
I definitely understand what you're saying.
If Blair decides to let himself go then it's on him. It was last year as well; I have zero sympathy. That said, there is some contention that he reacted immaturely to unfairly losing his job to Dice, and there's ample evidence that the Spurs were a much better team with Blair starting than they were at any point after he was removed. I'm absolutely not defending Blair for his reaction, but if it was just a one time thing, then the Spurs are better with him for the whole season than they were last year once he had lost his way. Now if it was the beginning of a trend rather than a blip in his development, then he's going to be the black Bonner and the Spurs are probably screwed.