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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEVCjUG1Mww&feature=player_embedded Unreal.

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They should have this segment every 2 weeks.

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Boise's kicker is a hybrid of Mike Vanderjagt and Nate Kaeding

lulz

Hey, even MO Southern is better then Boise State. http://www.myteamisbetterthanyourteam.com/default.asp?winner=MO+Southern&loser=Boise+St&year=2010&method=2

So glad Battier expires this year.

Completely agree he has made some very nice passes out, the one to Martin in the middle of the second was a great find unfortunately Martin missed.

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. - Thomas Jefferson Awesome quote.

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The game against Indiana was awful. I didn't even want to keep watching past halftime. There was simply no effort or intensity, causing the Heat to make a lot of silly mistakes offensively, and more importantly, giving the Pacers a lot of easy looks in their offense due to the simplest things like getting back on [expletive]ing defense. I want to see Joel back in the starting line up. I know he struggles offensively, but I would prefer if Spo allowed him to play through his offensive mistakes, mostly due to the outstanding effort Joel gives. His energy and willingness to do the "little things" like showing on screens, taking away passing lanes inside, blocking and altering shots inside, overall making his match up work hard for everything, and offensively being a quick screener and making hustle plays like rebounding and diving for loose balls. Unfortunately, most of this goes unnoticed because almost none of it shows up on the stat sheet, except for shot blocking. The only thing the common fan will notice is once the ball does actually get in his hands and all eyes are on him, he is notorious for [expletive]ing up. Honestly, though, I think the latter part of his game won't be so prominent if he relaxed a bit. Though he needs to play with the same intensity, he needs to play without the jitters. Spo should take pressure off of him and allow him to play through mistakes as long as he's giving full effort. His offense isn't completely bad. He CAN finish, and he has been working very hard on adding a hook shot, and he can knock down his free throws well. He's just too damn nervous out there. As for Z, he's just too slow. I am tired of seeing how much offenses take advantage of him. All you have to do is drag him out of the paint for one second and he's utterly useless. Yes, he can rebound and block shots.. when he's already standing there. As for the rest of the time, he's too slow to even get close to the right position to affect anything positively on that end. I much prefer if Z gets limited minutes off the bench. As the season progresses, it's becoming more and more clear why Arroyo starts. It turns out Wade and LeBron aren't reliable to run an offense effectively, as odd as that sounds. Those two are best meant to bring the ball up looking to score rather than set things up, so Carlos is there for security. That doesn't mean he's the ideal player for the job. He's hardly average defensively, and his lack of range hurts (at least he's developed a corner three). For now though, he's the best Miami's got. I think the Heat can live with him at point and still win a championship this year. But anyway, who is really to blame? Well it's a mix of a few things. First and foremost, the schedule. The Heat are ranked #1 in SRS in the East despite their record, so automatically we can expect the overall record to increase as the schedule rounds out. Second, the defensive complacency of the Big Three, particularly in Wade and Bosh. Wade has hardly given effort with his help defense, other than raw steals and blocks. He is simply caught out of position too often, and he doesn't hustle to make up for it. As for Bosh, it's not as much his defense as much as his rebounding. He has bad habits in trying to simply use his length to grab boards rather than putting a body on a man. I think that is partially Spoelstra's fault. He is giving the big three too many minutes, causing them to feel the need to preserve energy, which are leading too these problems. Instead, Spo needs to cut down their minutes so they can play at 100% for more of their minutes. Third, a lack of fluidity in the offense, and a lack of an "attack, attack, attack" mindset especially from Wade and LeBron. They have a tendency to settle for jumpers even when they aren't open, which isn't as big of a problem when they are the only star on their team. Problem here is that you have two players like this now and there is no need to attempt these shots. Wade and LeBron both shoot below 30% from three, yet for some odd reason are taking 3-5 three pointers each per game. At times they will take a combined 10 three pointers, and by average they are only likely to make 3. That's 9 points in 10 shots. Not good efficiency. Instead they need to attack the basket, where a high percentage of the time they will either score, get fouled, or both, and those two are the best in the league at it. So why aren't they doing it more? If I was Spoelstra, I would man up and tell these guys they no longer have permission to take more than 2 three pointers per game each until they increase their ability to make three pointers. They are simply hurting the team taking these shots. As for the fluidity, I'm not going to bother discussing it since it's something that largely comes from most of the players being knew to the team. It's something that will improve over time. Fourth, the center position. Big Z is too slow, and Joel Anthony can't do [expletive] with the ball in his hands. As much as I'd like the team to put more faith into Joel, it seems like they have now turned over to Dampier. Hopefully he's the answer, though I really doubt it.

You keep saying that, so why are you so quick to want to fire Spo?