Comments on: What’s wrong with me? http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/2007/07/whats-wrong-with-me/ The number one Arizona Sports fan site on the planet Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:26:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mike Olbinski http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/2007/07/whats-wrong-with-me/#comment-264 Mike Olbinski Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:12:55 +0000 http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/2007/07/whats-wrong-with-me/#comment-264 Please...Donaghy putting Amare on the bench in the first quarter and thus in foul trouble the whole game is a pretty "deciding" factor. Please…Donaghy putting Amare on the bench in the first quarter and thus in foul trouble the whole game is a pretty “deciding” factor.

]]> By: Ekim S http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/2007/07/whats-wrong-with-me/#comment-263 Ekim S Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:40:17 +0000 http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/2007/07/whats-wrong-with-me/#comment-263 Scott, I was there with you until you questioned the legitimacy of the NBA and that you think the Spurs had the championship handed to them. How ignorant can you get? You obviously weren't watching the play. Spurs get little respect as it is from the NBA, despite having won 4 Championships, and sore loser fans like you add to it. The fact is, none of what Tim Donaghy did was game deciding. Yes it was crooked, but then again, how many times have you watched a game and seen bad calls? It is, fortunately, or unfortunately, a part of the game. Even as professional as the refs are, they are still human,(remember the saying "to err is human") and last I heard, a "perfect" human still doesn't exist. If you can't handle that fact, then you should give up watching any sport at all, because the same kinds of "mistakes" happen in all sports. I don't think you can name one sport that couldn't be "fixed". Be realistic. Scott, I was there with you until you questioned the legitimacy of the NBA and that you think the Spurs had the championship handed to them. How ignorant can you get? You obviously weren’t watching the play.
Spurs get little respect as it is from the NBA, despite having won 4 Championships, and sore loser fans like you add to it. The fact is, none of what Tim Donaghy did was game deciding. Yes it was crooked, but then again, how many times have you watched a game and seen bad calls? It is, fortunately, or unfortunately, a part of the game. Even as professional as the refs are, they are still human,(remember the saying “to err is human”) and last I heard, a “perfect” human still doesn’t exist. If you can’t handle that fact, then you should give up watching any sport at all, because the same kinds of “mistakes” happen in all sports. I don’t think you can name one sport that couldn’t be “fixed”. Be realistic.

]]> By: Scott http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/2007/07/whats-wrong-with-me/#comment-161 Scott Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:18:42 +0000 http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/2007/07/whats-wrong-with-me/#comment-161 I think anger and sadness all make sense. To me the bigger issue is the legitimacy of the NBA as a whole and are there other dirty refs? We all know the old expression 'where there's one rat there's more'. So how many more are out there and can the NBA weed them out. Something that seems doubtful given that Donahey was out there quite a while. which brings me back to my earlier point; is the NBA even legitimate? I think not. I think the Spurs had the championship handed to them, they didn't win anything. And if the game is or could be fixed why should we bother tuning in or buying tickets. I love the Suns, but it's going to be hard to get excited about the NBA next yr. I think anger and sadness all make sense. To me the bigger issue is the legitimacy of the NBA as a whole and are there other dirty refs? We all know the old expression ‘where there’s one rat there’s more’. So how many more are out there and can the NBA weed them out. Something that seems doubtful given that Donahey was out there quite a while. which brings me back to my earlier point; is the NBA even legitimate? I think not. I think the Spurs had the championship handed to them, they didn’t win anything. And if the game is or could be fixed why should we bother tuning in or buying tickets.

I love the Suns, but it’s going to be hard to get excited about the NBA next yr.

]]> By: NEM's Nemesis http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/2007/07/whats-wrong-with-me/#comment-146 NEM's Nemesis Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:17:58 +0000 http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/2007/07/whats-wrong-with-me/#comment-146 Mike, you are too forgiving. I'm still too angry to forgive yet. Mike, you are too forgiving. I’m still too angry to forgive yet.

]]> By: Mike Olbinski http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/2007/07/whats-wrong-with-me/#comment-145 Mike Olbinski Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:42:38 +0000 http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/2007/07/whats-wrong-with-me/#comment-145 You are so right Faithful...this is the mob he's dealing with...not even just hatred and threats, but if he talks, who knows if he'll be killed over this or what. It's really sad. You are so right Faithful…this is the mob he’s dealing with…not even just hatred and threats, but if he talks, who knows if he’ll be killed over this or what. It’s really sad.

]]> By: faithful http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/2007/07/whats-wrong-with-me/#comment-144 faithful Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:29:16 +0000 http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/2007/07/whats-wrong-with-me/#comment-144 i feel sorry for the ref in a sense. to be so addicted to gambling that you would end up hooking up with ANY level of mobsters is pretty sad. i feel for his wife and children who are and will continue to feel the hatred and threats from all sides. i feel sorry for the ref in a sense. to be so addicted to gambling that you would end up hooking up with ANY level of mobsters is pretty sad. i feel for his wife and children who are and will continue to feel the hatred and threats from all sides.

]]> By: Nasser http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/2007/07/whats-wrong-with-me/#comment-143 Nasser Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:04:07 +0000 http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/2007/07/whats-wrong-with-me/#comment-143 I was going to write about this. I just couldn't because just thinking about this happening is just infuriating. It's the same with me...it comes as no surprise so I just don't care all that much anymore, but finding about it happening just hurts and it comes right after most fans have been able to forget and move on. I've been saying there's something wrong the last two years...I mean, if you saw the Suns-Lakers series, Mavs-Spurs, Mavs-Heat, Suns-Spurs and others you can figure out there must be something but to actually know that a ref was trying to make the team lose the game...it sucks. That's now two out of the six games in a huge series that were taken somewhat out of the players hands. Then you know that the Mavs probably won't lose in the first round again and with the loss of Kurt Thomas it feels like our best chance in a long time was taken away. It's just so sickening that the NBA, the league that reviews all the calls, has let this happen. I was going to write about this. I just couldn’t because just thinking about this happening is just infuriating. It’s the same with me…it comes as no surprise so I just don’t care all that much anymore, but finding about it happening just hurts and it comes right after most fans have been able to forget and move on. I’ve been saying there’s something wrong the last two years…I mean, if you saw the Suns-Lakers series, Mavs-Spurs, Mavs-Heat, Suns-Spurs and others you can figure out there must be something but to actually know that a ref was trying to make the team lose the game…it sucks. That’s now two out of the six games in a huge series that were taken somewhat out of the players hands. Then you know that the Mavs probably won’t lose in the first round again and with the loss of Kurt Thomas it feels like our best chance in a long time was taken away. It’s just so sickening that the NBA, the league that reviews all the calls, has let this happen.

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