True to a point Merc. I'm still a believer. But on the other hand I don't think we have ever faced this type of dismal collapse before. This seems different.

My point (and I'm standing by it) is that pretty much all of the blame was heaped on LB where Flip isn't heaped on near as much. If we pull this out like I think we will that's cool because Flip will be tested by fire.

Of course the players are to blame. That's not the point. The point is that some folks look on this as an episode of General Hospital rather that a basketball series. They wanted to create a Villain last year based on soap opera journalism and hatred of the Coach's personality.

Hey if we win all is good and a new coaching hero is created...if not we have a new villain for this episode of General Hospital. It's all on the line now.

I don't know about you but I love watching how players/coaches react under extreme tests like this. Reputations are made.