Darkwing Duck
Well-Known Member
...with this statement. From the Trib.
https://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsjazznotes/51484624-62/team-didn-game-lost.html.csp
Take a punch to the mouth, especially with Williams gone, and the team folds. Before, the Jazz lost focus but could regain it and make rousing comebacks. Now they're done if the opposing team is playing harder. They're not responding. They're fragile.
Pinpointing why is not something professionals are going to say to the media. We fans have to assume based on cryptic words they use. But I think that's something the Jazz MUST address in the off season. I know many, if not most, posters here think Kirilenko fits this category of mental fragility, and I'm not going to argue that one way or another, but if the front office thinks that, or anyone on the team, for that matter, that player needs to go/not be resigned.
https://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsjazznotes/51484624-62/team-didn-game-lost.html.csp
Watson on the state of team: I think our expectations from the beginning was to win the West. I never lost faith in that no matter what happened. Adversity reveals a lot of character in a team. And if you can't get through adversity, you can't really win the West. If you're fragile, you're not going to have a successful year. You're not going to do the things you set out to do.
Take a punch to the mouth, especially with Williams gone, and the team folds. Before, the Jazz lost focus but could regain it and make rousing comebacks. Now they're done if the opposing team is playing harder. They're not responding. They're fragile.
Pinpointing why is not something professionals are going to say to the media. We fans have to assume based on cryptic words they use. But I think that's something the Jazz MUST address in the off season. I know many, if not most, posters here think Kirilenko fits this category of mental fragility, and I'm not going to argue that one way or another, but if the front office thinks that, or anyone on the team, for that matter, that player needs to go/not be resigned.