Like Davey Johnson's Dad: Thomas Boswell on Flip and the Wizards

Shorter Boswell: the team is soft and it's about time a head coach admitted it.

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I've Been Vacationing With My Family

So I haven’t had much time to comment here. So let this be my first in awhile. I love what Flip said. Thomas Boswell hit the nail right on the head for me. I’ve decided that I want him to help us rebuild into an NBA contender. He’s the only one with a reputation for winning on this team, and as far as I can tell, he’s the only one who genuinely gives a shit.

I say blow it up. If you can’t get rid of Gil, then keep him, he’s still pretty good. Keep Taser. Keep Flip. Trade or let everybody else expire. Suck for a few years, pick up good, young, hungry players in the draft. Hope we strike gold with a lucky lottery ball bounce. Hope we don’t waste that bounce on another Kwame.

"It's OK for the Bullets to trade baskets, as long as they can score on their end." -- Words of wisdom from Phil Chenier

by cuppettcj on Dec 31, 2009 1:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I think you keep Haywood, too.

by RamV on Dec 31, 2009 11:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I Thougth About it, but No

Haywood is now 30. He’ll be too old before the Wizards can compete again. So no.

"It's OK for the Bullets to trade baskets, as long as they can score on their end." -- Words of wisdom from Phil Chenier

by cuppettcj on Jan 1, 2010 2:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I agree

We’re blowing it up anyway, so there’s not as much incentive to keep him. If we were winning and just needed to make one more move, you keep him. Now, it’s pointless.

You know you'll get devoured by Cheaney, Wallace, and Juwan Howard.

by Mike Prada on Jan 1, 2010 2:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

My Favorite Part of the Article

Last year I asked a friend who’s been an NBA coach and executive how he evaluated the Wizards. Talent level aside, how many winning players did they have — hard-nosed, strong, defense-first, bust it every minute, workaholic, team attitude and mean, too?

“Maybe Dominic McGuire,” he said. Nobody else.

One guy off the bench, without too much raw ability, was the only person he saw who could have been an old Celtics sub or a bad-boy Piston or a role-playing Rocket. The rest, in a word: soft.

"It's OK for the Bullets to trade baskets, as long as they can score on their end." -- Words of wisdom from Phil Chenier

by cuppettcj on Dec 31, 2009 1:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

and even there

McGuire was labeled a “maybe.” Of course, the question is, “Why isn’t McGuire playing more?”

by Pryme on Dec 31, 2009 2:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yup – If Flip is really serious then Taser should be getting more run.

by pk24 on Dec 31, 2009 1:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yep

He’s already tried the bench move, the rotating lineup move and now the calling the players our move. The only thing left is to start yanking players when they make costly defensive mistakes.

by Pryme on Dec 31, 2009 2:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think thats going to be what happens

I think we are going to start seeing Taser steal minutes at the 2,3, and 4. If Flip is serious about making it look like he made positions open for whomever showed they were most willing to play hard nosed basketball, then playing Taser is the clearest signal he can send that that is happening.

by Manimal Smith on Dec 31, 2009 5:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs