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Now, does the above cover absolutely every single kind of distraction that is unwanted? Probably not, but you should by now have a good idea of the general types of things we will be discouraging. The above examples are meant to give you a good feel for / idea of what we're looking for. If something new or different than the above happens to come along and results in the same problem (that being, any other attitude or behavior that ultimately distracts from actually just discussing the topic at hand, or that is otherwise disrespectful to other posters), we can and we will take action to curb this as well, so please don't take this to mean that if you managed to technically avoid saying something exactly like one of the above examples that you are then somehow off the hook.

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There's always a small minority that like to push people's buttons and/or test their own boundaries with regards to the administrators, and in the case of someone acting like that, please be aware that this is not a court of law, but a private website run by people who are simply trying to do the right thing as they see it. If we feel that you are a special case that needs to be dealt with in an exceptional way because your behavior isn't explicitly mirroring one of our above examples of what we generally discourage, we can and we will take atypical action to prevent this from continuing if you are not cooperative with us.

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Pacers Vs. Sonics Postgame thread

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  • #16
    Re: Pacers Vs. Sonics Postgame thread

    Originally posted by TheDon View Post
    I'm not blaming Rick for JT missing a shot, I'm blaming Rick for coming up with an ill-conceived, predictable play on a potential gamewinning shot. Was it inevitably Rick that caused us to lose? absolutely not those lob-passes and alley-oops and uncontested layups finally caught up with us. But you have to admit that last play was beyond wretched.
    I thought it was a pretty good shot - he usually makes that.

    I don't know how Granger missed the put back a very similar shot to the one he missed at the end of the Mavs game.

    I missed the first half of the game, but from what I saw, Dunleavy did a decent job on Allen. It wasn't the disaster I would have predicted.

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    • #17
      Re: Pacers Vs. Sonics Postgame thread

      Originally posted by TheDon View Post
      I'm not blaming Rick for JT missing a shot, I'm blaming Rick for coming up with an ill-conceived, predictable play on a potential gamewinning shot. Was it inevitably Rick that caused us to lose? absolutely not those lob-passes and alley-oops and uncontested layups finally caught up with us. But you have to admit that last play was beyond wretched.
      Hmm, you did see the final made FG by the Pacers, right? I mean it was on the same channel just a minute or two earlier.

      I missed the first half of the game, but from what I saw, Dunleavy did a decent job on Allen. It wasn't the disaster I would have predicted.
      Yes it was. Wasn't it in the 2nd half when DunDun fell on Ray while trying to keep up with him (Gnome laughed out loud when it happened)? That was the closest to staying in front of him he could muster all night.

      Ray hit some tough shots against Danny and did get by him once. But at least DG was able to stay in front of him most of the time. And I've been critical of DG's 1 on 1 defensive smarts. Tonight DG was solid.

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      • #18
        Re: Pacers Vs. Sonics Postgame thread

        I need to see more evidence before I can draw any conclusions. But I'm a little concerned about Diogu's defense. He seems to almost have Harrison-itis. I'm reserving judgment - but it is somehting I'll be watching closely

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        • #19
          Re: Pacers Vs. Sonics Postgame thread

          Originally posted by Unclebuck View Post
          I need to see more evidence before I can draw any conclusions. But I'm a little concerned about Diogu's defense. He seems to almost have Harrison-itis. I'm reserving judgment - but it is somehting I'll be watching closely
          Harrison's D has been decent this year... all 5 minutes of it.
          This space for rent.

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          • #20
            Re: Pacers Vs. Sonics Postgame thread

            Originally posted by Naptown_Seth View Post
            Hmm, you did see the final made FG by the Pacers, right? I mean it was on the same channel just a minute or two earlier.
            Yes it was the same shot and it worked earlier, but the phrase "going to the well one too many times" comes to mind. Like I said...it was predictable. regardless of whether or not it worked on play X does not mean it will work on play Y that's flawed logic.

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            • #21
              Re: Pacers Vs. Sonics Postgame thread

              These post game threads are 100% reactionary. If we win I know that I'll see certain guys saying how great the team is. If we lose I know I'll see other guys coming on to remind us we need to fire the coach and how bad the team is. Bottom line is we were playing without our All-star, Ray Allen had a great game, and we still had 3 or 4 looks at the basket to win the game.

              UB you are write about the defense, we failed to make adjustments in team D tonight with JO sitting, no doubt it was a factor.

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              • #22
                Re: Pacers Vs. Sonics Postgame thread

                I am not that troubled by losing by a FG without the Pacers star. I am mire worried about why every game the Pacers start out flat and spot the other team a lot of points,
                No matter how much success Larry Bird attains in Indiana he'll never top that first command to fire Thomas. -Peter Vecsey. NY Post 12/4/07

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                • #23
                  Re: Pacers Vs. Sonics Postgame thread

                  Originally posted by Shack80 View Post
                  I am not that troubled by losing by a FG without the Pacers star. I am mire worried about why every game the Pacers start out flat and spot the other team a lot of points,
                  The Pacers led this game 10-3.

