Going Commando Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 #wizards are 0-9 for the 1st time in franchise history. Next 8 games vs teams .500 or >. When will 1st victory come?This is the worst franchise in sports. Worst team in the NBA no doubt, but not the worst in sports. ---------- Post added November-19th-2012 at 09:49 PM ---------- The schedule is about to real rough, if we don't beat Charlotte on Saturday, I'm not seeing a win until possibly December 8th against Golden State. We're not going to be favored against anybody. But they'll probably sneak out a win against a superior team by catching them on a bad night. ---------- Post added November-19th-2012 at 09:54 PM ---------- Points against is probably so low because we play such a slow pace. It takes us the entire shot clock to get a shot off most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Skins Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Worst team in the NBA no doubt, but not the worst in sports.---------- Post added November-19th-2012 at 09:49 PM ---------- We're not going to be favored against anybody. But they'll probably sneak out a win against a superior team by catching them on a bad night. ---------- Post added November-19th-2012 at 09:54 PM ---------- Points against is probably so low because we play such a slow pace. It takes us the entire shot clock to get a shot off most of the time. Remember last year our first win came against OKC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 This team is a joke, F the NHL for locking out. Oh well, lose until Ernie's fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 If we go like 9-73, we have to get the #1 pick right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Skins Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 If we go like 9-73, we have to get the #1 pick right? not unless our name is the Orlando Magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 (edited) not unless our name is the Orlando Magic. speaking of which, they run a collection of nobodies on the court, and yet they still have 3 more victories than us Edited November 20, 2012 by StillUnknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Muhammad doesn't quit. He's been battling late and got to 15 points. The game has been out of reach for a while. I like that motor and that skill level a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin'emAlive Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Its tough to go 0-8 and 0-9 to start the season two years in a row. I see no upside to Ariza playing at all. Okafor could possibly be serviceable. I read this on another board, but i think it hits close to the mark: At one point in the offseason, New Orleans needed to amnesty either Okafor, or Ariza in order to rebuild. It was guaranteed that one of those guys would have been off the books and cheap at some point later on. Yet, not only do we trade a guy whose contract was 1 year less, and worth both of them combined ( whom NO gladly amnestied), we also gave them a draft pick. And even worse... neither of them even serve a purpose on this team that (obviously) needed offensive help. Im sorry, no one can screw up this badly on accident. This is on both EG and Ted. Ted has proven to be cheap and willing to throw garbage out there, and EG has proven for years that he has no idea what he is doing. The franchise is doomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Kyrie Irving broke his finger and is out a month. Cleveland is almost as cursed as we are. Although I don't want to hear too much complaining from them. Their fans actually had something to be proud of during the 11 years and got to a Finals. Still it's pretty awful to have Irving, Rose, and Wall out. NBA needs all these young star PGs as much as the NFL needs its star QBs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Michael Lee @MrMichaelLee Wittman: "I believe these guys can win. I don’t have any doubts. I come in here everyday, thinking this is the night. I might be dumb." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Had to work and missed the game. Remember when we were predicting a 7th-8th seed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Gene Wang @gene_wang Coach Randy Wittman after #Wizards drop to 0-9: "If I had a cell phone, I'd be calling the waiver wire." Translation: "Ernie's roster is ****." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 (edited) Gene Wang@gene_wang Coach Randy Wittman after #Wizards drop to 0-9: "If I had a cell phone, I'd be calling the waiver wire." Translation: "Ernie's roster is ****." that should fix that confidence problem. lolHe's in a lose lose situation, and I realize that, but he's not a good coach. They should force Ernie to do a press conference after every loss. That way he gets to sweat instead of sit back and point to the latest scape goat. Edited November 20, 2012 by Destino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 that should fix that confidence problem. lolHe's in a lose lose situation, and I realize that, but he's not a good coach. They should force Ernie to do a press conference after every loss. That way he gets to sweat instead of sit back and point to the latest scape goat. bad coach + bad roster = franchise worst start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkFan8 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I feel bad Randy is going to be the first fall guy for this mess. I don't agree with him all game every game, but he does what he can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Commando Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I don't feel bad for Randy. He's making a ton of money doing a job he's obviously unqualified for. But firing him clearly doesn't fix the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBash Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Keep bad coach and don't try to upgrade Keep even worse GM and don't try to upgrade Trade for useless vets so far in the season It's all part of the plan... Or was I suppose to do the exact opposite?.... Oh, Dear God, What have I done? This tear is for the fans, I weep for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 If the Wizards didn't have some of the funniest fans, this losing streak would suck even more than it does. Laughter eases the pain somewhat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 (edited) http://www.bulletsforever.com/2012/11/19/3669438/pacers-vs-wizards-score-randy-wittman The scene in the postgame press conference was the most dour we've ever seen. To say Randy Wittman was sad would be and understatement. Read some of his soul-searching below.WASHINGTON -- Within each game and from game-to-game, it's an emotional roller-coaster. Lows so low you think you'll never return from the depths. Highs so high you think there's nothing that could ever bring you down. Then David West nails a handful of baseline jumpers to nail the coffin shut on another potential comeback. These quotes don't do justice to just how despondent the post-game atmosphere was after the Washington Wizards' sank to a franchise record 0-9 with a 96-89 loss to the Indiana Pacers. Randy Wittman walked into the press conference with an eerie calmness as if he were a long lost Albert Camus character. He wasn't quite sad; he wasn't quite confused. He knew what had happened, as if he had been watching the whole game in slow-motion himself and replaying it. Is Randy Wittman the Sisyphus of the NBA? Or does that moniker get extended to the whole team? For tonight, it seemed Wittman was holding in the emotions of many, trying not to release them. He wanted to let everyone know that he was ready to put this game away and move onto the next one. Here are some of the things he said. On slow starts: "We've got to figure out how to play a game, a whole game. You know, you guys just ought to put this in reverse and replay what I say. I don't know how to start. Who to play. Who not to play. It's the confusion of different guys every game, whether it's starters or bench, bench or starters. We have no consistency in our group of play. I mean, to get off to a start like we did tonight. There's no excuse for it. What was it, 26-7? We were almost taking down shots to take worse shots. Well i know someone in here is going to ask me, "Well why do they do that?" I don't know. I don't know. It's the same thing. Did we give up? No. We had that second group that finished the game that just played their tails off. Did a lot of good things. Alright, but that's why you lose. On confusion in roles, plays, and lineups: Confusion comes when I'm a shooter and I've got an open shot, you shoot the ball. If I'm a non-shooter, I pass the ball. Idon't know. I'm trying to figure that out. I dont know who's going to start, who's going to play. It's just so inconsistent in play. Top to bottom. I told you, I'd love to have an 8-9 man rotation. That's my dream. And I'm playing 12-13 every night. You can't do that in an NBA game. If you want to develop a group and then a group that comes in, I'm having a hard time doing that with the play right now. "This is the 2nd game this group started together. We'll look at it, sleep on it. I'll come up with something." On aggressiveness and hesitation: We just become hesitant. A little bit of that is 0-9. If you're hesitant in your thinking and action, you're not confidant, and you're not making right decisions. You gotta just keep working at that. We'll eventually eventually find a group that'll bring us that. I don't know what else to tell you guys. It's just kind of a broken record. On faith: These guys can win. It's not that I don't believe in them. I come in here every day thinking "This is the night. I feel good." I might be dumb, but I do believe in them. I really do. I told them that tonight before the game. I mean, to keep fighting like we fight, some point it's gotta to come together. For a whole game. We'll have those 8-9 that are on the same page for 48 minutes. They're on there. And now I gotta make a decision of who to play down the stretch from those 8 or 9. I'm looking down the whole roster, and if I had a cell phone, I'd be calling the waiver wire, trying to find another body. I'm just searching. Searching for people to give me consistency. As a group, we need that. That's what we need. Both as a starting group and as a group that comes off the bench. I'll toss another group out there, and we'll see if we can't find a group that starts off well. And maybe those guys will settle in. I'm going to keep trying. On premonition: I have no idea [if Livingston is part of the group that will start next]. If I had that answer right now, I'd be a genius. Doesn't that just make you want to rush out and buy Wizards merchandise? No? Well to hell with you fair weather ****s! Edited November 20, 2012 by Destino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 http://www.bulletsforever.com/2012/11/19/3669438/pacers-vs-wizards-score-randy-wittman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin'emAlive Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Haha.. Wittman is a funny dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 http://i5.minus.com/ig7fu40lNd1au.jpg Envisioning himself not being cursed with playing here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Wittman is a proven loser coach, but really NOBODY would win with this roster. Coaching matters little in the NBA. It's about talent. And we have less of it then anyone else in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsiaticSkinsFan Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Its tough to go 0-8 and 0-9 to start the season two years in a row. I see no upside to Ariza playing at all. Okafor could possibly be serviceable. I read this on another board' date=' but i think it hits close to the mark: At one point in the offseason, New Orleans needed to amnesty either Okafor, or Ariza in order to rebuild. It was guaranteed that one of those guys would have been off the books and cheap at some point later on. Yet, not only do we trade a guy whose contract was 1 year less, and worth both of them combined ( whom NO gladly amnestied), we also gave them a draft pick. And even worse... neither of them even serve a purpose on this team that (obviously) needed offensive help. Im sorry, no one can screw up this badly on accident. This is on both EG and Ted. Ted has proven to be cheap and willing to throw garbage out there, and EG has proven for years that he has no idea what he is doing. The franchise is doomed.[/quote'] what can be said after this, so sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 I'm starting to think my 18 win prediction was being generous. 15 wins? What trash. Why exactly did people think we would be good this year again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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