sam wants some slack at home

bill russell · Post #1 » by **bill russell** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 5:42 am

NEWS REPORT:

At some point soon, the Raptors are going to find themselves down early in a game; they will be missing shots and committing turnovers and playing lax defence.

The Air Canada Centre fans will grow increasingly disgruntled and there will be the odd boo cascading from the stands.

It

from24ft · Post #2 » by **from24ft** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 5:46 am

??

is it really that bad?

bill russell · Post #3 » by **bill russell** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 5:48 am

maybe he's just been reading this board

from24ft · Post #4 » by **from24ft** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 5:49 am

bill russell wrote:maybe he's just been reading this board

Durring the first quarter?

j/k know what you mean.

bill russell · Post #5 » by **bill russell** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 5:51 am

would explain the irregularity of his substitutions

Live Free · Post #6 » by **Live Free** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 6:04 am

c'mon sam, we're not that stoopid

dillio · Post #7 » by **dillio** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 6:05 am

sam needs to stop worrying about the fans and start worrying about his lack of plays

James699 · Post #8 » by **James699** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 6:10 am

hes worried, he doesnt want to turn out like the bulls or like what he had to go through during his early career.

bill russell · Post #9 » by **bill russell** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 6:11 am

think i'm gonna bake him a chocolate cake

Kid.Canada.23 · Post #10 » by **Kid.Canada.23** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 6:31 am

The Raps are 7-2 (the two losses being BOS and PHO) at home since starting 1-4... Which tells me we are playing well at home as of late.

from24ft · Post #11 » by **from24ft** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 6:36 am

This interview just aired on RapsTV.

The quote is slightly out of context, he was just answering a question and not whinning about the fans.

More in line with: Even at home we can't alwasy expect to get a jump on teams.

dinosaur_dan · Post #12 » by **dinosaur_dan** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 7:00 am

I'll only boo if I see DMART in the first quarter.

Wait, I'll also boo if I see him in the second, third, or fourth quarters.

DIEHARD_005 · Post #13 » by **DIEHARD_005** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 2:23 pm

dinosaur_dan wrote:I'll only boo if I see DMART in the first quarter.

Wait, I'll also boo if I see him in the second, third, or fourth quarters.

I'd boo Dmart in the street. Dude is ugly.

Platapie · Post #14 » by **Platapie** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 2:26 pm

is it really that bad?

The crowd has been pretty disappointing this year compared to last year so far, but the Raptors haven't been playing amazingly well either so it's somewhat understandable.

SciencePiggy · Post #15 » by **SciencePiggy** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 3:30 pm

I really wanted to rip Sam on this but his quote does seem to be out of context with the rest of the article. That is, the article claims that sometimes the Raps will play lax defense (which is a boo-able offense IMO) but Sam's quote seems to say don't boo if they are hustling the entire 48 minutes, which should imply no lax defense.

chsh22 · Post #16 » by **chsh22** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 4:04 pm

Isn't posting stuff from MetroNews a bannable offense? lol

Post #17 » by **Turnpikebandit** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 4:10 pm

chsh22 wrote:Isn't posting stuff from MetroNews a bannable offense? lol

A lot of stories in Metro feed from the Toronto Star, which is also owned by Torstar.

It's York articles that are a bannable offence.

chsh22 · Post #18 » by **chsh22** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 4:56 pm

Oh, I didn't realise they published anything but York articles. My bad.

CrookedJ · Post #19 » by **CrookedJ** » Thu Jan 3, 2008 5:25 pm

TO fans are fickle . . .and do boo pretty easily. I find it kind of embarrassing to see them getting booed at home. That kind of thing should be reserved for terrible performances and getting totally blown out, or if your home team is the Knicks . . . not just a below average game.

Its not like Booing is gonna make the players go "Holy ****, this whole time I thought the crowd liked it when we played bad . . . better start trying"

anj · Post #20 » by **anj** » Fri Jan 4, 2008 12:34 am

even if this was taken out of context it's disgraceful. When, in the history of this franchise, which was named after a dinosaur briefly made popular in a blockbuster film, which used to wear purple pajamas as uniforms, which once employed Vincent Lamar Carter and which, for years, played their home games in a baseball stadium, have the fans NOT been supportive?

i'm starting to get sick of the raps' excuses. 17-15 isn't turd, but, man get some wins. the blazers won 13 in a row! they just shut up and played. when are we gonna do that?