Look raxrets you must admit that that game was ridiculously unecessary. Why not just stick to the idea of using the regular season as a laboratory for the playoffs and not get all spooked by the Jazz? Rip is struggling and looking desperately exhausted and throwing up bricks and just one half earlier he's looking like the MVP of the Finals. It just was not necessary. It's not a knee-jerk reaction, it's just disgust at waste and any erosion of the gains we've made since Flip saw the light or Joe made Flip see the light. I don't care which it was. I just don't care to see another game where our players are not treated as precious resources instead of some kind of life insurance policy against Flip's Achilles heel as a coach.

We SOOOO could have won that game if Flip hadn't panicked. He's the one with the panic button. To me it's just the same old frustrating same old. Besides, I'm allowed to have strong emotions. I'm a fan. I think our team has been looking fantastic, really fantastic. But I'll tell you that game tonight was not their fault, unless you believe that players should be able to perform miracles when their coach is getting outcoached.