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Hello Washington Wizards fans! Let’s go over the results of our team specific survey this week. Our national results are here.
Most Wizards fans are “Negative Nancies” again.
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This week, 79 percent of our respondents, generally 200 plus people, rated their confidence in the Wizards’ direction as a 1 or 2. That is a wild swing from last week’s survey when just 35 percent of respondents gave 1s and 2s.
First, why are fans confident in the direction?
- “I don’t think the roster is that bad. Kristaps Porzingis has also had his moments lately.”
- “The Wizards have improved their team composition from three years ago.”
And why are fans just feeling negative?
- “If the Wizards don’t trade Kyle Kuzma at the deadline it will haunt them (and us) for years to come.”
- “The Wizards are in no man’s land and management is thinking too short term. They should be thinking long-term and get high draft pick this year.”
- “Because Deni Avdija is the only real hope for the future. Deni ….. Avdija….”
- Multiple people mentioned Tommy Sheppard specifically as why they don’t feel confident in the direction.
Most fans believe the Wizards will NOT make the play-in
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This survey came out soon after the Wizards lost three straight games, including after two consecutive losses where Washington blew 20+ point leads. So I wasn’t surprised to see that 52 percent, or slightly more than half of respondents believe that Washington will finish between 11th and 15th this season.
Forty-seven percent of respondents believe the Wizards will make the play-in round, and one percent the Wizards will ultimately earn a Top-6 seed in the playoffs.
Fans think that Unseld comes back no matter what
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If head coach Wes Unseld, Jr. is fired after this season, it’s not entirely his fault. The Wizards never truly had a roster that could contend for more than a first round playoff appearance. But if the Wizards fail to make the playoffs or even finish outside the Top-10 in the East, 63 percent of respondents believe that he will be back next season.
I concur that this is a realistic scenario.
We will have our next Wizards survey …. NEXT WEEK!
VENT AWAY, FELLOW FANS!
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