Daily Poll - What's wrong with the Suns?
by Phoenix Stan
on Dec 2, 2008 4:51 PM MST
There's lot of angst and hand wringing in Suns Nation with talk vacilating from desparate to dispair.
Even the most optomistic Suns fan knows that the team needs to improve. Here's your chance to vote on what you think ails the Suns the most.
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I chose Steve Kerr...
because I think… Shaq clogging up the lane + Amare not getting enough touches + Nash not passing enough + Terry Porter = Steve Kerr
by brian13 on Dec 2, 2008 8:02 PM MST 0 recs
good reason. I would like to know when we can start calling Steve Kerr a General Moron. =)
Window Closed? Shit, just break it then.
by ZonaFlash on
Dec 2, 2008 8:19 PM MST
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I didnt choose that but
I agree. I actually put a lot of thought into the poll. It really demanded it. I voted for Porter, cause I dont really feel his style allows the team to be the team they were built for. I really wanted to pick Kerr, mainly for the exact reasons you stated. But I listened to that recent radio broadcast and it kinda swayed me a bit. He made it seem like he wants them to be the run-and-gun team still. If you listened to it also, you heard him say how Porter is even encouraging them to run more now. But when I really really think about it, I wish I could take my vote back and vote Kerr. Even if its not primarily his fault, he is GM and president of operations soooooo.
How about we give Nash the coach/player position. Like Farve calling the plays without an offensive coordinator or whatever (I’m not into football, so if my analogy sucks…well…you suck).
by KnowGood on
Dec 2, 2008 10:12 PM MST
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I think Porter is simply Kerr's whipping boy.
And Nash as a player/coach would be glorious, but the CBA doesn’t allow it :(
Steve Nash, the league's MVP, is a longhaired Canadian who spoke out against the war in Iraq and reads The Communist Manifesto. Quentin Richardson declared after a game-winning shot that it "was like Hamlet. It was a suspense thriller, and I killed them at the end." Amare Stoudemire, when asked to comment on a 22-point third quarter against the Kings, said, "I've got a tendency to jump over some guys' heads and throw it down."
by rsavaj on
Dec 2, 2008 11:46 PM MST
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If my math is correct right now..
Steve Kerr is in 1st place with 38 votes…
I might even argue to have Raja Bell’s 3 votes thrown in to the Kerr camp as well.
by brian13 on
Dec 3, 2008 1:32 AM MST
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Yes
I Agree with you 100%. Kerr’s massive and misguided ego killed the Suns.
by wo on
Dec 3, 2008 3:48 PM MST
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How is
it that both “Too Old” and “Too Young” are both on here? The team’s average age will not change that much during the season.
FWIW, I’m solidly in the turnover camp/
Arizona expatriate in Missouri
by Snakebitten on Dec 2, 2008 8:48 PM MST 0 recs
Turnovers bad...
But they are more of a symptom not the actual problem. The process is called perturbation, If you persevere under pressure and heat coal becomes a diamond. If the teams context and core values are solid they will be successful.
If you prevent forest fires, Who prevents hurricanes?
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by NoodleheadStudios on Dec 2, 2008 8:57 PM MST 0 recs
recession?
There aren’t nearly enough options on this poll, Stan. Clearly, it is the fault of the economy and those bums in Washington.
by Black Jesus Disciples on Dec 2, 2008 9:52 PM MST 0 recs
hate to say it but
those should be check boxes….and I hate to sound like a broken record, but clearly, and I mean clearly 2 things have brought this about.
1. Poor contracts….diaw…shaq…banks..and not signing joe johnson ahead of time
(D’Antoni and Sarver to blame here, D’Antoni loves his players too much and was the worst g.m. in history…which is sad because he is a great coach)
2. Poor decisions with money and draft choices for years, this is the first season in years we actually didn’t throw our picks away…
It’d be one thing if this team wasn’t playing up to the level they should, but this isn’t the case. This team is going to be figuring out who they are until shaq is gone…
Look at the bright side, we killed detroit, and after the beatings on national tv over the last 2 years vs detroit, it was nice to win one.
This needs to be said, I love the Suns, but this team is not just around the corner from being a champion, could they sneak in a championship like Miami did, not in this conference. I like shaq, he’s fun. I’ve even hoped it would work, for moments it did. But, in hindsight (which is not a fair way of judging…but it is accurate) the moment we took shaq, the old, fun, fast suns fell into a coma…and when d’antoni left (the xxxx g.m. but great coach) the plug was pulled. The most tragic thing of this, is, even after the joe johnson loss, the suns of last year before shaq could’ve won with the run n gun style. If only d’antoni wasn’t so sensitive and realized for all his greatness in offense, he was as poor in other areas….
I’m a suns fan, have been for 20+ years, but this team is wounded and simply lacks the talent (I should say young talent) that it used to have. And Amare, for all his greatness, has 2 issues facing him.
1. He simply isn’t very smart….I like him, but he simply isn’t smart, at least not compared to Tim Duncan or K.G.
2. He isn’t the ball handler, and unlike jordan, kobe, lebron, etc….amare won’t succeed until the offense runs religiously through him, or he becomes the ball handler….
and let’s face it, our turnovers couldn’t get worse…I’d give him a shot, he can dribble, he’s quick, he’s young, ….oh…wait….he’s not smart….nevermind…dam!
Sorry for the down post, but, it fits….sadly
by be-the-ball on Dec 2, 2008 11:03 PM MST 0 recs
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