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Originally Posted by stevemc
Whats stupid and wrong is sheltering a Star from the criticism he deserves. He's the 1st place we look when the team under achieves. The Star of an NBA team is like a QB in the NFL. Both often get too much credit or too little but the blame starts there. Besides, you keep throwing stats at me like that makes a difference. Of course he's going to points thats all he can do. How many of those points were well after the Hornets already had a lead and had the 2nd team in? Of Course he'll get around 10 boards a game, he's 7 foot tall playing against a team with only 3 players close to his size (no more than two on the floor of those 3 at any given time). How many were offensive boards? What it comes down to is the W. Stats tell you only a limited part of the story that can be twisted at times to be misleading. Yes, Dirk did better this series compared to last year (could he have done much worse?). Personal Meltdown this year? No, but he was the Captain of the ship that sunk so take that for what it is. Captain who blames his crew isn't much a captain. Dirk didn't seem very vocal towards his team, didnt' see him trying to rally the troops even.. but hey he got 26 points a game.
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he shouldn't be shelter from criticism but just receive the criticism he deserves rather than just ridiculous criticism thrown around for no reason. it happens all the time, but that doesn't mean that is incorrect and stupid every time.
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As for Bush...Economy was and IS his fault.. don't you remember the pep talk for people keep spending money after 9/11? How about this worthless war thats costing billions? How about his brash actions towards other countries and his oil company friendly policies causing the price per barrel to hit new records? As many bills as he has Vetoed its hard not to associate his face with our countries' current situation handcuffing any change that might effect someone in that top 5%'s wallet and help individuals.
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i don't really feel like having this discussion, but you're not really correct. the president doesn't have as much control over the economy as people pretend he does(and as he says he does when trying to get elected).