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                  • #24
                    Re: Pacers Vs. Sonics Postgame thread

                    He was smart enough to get craptastic Dunleavy out of the game and off of Ray Ray and put Granger on him. That cut the damage.
                    ok anybody with an IQ of 2 could have made that call

                    He opened the 3rd by running sets designed to get Murphy the 3pt look, that worked well. He also was calling the play that kept getting DA the open 3 in the corner. Didn't hear a lot of fan complaints about that one.
                    ok he ran a few set plays still nothing groundbreaking.

                    And he had his 2 best rebounders in the game to pull in that Ray Allen miss and the Tinsley miss. Too bad they didn't get the defensive board and couldn't put the offensive board in at the other end. Either play would have won the game. Regardless, he had his best rebounders in the game for those 2 situations.
                    Again an obvious coaching move i've seen people on this board wonder why he has kept his rebounders out of the lineup in the closing minutes, he finally made that adjustments after about 3 games good for him.

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                    • #25
                      Re: Pacers Vs. Sonics Postgame thread

                      These last two games have been very disappointing. The Sonics put forth a lot of effort, and the Pacers played pretty hard, so I can't complain about that.


                      Still, we're not improving as a team. The reason we made the trade was to avoid these ups and downs. And after an impressive 4 game streak, we've come back and lost to a team in the 5th game of a 6-game road trip and then to a team that lost 15 consecutive road games.


                      I just don't know what to expect out of this team.

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                      • #26
                        Re: Pacers Vs. Sonics Postgame thread

                        Originally posted by TheDon View Post
                        ok anybody with an IQ of 2 could have made that call



                        ok he ran a few set plays still nothing groundbreaking.



                        Again an obvious coaching move i've seen people on this board wonder why he has kept his rebounders out of the lineup in the closing minutes, he finally made that adjustments after about 3 games good for him.
                        Where is this criticism of RC when we win? You can't just dismiss what the coach does well as elementary, obvious, or unworthy of credit, and then point out AFTER THE FACT what could have been done better. Two great basketball minds in Donnie Walsh and Larry Bird gave this guy an extension. He hasn't ever had a losing season, he hasn't missed the playoffs. He has coached 2 Allstar teams already, and been coach of the year. Rich Carlisle is a damn good coach period.

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                        • #27
                          Re: Pacers Vs. Sonics Postgame thread

                          Well it looks like we're not going to take advantage of the favorable February schedule. Quis or JO needed to battle through their nagging injuries and play tonight, but that's not my call.

                          JO better sit out the All-Star game.

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                          • #28
                            Re: Pacers Vs. Sonics Postgame thread

                            Originally posted by Cobol Sam View Post
                            Where is this criticism of RC when we win? You can't just dismiss what the coach does well as elementary, obvious, or unworthy of credit, and then point out AFTER THE FACT what could have been done better. Two great basketball minds in Donnie Walsh and Larry Bird gave this guy an extension. He hasn't ever had a losing season, he hasn't missed the playoffs. He has coached 2 Allstar teams already, and been coach of the year. Rich Carlisle is a damn good coach period.
                            Alright maybe that was a little out of line I did say Rick inevitably wasn't cause of this loss after all, just a little frustrated after a "should win" and being up by a sizeable lead and still let a team like the Sonics get away from us. I've talked about ricks horrible in-game moves before in the actual game threads during winning games, so it's not as one-sided as you might think, as a matter of fact I predicted exactly what would happen before I ever seen the play. The criticisms are just a less of an issue when we actually win the games, that doesn't make some of his bad habits any less mind-numbing and drive me up the wall. Besides anybody who would complain about rick's bad coaching moves after a win would get the cliche rebuttal "well we got the win didn't we?" and the criticism would fall on deaf ears.

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                            • #29
                              Re: Pacers Vs. Sonics Postgame thread

                              Originally posted by TheDon View Post
                              Besides anybody who would complain about rick's bad coaching moves after a win would get the cliche rebuttal "well we got the win didn't we?" and the criticism would fall on deaf ears.
                              Yeah.. actually I could see myself doing that. The thing to think about is if Rick is making questionable decisions there might be a reasoning behind it. It might be related to the players he has available, or some trend he sees in practice. Of course he has weaknesses as a coach, but you can't string him up for that... every coach is going to bring weaknesses and strengths.

                              For discussion sake, lets say RC was gone tomorrow. Who would be the next guy you'd like to see in here?

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                              • #30
                                Re: Pacers Vs. Sonics Postgame thread

                                Originally posted by Cobol Sam View Post
                                For discussion sake, lets say RC was gone tomorrow. Who would be the next guy you'd like to see in here?
                                As far as anybody who is potentially available or anybody I think that could do a better job out of any of the coaches in the NBA right now I can't think of one off the top of my head and that's the damning thing about it too. I honestly don't know if anyone could do any better given the circumstances. I don't want Rick gone, but I would like Rick to at least break some of his bad habits. I would be happy if Rick could instill an ounce of emotion into his coaching, he talks about how he needs his players to play with some emotion yet he doesn't show any emotion himself. I can recall one time Rick showed some emotion and that was last year when we were playing Chicago and he got thrown out of the game. Any other time he's cool collected and just looks indifferent about what's going on in the game.

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