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Originally Posted by Ramseyfan
I don't agree.
When reading a political opinion article, you can generally tell how intelligent and mature the author is by the words he/she uses. For example, college kids use big words without knowing what they mean and have no sense of proportion. They will refer to the US as an "imperialist power" and Guantanamo Bay as "Auschwitz." They will also often say that the world is coming to and end because of this politician or that politician. Everything is spoken in the language of hyperbole. A good and intelligent analyst will rationally look at events and present an unbiased, open, thoughtful, and realistic depiction of what he/she sees.
As much as I like Wilbon and Kornheiser, these guys are kings of hyperbole. And Sally Jenkins, well....she's Sally Jenkins. The press will make these melodramatic statements about the team because it sellls newspapers. People apparently like, and buy into, the "O'Reilly Factor" style of reporting. I don't.
This team has struggled lately closing out games. At the beginning of the season it was just the opposite; they were winning games in overtime and on the last play of the last drive of regulation.
Perhaps, a rash of injuries has affected the team's ability to close out games? Griffin, who IMHO is the defense's MVP, was out for the last month or so. Patten and Thrash have been injured for two weeks and two games. Samuels has been playing with gimpy legs. Jansen has been playing with broken thumbs. Perhaps, this team is simply crashing back to earth after thinking, early in the season, it was so much better than it really was. Perhaps, no one really knows what the problem or problems are.
The difference between a team that wins in OT and one that loses in OT is ever so slight. It is easy to say that good teams find ways to win in OT and bad ones find ways to lose. Well, what can people honestly say about a team that has done both? How can people say one week, the team is rock solid and the next week be ready to abandon them because they are so horrible?
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My basic point is if we were 8-3 right now she wouldn't have anything to complain about.
When you're 5-6, you have to take the heat, because frankly even though there are perfectly rational and logical explanations as to why we're are 5-6, the bottom line is we are 5-6 and quicking fading from the playoff race. Therefore hacks like Jenkins have fuel for their fire.