Subscribe Feed (RSS)My good friend, Bean, the brains behind every single technical thing done to make this blog work correctly, is upset about this – a group of Blazer fans predicting when the team will win its next championship. And he makes some pretty good points about how silly that is, too:
The Blazers definitely have a wide-open window coming up, but it’s not a foregone conclusion that they’re going to win a championship. I’d like to see Brandon Roy play an injury-free season first. I’d also like to see Greg Oden play period. Let’s maybe wait a little while before we go getting all giddy over the prospect of a Blazer championship. At least that’s how we did it back in the day.
I think I’ll just sit this one out and let them argue about it. But it does seem kind of funny for a group of fans of a team that hasn’t made the playoffs since Rasheed Wallace was throwing towels in people’s face, to assume the team has a championship within its reach. And when I read phrases like “primed for a decade of dominance” I have thoughts of some poor guy in bib overalls counting tiny chicks before they have hatched. Seriously, when is the last time any NBA team had a decade of dominance? Jordan’s Bulls didn’t even have that. The last coach to preside over a decade of dominance was lighting up victory cigars on the bench — and folks, there’s no smoking in NBA arenas these days.
But then again, this kind of chatter is what being a fan is all about, isn’t it?
Tags: Blazers Edge, Brandon Roy, Chris Snethen, Dwight Jaynes, Greg Oden, Rasheed Wallace, The Vig, Trail Blazers
I don’t remember anyone saying “A decade of dominance”. I do however remember people talking about a “decade window” in which to win a championship and that is a very important distinction. Maybe SOMEONE said “dominance” but KP said “…a 10 year window…”.
And as far as predicting a championship; all in good fun. Isn’t speculating on your team’s future one of the benefits of being a sports fan?