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I had to stay off the forums last night as I was completely beside myself (as I'm sure just about all of us were).
I watched the game from home last night, and went from a brief few moments of feeling excitement and vengeance when the Cavs were fighting and playing hard early in the 1st quarter (mainly the two Hickson monster dunks).
Then after that all I remember is staring at the TV blankly, my mouth wide open and drooping low out of disgust. I saw a group of clowns out there that had no clue. No heart, no drive, ugly turnovers, settling for jumpers, no penetration, attrocious shooting, no ball movement, missed free throws, no defensive intensity, no hard fouls... and everything else that went wrong.
I felt sorry for the fans that made a day out of this. Ditching work, bar hopping, spending loads of money on tickets, concessions, apparel, coming up with creative chants, giving their heart and soul to terrorize LeBron and the Heat at the Q. The blue collar Cleveland people once again had all of this rage and emotion bottled up inside. They were given a chance to release it all in unison on national TV. A win would have meant the world, heck, looking back on it, even a Cavs loss but a nail biter of a game would have meant the world. It would have brought closure. It would have said to the world that the Cavs still do exist, and without LeBron we still survive and prevail.
Instead, the worst happened. I don't need to go into all of the bloody details. I'm way late on a story that broke over 12 hours ago. But like those at the Q last night, I too needed to come on here and vent my frustration. I haven't lost faith in the Cavaliers, but I have lost faith in the current roster after the 'betrayal' part 2 that was experienced. I wanted to give these guys a chance, but no NBA team can thrive with a group of players that are so limited talent wise, and so weak mentally. You had the guys last night that didn't have a prior connection to LeBron - - Sessions, Hollins, Graham. They played okay, but were simply unnoticeable. You had LeBron's bitches - - Boobie, Varejao, Jawad (who should all be traded immediately, we aren't going anywhere with them). And you had those who never show up for big games, or are too one dimmensional. On top of that, they are softer than the Charmin I wipe my ass with - - Mo, Parker, J.J. Antawn, Moon.
The biggest slap in the face for me though was none other than head coach Byron Scott. Never before did I feel that a head coach was missing from a big game like last night. I almost missed Mike Brown, and thought atleast with him on the sidelines you would have a coach up and out of his seat looking upset, barking orders at his players, and calling for a hard foul or three. The defense never picked up, and the offensive plan never changed, there is only one person to pin that on. Byron Scott was more detached to the game than anyone else sitting directly to his right. He defended LeBron being at the Cavs bench and egging his players on as 'he always does that'. Then, after the game to baby your players and consider that game just another meaningless regular season game in the process, really made me lose a little bit of hope for him as our future leader. If he doesn't get it, and the players don't get it, then Dan Gilbert needs to blow this mess up and make it right for the fans.
I'd rather watch Harris, Eyenga, Samuels and a bunch of other unknowns form up and give it 100% all night, everynight, instead of watching that dirt I watched on TNT last night.
Thank you for listening.
I watched the game from home last night, and went from a brief few moments of feeling excitement and vengeance when the Cavs were fighting and playing hard early in the 1st quarter (mainly the two Hickson monster dunks).
Then after that all I remember is staring at the TV blankly, my mouth wide open and drooping low out of disgust. I saw a group of clowns out there that had no clue. No heart, no drive, ugly turnovers, settling for jumpers, no penetration, attrocious shooting, no ball movement, missed free throws, no defensive intensity, no hard fouls... and everything else that went wrong.
I felt sorry for the fans that made a day out of this. Ditching work, bar hopping, spending loads of money on tickets, concessions, apparel, coming up with creative chants, giving their heart and soul to terrorize LeBron and the Heat at the Q. The blue collar Cleveland people once again had all of this rage and emotion bottled up inside. They were given a chance to release it all in unison on national TV. A win would have meant the world, heck, looking back on it, even a Cavs loss but a nail biter of a game would have meant the world. It would have brought closure. It would have said to the world that the Cavs still do exist, and without LeBron we still survive and prevail.
Instead, the worst happened. I don't need to go into all of the bloody details. I'm way late on a story that broke over 12 hours ago. But like those at the Q last night, I too needed to come on here and vent my frustration. I haven't lost faith in the Cavaliers, but I have lost faith in the current roster after the 'betrayal' part 2 that was experienced. I wanted to give these guys a chance, but no NBA team can thrive with a group of players that are so limited talent wise, and so weak mentally. You had the guys last night that didn't have a prior connection to LeBron - - Sessions, Hollins, Graham. They played okay, but were simply unnoticeable. You had LeBron's bitches - - Boobie, Varejao, Jawad (who should all be traded immediately, we aren't going anywhere with them). And you had those who never show up for big games, or are too one dimmensional. On top of that, they are softer than the Charmin I wipe my ass with - - Mo, Parker, J.J. Antawn, Moon.
The biggest slap in the face for me though was none other than head coach Byron Scott. Never before did I feel that a head coach was missing from a big game like last night. I almost missed Mike Brown, and thought atleast with him on the sidelines you would have a coach up and out of his seat looking upset, barking orders at his players, and calling for a hard foul or three. The defense never picked up, and the offensive plan never changed, there is only one person to pin that on. Byron Scott was more detached to the game than anyone else sitting directly to his right. He defended LeBron being at the Cavs bench and egging his players on as 'he always does that'. Then, after the game to baby your players and consider that game just another meaningless regular season game in the process, really made me lose a little bit of hope for him as our future leader. If he doesn't get it, and the players don't get it, then Dan Gilbert needs to blow this mess up and make it right for the fans.
I'd rather watch Harris, Eyenga, Samuels and a bunch of other unknowns form up and give it 100% all night, everynight, instead of watching that dirt I watched on TNT last night.
Thank you for listening.
