Links To The Present: January 31, 2011
2011-01-31
“The Cavs are losing much of their fan base. The hard-core fans will remain, but the casual fans are dropping like flies.” [Bob Finnan]
“I’m not going to say it’s the toughest thing. There are tougher things in life than this right now. We have a losing streak, but it’s not the end of the world. I just don’t look at it as badly as some people do. We still have a bunch of young guys trying to improve.” [Byron Scott via Tim Povtak]
“Byron Scott, however, not only has a track record of rebuilding, but he has wasted no time in putting his imprint on this organization. For all of the things that have gone wrong for the Cavaliers over the last 6 months, the one thing that went right was the hiring of Coach Scott. It’s really quite strange to be so happy with a coach who is overseeing an 8-39 nightmare as the team is on a historic 20 games losing streak. The truth is, though, the forces of nature that caused this disaster were all out of Coach Scott’s hands. He was dealt a good hand, but hit a lousy flop and the turn and river haven’t been any better.” [Andrew of WFNY]
Apparently, Mike Brown is rumored to be in the running for the now-vacant Pacers job. Nice to see Brown is landing on his feet.
Oh, and we play the Heat tonight. In Miami. With a hobbled Boobie Gibson. Woof.
On The Twitters
“Per Elias, last night was the third time in Dwight Howard’s career that he attained 20/20 status by the end of the third quarter. #Cavs” [Scott Sargent]
“Want some Cavaliers good news? Only 10 more games until the trade deadline or as I like to call it the ‘Playoffs’.” [realcavsfans]
Uh oh. The last time Mike Brown was a coach in Indiana, Ron Artest was punching fans. Perhaps he’ll bring the same out in Danny Granger?
Do the Cavs have an enforcer?
Who’s going to lay out LeBron when he starts hot dogging it tonight?
The last time a Cleveland team was this talent-deprived was the 1899 Cleveland Spiders. Their longest losing streak was 24… Cavs are almost there. 4 more losses to tie, 5 to break.
I feel like we’re resigned to a loss by the end of the first quarter most nights. In the 2nd half we come back out competitive and play teams to a near draw once they’ve taken their foot off the gas. Not every game, mind you, but at least half of this streak.
@ Andrew
It’s not even like we’re tanking, we’re really just that bad. There are probably 4-5 guys on this roster who absolutely should be in the D-league right now.
There’s a difference between quitting and not having enough talent to win. Sure, the players are dispirited and down, but when I watch the games, I don’t see guys quitting.
I would like to know what channel the Byron Scott coached no-quit Cavs Andrew watches play on.