Merc I can't bite my tongue......I hate FLIP!!!!! Dude is in such unchartered water it ain't even funny. Listening to Ben after the game I understand his beef. Ben says if we hang our hats on defense and rebounding everything else will take care of itself. If we do a better job of getting everyone involved, sharing the ball, and making the extra pass, nobody can touch us.

I don't like the game plan that says ride the hot hand, it makes us to easy to scout and defend. It turns us into a team that rely's too much on one individual to make a play, which has always been something that hurts us. It alienates teammates which allows people to find theselves uninvolved in the gameplan and eventually in the game as a whole. I like the game plan of inside/out and move the ball weakside with Rip running his defender into an early grave.....by the time the 4th qtr comes the opposing team doesn't know what to do and we get teams into the penalty early, and it keeps all 5 players focused because they've been getting touches at some point in the offense. No player should go 4 straight possessions where they never touch THE DAMN BALL!!!!

Sheed used to be good for 4-6 pts from the offensive glass, now he's on the arc too much to board leaving Ben all alone. I like the fact that we can shoot the trey with more ease and confidence, but I don't like the fact that it's a primary play in our scheme now. If Rip is open for a weakside trey that means he's been standing there for the duration of the shot clock instead of running his man off screens. I love this team and my heart bleeds Piston Blue, but we're resembling the the T'Wolves (this I know because I used to watch them almost as much as the Pistons, KG is my favorite non piston player, so they're my favorite west conf team) I just really miss the Detroit-Goin to Work-Blue Collar-Lunch Pail team that made Ben Wallace an AllStar, and coined the phrase 'play the right way'.

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