Anyone else tired of the "doom and gloom" at ude towards the Spurs?

[SenorSpur]

What makes you think Parker and Ginobili aren't bound to suffer more injuries...I've seen this story before, and the gods say we're headed for mediocrity in 2008-2009.

I don't want to see the Spurs hovering around the 8th playoff position. There is absolutely nothing to be gained from mediocrity. There are a boatload of teams have been on that mediocre treadmill for years. They're not quite good enough to succeed in the playoffs, but they're not quite bad enough to garner a significant impact player in the draft because they're drafting in the middle rounds of "shallow" drafts.

Either be really, really good or really, really bad. After all, that's how the Spurs got really well in the 1997 NBA draft.

[mattyc]

Merely the fact that we've been a successful team and now in a downpatch.

We'll be right but things won't be as rosy as previous years.

[Oh, Gee!!]

realistically we should be grateful if they get the seven or eight seed this year. it's uphill all the way. so what? we'll cheer the team when they're up and when they're down. doesn't mean we have to lie to ourselves about the current situation.

[LEONARD]

It's really getting old. If we started the season with a healthy big three and we start 1-4, then I understand the concern. But seriously, how many more times do we need to hear that Matt Bonner and Michael Finley are the worst players in the NBA? Manu hasn't been healthy, Oberto hasn't been healthy...now Parker is out...I'm just wondering how well are we supposed to be with all that going on?

There are 77 more games to be played. The least talented group in the NBA? Says the coach who's doing commentary because his team couldn't win.

Our bench was already thin last year. That's the price of having 3 superstar caliber players. We didn't have that #4 guy that we have this year in Mason.

So everybody please...shut up, or turn the TV's off until December or bandwagon time in April.

Vaj

but wait...the Jazz and Mavs are DONE right?

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[SenorSpur]

Right. It's best for everyone to be accept the reality of the potential situation that presents itself. The Spurs could very well be in such a hole, standingswise, that it may be too difficult for them to dig out of. It that is the reality, we simply must accept it.

[Spur-Addict]

True. I've never heard someone grill Pop with hard questions. The media cowers to his glare and will only ask questions like:

"Can you talk about Manu's importance to this team?"

When instead someone should step up to the plate and ask:

"Why are you so cheap yet you keep resigning people like Bonner and Finley to multiyear deals?"

"Who dropped the ball on Scola?"

"Why did you sign Malik Rose and then hate him for no reason?"

I not sure if this type of reporter would last long.

[I. Hustle]

How about everybody stick their heads inthe ground and pretend that absolutely nothing is wrong? Let's close our eyes, click our heels and we'll open them and find our team in the NBA Finals.

Or we can and moan about it all season because that is really going to change things. YEAH! The more we pretend to be GM's and the more we demand that Bonner/Finley/Vaughn be traded the more it is going to help because we all know that the FO reads our posts.

[Biernutz]

Quit Your in

[mytespurs]

While I'm disappointed that the Spurs are starting out slow with injuries, new players, old players.....this season is long and the Spurs should be fine once everyone is back and healthy....we'll just have to be patience and suffer through the bad times for awhile but hopefully it will payoff by the spring.