about me is real, and I'm not just putting on a show.
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DeionDeion
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 9:56 pm to danman6336)
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danman6336
my point in all this is you are gonna have optimistic fans and pessimistic fans, unrealistic fans, uneducated fans, but please bring something to the table besides ONLY being negative
i remember when everyone was pumped about Demps and Monty how they made a great pair etc and people were excited to a point to where "In Demps We Trust" was making its way around the board and many were optimistic I think thats part of being a fan...you are a tad unrealistic
the irritation is when the same thing is posted constantly with no new insight or opinion especially with someone being negative even further when nothing will change for a few months
support your team voice your opinion but bashing gets old and it only pisses people off
example I got really pissed at EG through the offseason but you have to remember he's a Hornet whether you like it or not you got to support him
enjoy the season, enjoy watching basketball, enjoy giving each other shite on this board, dont bash just to bash...my 2 cents
This post was edited on 3/17 at 10:02 pm
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42
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 9:56 pm to danman6336)
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I appreciate that other opinions are being voiced a little more often now, that's all I'm saying.
I appreciate fact-based analysis and well-considered, evolving opinions about the team, pro or con, far more than most of what I read here.
I'd like to read more of the former, actually.
There's a time and place for fun and getting pumped about the team, but having that displace actual thought about actual facts is to be avoided.
I fail to see how anyone is not pleasantly surprised by this season as a whole. Parts of it are very upsetting, of course.
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JayJay2 
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Member since Jul 2010
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 9:56 pm to 42)
Damn, stalking? For shame.
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VOR
New Orleans Saints Fan
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 9:58 pm to 42)
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I fail to see how anyone is not pleasantly surprised by this season as a whole. Parts of it are very upsetting, of course.
I will admit that I expected more back in, say, early October. Of course, I expected a healthy Gordon. I did think we'd have a better record at this point.
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Cap Crunch
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 10:00 pm to DeionDeion)
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my point in all this is you are gonna have optimistic fans and pessimistic fans, unrealistic fans, uneducated fans, but please bring something to the table besides ONLY being negative
i remember when everyone was pumped about Demps and Monty how they made a great pair etc and people were excited to a point to where "In Demps We Trust" was making its way around the board and many were optimistic
the irritation is when the same thing is posted constantly with no new insight or opinion especially with someone being negative even further when nothing will change for a few months
support your team voice your opinion but bashing gets old and it only pisses people off
I got really pissed at EG through the offseason but you have to remember he's a Hornet whether you like it or not...my 2 cents
+1
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danman6336
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Member since Jan 2005
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 10:01 pm to 42)
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I fail to see how anyone is not pleasantly surprised by this season as a whole.
It's been so-so
Vasquez has been the best story, and although he didn't get as many minutes as he maybe should have, Davis hasn't disappointed, Anderson has been solid (although not too great lately) and Lopez has been better than expected.
The Gordon thing is really a black cloud over the franchise right now. I've said it before, this franchise is going to regret that signing for a long time. Should have just let him walk.
That and Rivers being as bad as he has been, and then getting hurt right as he seemed to be getting "it".
And then the worst part is Monty is really just not showing me much anymore. Bad sets, bad defense, the team as a whole just not seeming to play with as much fire.
All in all, the bad has begun to outweigh the good though, and that's very disappointing to me as a fan.
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DeionDeion
Member since Apr 2010
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 10:03 pm to danman6336)
I feel like this boards going through a revival with this thread
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42
New Orleans Saints Fan
Member since Apr 2012
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 10:04 pm to VOR)
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I will admit that I expected more back in, say, early October. Of course, I expected a healthy Gordon. I did think we'd have a better record at this point.
I expected Gordon to miss more time than he did, Davis less. I always assume a second-level player gets injured (Aminu, Smith, GV, Lopez) since it's more likely to happen to one of them than a star just because there are more of them. Still, the team is really doing some good stuff. The defense is terrible largely due to guards penetrating, and that will get fixed. The offensive improvements have far out-paced by expectations.
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danman6336
Duke Fan
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Member since Jan 2005
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 10:04 pm to DeionDeion)
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example I got really pissed at EG through the offseason but you have to remember he's a Hornet whether you like it or not you got to support him
Yea, I guess
But I just really don't like Gordon as a player or more importantly, as a human being
And I don't see that changing anytime soon, and supporting him is something I'm going to have a pretty hard time doing.
This post was edited on 3/17 at 10:05 pm
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DeionDeion
Member since Apr 2010
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 10:08 pm to danman6336)
"Thats interesting John that glass looks half full to me."
"Wow, now that you mention that Jeremy it IS half full."
This post was edited on 3/17 at 10:09 pm
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BetonMet8
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 10:08 pm to danman6336)
We just suck fat dick!
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Fearthehat0307
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 10:10 pm to BetonMet8)
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We just suck fat dick!
meh i'd say average sized dick.
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HeadyBrosevelt 
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 10:11 pm to danman6336)
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But I just really don't like Gordon as a player or more importantly, as a human being
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VOR
New Orleans Saints Fan
New Orleans
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 10:12 pm to Fearthehat0307)
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meh i'd say average sized dick.
Another fricking nega-Hornet. 
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Cap Crunch
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 10:13 pm to danman6336)
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Vasquez has been the best story, and although he didn't get as many minutes as he maybe should have, Davis hasn't disappointed, Anderson has been solid (although not too great lately) and Lopez has been better than expected.
I agree with thisquote:
The Gordon thing is really a black cloud over the franchise right now. I've said it before, this franchise is going to regret that signing for a long time. Should have just let him walk.
I wasn't sure what to thing when we matched his offer. Right now, it looks like we made a mistake. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm not very confident. I certainly wouldn't mind a trade, but I have a hard time seeing someone trade for him with his injuries
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That and Rivers being as bad as he has been, and then getting hurt right as he seemed to be getting "it".
I may be one of the few on here that is confident that Rivers will end up being a good player. Certainly he had a rough start, but he started figuring out what he did well as a player and was starting to show signs of a very solid improvement. I was pretty bummed when he got hurt
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And then the worst part is Monty is really just not showing me much anymore. Bad sets, bad defense, the team as a whole just not seeming to play with as much fire.
This is one of the things that confuses me. Last year we seemed to be much more competitive even though we were a worse team, and I think its because we lost solid leaders in Jack and Landry. Monty needs to do a better job of motivating players and getting someone to step up as a team leader. He also needs to improve his 4th quarter coaching, along with the offensive sets and perimeter defense
When you include all of that along with our lack of depth, this season hasn't been horrible. I think that we just had such unrealistic expectations at the beginning of the year that this season seems so bad.
People can say what they want about our future with Monty and Gordon, but I'm still optimistic about our future
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quail man 
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| re: This team will never make the playoffs with Eric Gordon and Monty on board (Posted on 3/17/13 at 10:16 pm to HeadyBrosevelt)
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But I just really don't like Gordon as a player or more importantly, as a human being
that's pretty rough. you're gonna bitch at me for starting a hypothetical thread about getting rid of 4 teams and then you turn around and put Eric Gordon on the same tier as Hitler. for shame.
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