[Highkin] I haven’t seen anything, even in the down weeks, that I think is anything more serious than the normal rough patches a team goes through during an 82-game season.
[Highkin] I haven’t seen anything, even in the down weeks, that I think is anything more serious than the normal rough patches a team goes through during an 82-game season.
If you’re feeling like walking back from the edge of the cliff this was a nice piece by Highkin.
>I don’t engage too much on social media these days, but I do keep tabs on what fans are talking about on Twitter and in the r/RipCity subreddit. Most of my readers are fans of the team, and it’s my job to know what the conversation is among the fanbase. And it can swing wildly from game to game. I get it. Friday’s loss to the Warriors was awful. Feelings aren’t good right now. > >But I’ve been covering the league full-time for 11 years now. And both here in Portland and in my four years in Chicago, I’ve been around teams that quit or were checked-out, where guys were playing for their own contracts and stats and the mix of players and personalities was fundamentally untenable. > >This is not one of those teams.
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If you’re feeling like walking back from the edge of the cliff this was a nice piece by Highkin.
>I don’t engage too much on social media these days, but I do keep tabs on what fans are talking about on Twitter and in the r/RipCity subreddit. Most of my readers are fans of the team, and it’s my job to know what the conversation is among the fanbase. And it can swing wildly from game to game. I get it. Friday’s loss to the Warriors was awful. Feelings aren’t good right now.
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>But I’ve been covering the league full-time for 11 years now. And both here in Portland and in my four years in Chicago, I’ve been around teams that quit or were checked-out, where guys were playing for their own contracts and stats and the mix of players and personalities was fundamentally untenable.
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>This is not one of those teams.