Dumars still has done nothing

Bills, I could have written a whole lot better of a post than that! When is the last time you made a decent thread in here? You're just resting on the laurels of the comment about Darko's tinted windows you made that one time. If you don't change your avatar to a grilled cheese sandwich and post in the Mostly Joking Thread for once, I am DONE with this forum!

I know, and I thought long and hard about replying. But I have had people tell me they have had it with the negativity on the forum, and I'm appealing to a little more balance because the people who don't like negativity don't discuss back. They just leave the forum. And I don't want to run a forum where a dozen guys cry and moan about the good old days. I believe we have a lot more humor and creativity to share.

I'm relaxed. It is what it is. We won games we could have thrown. We drafted a guy almost no one is excited about. Joe has done little, signed the wrong FAs and ownership is a mess.

That's why I think setting these ultimatums are self-defeating. I accept Joe will disappoint any expectations this offseason, because he hasn't proven otherwise. If he does something, awesome, I will be pumped. If not, I won't have spent 2 months getting all lathered up about the unlikely.

Cousins was never falling to us. Joe didn't make trades he didn't make. Al Jeff was probably never on Joe's radar. It is what it is.

Can't change yesterday.

The real problem here IMO is ownership, not JD. It is impossible to make moves when you lose a patriarch like Bill D who spent decades putting people in place who worked from his principles, and now his wife who has none of his experience, and probably inspires none of his loyalty is thrust into a position of leadership and command.

Who asked for a free pass for Dumars?

Who implied that?

Let's get 'em!

I think it is the tone that has become more negative, not just the quantity of posts. It's ok to criticize but at times we have been almost consumed by our misery. That's not very appealing, nor is it necessary. Here's a suggestion, though: Whenever I wake up in the morning and feel particularly depressed because of Joe Dumars (practically every day), I just think about Darth Tater. Then right away, I have something to laugh about. That guy.

Absolutely. We have offered the best criticism of any site about the Pistons for 5 years now. I am proud of our collective ability to critically analyze.

You guys (specifically DT and some others) have taught me a very valuable lesson about a year ago. I cannot make everyone happy. I probably can't make even a large number of you happy.

So I am going to do the only thing I can control, which is to make me happy.

And it makes me happy to have a thriving community, even if that community spends it's time rooting for the Philadelphia Dodos, talking about growing hot peppers, or making jokes about French Canadians in drag.

I have gotten into numerous debates with forum vets that it is my job to make sure we "keep it real" and "don't allow people to post foolishness".

Well, I am ok with people keeping it light and unserious while friendly, and most of the time, you guys are fantastic and maintain a high level of discourse, which is why when it was time this offseason to add moderators, I was thinking of ways to explain to them that they should try to do as little moderating as possible, because that is generally how we get the best results.

Hey, Roscoe, is discrimination allowed here? Of course, it is always Eastern Europeans' fault!!!

Come on, bring it on!

Now we may be onto something.
Horford will be RFA and Atlanta's cap will bw very tight
Davis
Perkins
Chandler
Noah will be RFA and no way Bulls let him walk
Dampier
Marc Gasol RFA
Dalembert

So, there are some players, although not much to hang your hat on.