Posted by TMS:

Posted by metra:

Stop trying to bait people. 25% of UK wanted to tank probably only a month before 75%. A month isn't a significant amount of time for an "I told you so."

I would only give credit to anyone who wanted to tank right after the Randolph trade - before the season even started. I doubt anyone had that much foresight.

plenty of people were predicting 35-38 win totals after the Zach trade & missing out on the playoffs, which was basically our worst case scenario if you think about the longterm ramifications... i think all those people were pretty much in favor of tank mode cuz the percieved alternative couldn't be any worse.

Posted by 4949:


I'm not happy because we will be in better draft position. I'm happy because Isiad-iot is getting everything he deserves! Vindication has arrived.

Posted by islesfan:

Fans who have been longtime advocates of losing games, have been doing so in order to see Isiah get fired sooner rather than later, so that Isiah can't **** this franchise up anymore than he has and to get someone in here who can hopefully get them pointed in the right direction.

Posted by RemBee76:

Posted by islesfan:

Fans who have been longtime advocates of losing games, have been doing so in order to see Isiah get fired sooner rather than later, so that Isiah can't **** this franchise up anymore than he has and to get someone in here who can hopefully get them pointed in the right direction.

And this is the inane reasoning that has always had some scratching their head. If the team loses then management changes, and we all get to see if a new direction is taken, if we find success, and we all get to move on. If the team wins, then what, Isiah is still ****ing up the franchise? What happens then?

You never thought Isiah would have success, great, you earned yourself a cookie for that "foresight". I myself have had my doubts that things would work out. In fact if you want to see "foresight" there may be a few cats left here who remember my declaring the team dead in the water for years to come back in 2001 when the team made Houston its maxed-out franchise player. Most recently I loudly protested the Zach Randolph trade which has, in my opinion, killed whatever potential emerged from the team last season.

But I can't for the life of me understand how that meant I should root for the team to lose. Simply, there is in my mind a huge difference between saying "I don't like the way things are going but I hope it works" to "I hope this all fails because I don't like where things are going." You know which view I think is more appropriate for a fan, I'm sure you couldn't give a ****.

But you rock, isles, you were right all along.

Posted by RemBee76:

Posted by islesfan:

Fans who have been longtime advocates of losing games, have been doing so in order to see Isiah get fired sooner rather than later, so that Isiah can't **** this franchise up anymore than he has and to get someone in here who can hopefully get them pointed in the right direction.

And this is the inane reasoning that has always had some scratching their head. If the team loses then management changes, and we all get to see if a new direction is taken, if we find success, and we all get to move on. If the team wins, then what, Isiah is still ****ing up the franchise? What happens then?

You never thought Isiah would have success, great, you earned yourself a cookie for that "foresight". I myself have had my doubts that things would work out. In fact if you want to see "foresight" there may be a few cats left here who remember my declaring the team dead in the water for years to come back in 2001 when the team made Houston its maxed-out franchise player. Most recently I loudly protested the Zach Randolph trade which has, in my opinion, killed whatever potential emerged from the team last season.

But I can't for the life of me understand how that meant I should root for the team to lose. Simply, there is in my mind a huge difference between saying "I don't like the way things are going but I hope it works" to "I hope this all fails because I don't like where things are going." You know which view I think is more appropriate for a fan, I'm sure you couldn't give a ****.

But you rock, isles, you were right all along.

What's your motivation for returning?

Posted by TMS:

Posted by TrueBlue:

Posted by RemBee76:

Posted by islesfan:

Fans who have been longtime advocates of losing games, have been doing so in order to see Isiah get fired sooner rather than later, so that Isiah can't **** this franchise up anymore than he has and to get someone in here who can hopefully get them pointed in the right direction.

And this is the inane reasoning that has always had some scratching their head. If the team loses then management changes, and we all get to see if a new direction is taken, if we find success, and we all get to move on. If the team wins, then what, Isiah is still ****ing up the franchise? What happens then?

You never thought Isiah would have success, great, you earned yourself a cookie for that "foresight". I myself have had my doubts that things would work out. In fact if you want to see "foresight" there may be a few cats left here who remember my declaring the team dead in the water for years to come back in 2001 when the team made Houston its maxed-out franchise player. Most recently I loudly protested the Zach Randolph trade which has, in my opinion, killed whatever potential emerged from the team last season.

But I can't for the life of me understand how that meant I should root for the team to lose. Simply, there is in my mind a huge difference between saying "I don't like the way things are going but I hope it works" to "I hope this all fails because I don't like where things are going." You know which view I think is more appropriate for a fan, I'm sure you couldn't give a ****.

But you rock, isles, you were right all along.

What's your motivation for returning?

he obviously came back for the intelligent banter & discussion about Curry's hamburger eating habits & Fred Jones' facial expressions.

You know, if you're going to come here and make these stupid statements at least be man enough and mention who you're talking about. You're always here criticizing the forum for being too negative when you're only criticizing a select few here, including me. There's no need to take a detour. Get to the point.

Posted by GKFv2:


You know, if you're going to come here and make these stupid statements at least be man enough and mention who you're talking about. You're always here criticizing the forum for being too negative when you're only criticizing a select few here, including me. There's no need to take a detour. Get to the point.