Good job Axeman! Don't let these sad boys get the better of you. What you've done here is un-Texan but not un-American. There's always some place for you to go live. ------------------ Time is a great teacher-- only problem is it kills all its pupils. PowerbizOnline.com [This message has been edited by RichRocket (edited April 02, 2001).]
QUESTION AXEMAN: You say you are not patting yourself on the back WOULD YOU HAVE BROUGHT THIS BACK UP IF YOU WERE WRONG? You wanted to show you 'superior' analysis skills. . . . ALSO . . let me rebutt something here 'All those teams have the same go to guys with good role players around them, and in some cases, even better (see San Antonio and Portland and arguably LA after adding JR Rider and Horace Grant). How the heck are the Rockets, with Kid Francis, Cat and Mo Taylor going to crack that lineup, without some major injuries to key players???' What is funny . . .we would have cracked the line if WE DIDN'T HAVE MAJOR INJURIES Funny you had no faith in this team you felt the only way we make the playoffs is to have some other players hurt but major injuries to our own team is the only thin preventing us from making the playoffs. Hakeem - MAJOR INJURY Collier -YES it makes a difference Cato - yes . .. to and extent a difference Mo- in these last few games could have been the difference between making it and not 1. We still can make it. . . . You analysis of this team was WAY WRONG the results *may* be right but you analysis was wrong. Mo has improved Francis is now making good decisions Cat is a STUD you didn't add the Moochie Factor Hakeem was the 3rd best center in the second half of the season if not for his injury as for those you predicted LA - Shaq / Kobe <-- self destructing Portland - Steve Smith / Rasheed Wallace <-- self destructing San Antonio - Tim Duncan / David Robinson Phoenix - Googs and Hardaway WHAT NO KIDD? Seattle - Payton PUL LEASE Gary is a cancer now Utah - Stockton and Malone (as usual) Sacramento - Chris Webber Minnesota - Kevin Garnett and Terrell Brandon AND THEY STILL MAY NOT MAKE IT So in closing Axeman This was a brag This was also QUITE WRONG Rocket River TOO THE PLAYOFFS ------------------
Since we're bringing up old threads and gloating about them, take a look at this one Axeman. I find it appropriate for this thread. http://bbs.clutchcity.net/ubb/Forum3/HTML/010503.html For ingenious topics, add "I'm going to start a thread where I congratulate myself for predicting that the Sun will rise tomorrow and that 2 will come after 1, then defend myself and say I wasn't gloating when people start attacking me" Thing is, you are actually happy, not that the Rockets being left out of the playoffs, but that you were right in predicting the obvious. I bet that the over-whelming majority of us knew that at the beginning of the season the Rocks' playoff chances were slim in an ultra-competitive Western Conference. But we still held out hope that the Rocks could make it. I for one declare this season a COMPLETE SUCCESS, considering preseason expectations. The Rocks are a MUCH better team than last year, and with a few more players, will continue to improve. Consider that a prediction for next year. But unlike you, don't look for me to start a thread to gloat about it WHEN it comes true! ------------------ [This message has been edited by Live (edited April 02, 2001).]
Axeman: You were basically lucky. The Rockets aren't going to make the playoffs yes... but it's really pretty bizarre that a team 5 or 6 games above .500 is excluded. If anyone had told me that hte Rockets would win this much, and not make the playoffs, I'd have laughed at them. The West was good beyond belief this year. That hurt us. BTW, it ain't over quite yet . ------------------ Boston College - Big East -East Division Regular Season Champs Worst to First in 2001!
Axeman, you weren't the only one who predicted the Rockets were lottery bound. You're just an arrogant prick about it. DaDakota and I have said we thought the team was a year away. You make the Rockets sound like a BAD team. Inconsistent, yes. But bad ? No, they're over .500 and are in playoff contention. Even if you are right, you're a dip**** for gloating about it. I predicted Vince Carter would average over 25 ppg this year, am I asking for praise ? ------------------ "norm, would you like to buy an indian scalp ? This deal isn't gonna make or break me Norm, so don't jerk me around." Harry Carey "Norm, if I had a mohawk scalp, I wouldn't be sitting here talking to you."
