Signs that the Rox players get it, kinda get it, and don't get it IMO

A role model, Jerry Rice??

Is this the same Jerry Rice who complained loudly when he ceased to be the #1 receiver option on the Niners? Is this the same Jerry Rice who got nailed by the vice squad at a cheap massage parlor in Mountain View, California?


I'll stick with our own Rice. Thank you very much.

 

One difference. Nash knows the Rox are a playoff caliber team and a possible 1st round playoff opponent. Most everyone knows Memphis is not yet to that level.

If the Rockets lose 4-0 in the playoffs to the Mavs, you can bet something like this will be said even if it's the scaled down "well, we played all year for home court advantage and just came in here and took care of business". Translated...we have the better record and did what we were supposed to do.

Cuttino talks alot and the statement is out of context but...

how about if his intent was to minimize or down play the win as in...we did what we were supposed to do.

 

please don't make a mountain out of a molehill. Mobley described Memphis exactly the way many players say it, especially when you have been losing to those types of teams.

He has made that comment twice, the other time in a loss to Miami (i believe). He is trying to say that the pressure is on them to deliver...that they can't be losing these games to the worst teams in the league.

It is a very common statement to say, "we are supposed to beat teams like this" as in "if we expect to consider ourselves a playoff team." And you can say "no disrespect" to any individual player and mean it.

sheesh

 

LMFAO! Weird man.... weird.

 

There is a huge amount of journalist who talk about not losing to teams like that. But you can find athletes, too. Do a google search for the string, "losing to teams like"

<ol><li> "Anytime a team from the WAC beats a Big Ten team it's big," Fresno State senior center Melvin Ely said. "We just have to focus on not losing to teams like Rice and others we're not supposed to." http://espn.go.com/ncb/columns/katz_andy/1283436.html
<li>"We shouldn't be losing to teams like (Milwaukee)," Elie said. "We should be dominating them." re: Spurs last year http://www.mysa.com/spurs/9900/9sp1224.shtml
<li>Here's Shaq dissing the Bucks, too. "We're losing to teams we should never lose to,'' said O'Neal, who had 26 points, 17 rebounds and six assists. ``We turned the ball over a few times, and just played awful defense.' http://www.beloitdailynews.com/1200/buck13.htm
<li>"We're losing to teams we should beat," said McKie after Wednesday's 93-87 loss to lottery-bound Golden State in which they were outscored by eight points in the fourth quarter. http://www.phillyburbs.com/sixers/moore/1054450.shtml
<li>Ira Newble:
“You can use the same comments I’ve been saying every time we lose. We’re losing to teams that aren’t better than us, simply because we’re not playing aggressive. " in a Hawks loss to the Suns http://www.nba.com/hawks/news/Hawks_vs_Suns_Postgame_Quote-61490-33.html
<li>Here's Tom Gugliotta 2yrs ago
"We had some off court distractions. We had guys that missed games. Just flat out stretches of the season where we were sub-par as a team, losing to teams we should never lose to."
<li>Tomjanovich last yr on the 15-game losing streak. "A win would be good, but it's not a cure-all," he said. "It would be good for our feeling, especially the players' feelings. I've been through this before. I don't feel as bad as when I had a full-strength team with All-Stars on it and we lost seven in a row. We were losing to teams that I thought we had more talent than. And that is a tough thing to deal with." http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/sports/bk/bkn/1176652
<li>Here Glen says Rockets struggle against subpar/mediocr teams implying that they shouldn't be disrespecting these teams but should beat them if they don't want to be consider subpar, too. Rockets forward Glen Rice said. "We've known all along we struggle against subpar teams. We're not giving teams the respect they deserve. ... And that's why we've lost to them." </ol>
So, do you want more?

 

btw: The Glen Rice quote for #8 came awhile ago about losing to subpar teams because we aren't respecting them as an equal. It seems he explained this to the team. That is why were are finding quotes by Francis and Mobley about not disrespecting teams like that, but saying like Gugliotta, Elie, Ely, Shaq, McKie that they still need to beat those teams.

 

Rockets88,

I didn't realize you were requiring me to find a dozen quotes. Dude, I search for one string, very simple, and came up with top teams. We could do a more expansive search, but I proved my point.

I posted Elie talking about the top contending Spurs team 3 years ago. I posted Shaq this year as a thrice defending champion. I posted Rudy talking about a 7 game losing streak when we were contenders.

Expand this to other sports and it amplifies.