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Is anyone else really, REALLY tired of this?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Drexlerfan22, Feb 27, 2008.

  1. Drexlerfan22

    Drexlerfan22 Contributing Member

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    [rant]

    Okay, this certainly isn't a new phenomenon, so I was just curious if it was really rubbing anyone else the wrong way:

    EVERY time something goes wrong with Houston sports (Yao's hurt, T-Mac's hurt, the team is on a losing streak, whatever), several not-so-clever journalists just can't resist writing the headline and/or starting sentence and/or picture caption as "Houston has a problem" or "Houston, we have a problem" or "Houston, you have a problem."

    We get it. Seriously. It was clever about 800 years ago.

    There should be 10-year ban on this phrase in connection with Houston sports just to force writers to come up with something else. Anything else.

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  2. mrdan

    mrdan Contributing Member

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    Could you provide an example?
     
  3. bingfei236

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    they finally write something about rocket. and yao's injury is good excuse for them because they totally forgot to write something about rox recent success
     
  4. Glacier

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    Just ignore them. I actually like us to be under the radar as long as we keep destroying our opponents.
     
  5. SuperStar

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    That's what having a blockbuster movie quote/title with your city will do.

    Sleepless in Seattle!
     
  6. Drexlerfan22

    Drexlerfan22 Contributing Member

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    ESPN NBA Frontpage ("Houston's got a problem")
    CNNSI Article ("Houston, you have a problem")
     
  7. CharlieMurphy

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    That CNNSI article said "Scola is a perimeter player..." :rolleyes:
     
  8. lalala902102001

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    Damn you, Apollo 13.
     
  9. Drexlerfan22

    Drexlerfan22 Contributing Member

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    My thoughts exactly.
     
  10. Yao4REAL

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    Dude....i think i know why we have all this injuries and bad timing. It's the CURSE of Rick Adelman!! While being a long time Kings fan, I know when he was with the Kings, the Kings have had players injured at crucial moment in the season. For example, in one of the Playoffs against Dallas, Chris Webber was injured while they were playing well and leading the series too....and in the great GREAT series against the Lakers, Peja was out in one the games i believe. And believe it or not, the reason the Kings failed to win the BIG prize year after year is because there is always some sort of injuries to one of their BIG contribute stars while they were on a roll and having success. And this is the single biggest reason they were break apart and being traded due to to being frustrated and were never giving a chance. They use the lack of success as a scapegoat for their problem rather than looking at the curse of injury.
     
  11. Spacemoth

    Spacemoth Contributing Member

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    Drexlerfan22, we have a problem.
     
  12. swyyyguy

    swyyyguy Member

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    i agree. that joke has been terribly exhausted.
     
  13. moonset

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    Absolutely agree with you, i was really tired of this 1000 years ago.
     
  14. ekim

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    "Houston we have lift off" is equally worthless.
     
  15. ShadyMcGrady

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    I am very partial to the new "Aborted liftoff" tag they have given the Yao injury myself. :rolleyes:
     
  16. Mad-Mac

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    Not to mention the inevitable opposing fan that thinks it's such an ingenious and original sign, who always seems to show up on national tv when we loose a lead. :rolleyes:
     
  17. br0ken_shad0w

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    Meh it's just the good ol' media whoring out unclever quotes and/or puns such as adding the suffix -gate to any sort of scandal.
     
  18. Chuck 4

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    Out own journalists in the Chronicle even use it...alot.
     
  19. GlassHalfFull

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    I have a problem with this statement on several levels. My main objection is calling the people who contribute to the Chron journalists. :rolleyes:
     
  20. forchette49

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    These people get paid to be opinionated, misinformed or otherwise...
     

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