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Young teams need to play with high intensity emotion and hustle to win games. As they gain experience and chemistry evolves, that volatile emotion is harnessed into determination and focused effort. The ability to "turn it on" soon develops, and wins become the standard expectation rather than a hoped for event.

The Blazers are at the very early stages. We all know this. We see their abilities and potential, and we wait for the chemistry experiment to run its course, patience not being our strong suit.

The off-road rally that is the Blazer franchise this season will slowly evolve into something less bumpy over the next few seasons.

I'll continue to preach patience as the season progresses, even though I want the results now. Intellectually we all realize we're headed in the right direction, but we can't resist the urge to be the kid in the back seat saying "are we there yet...are we there yet...are we there yet?"

Where's my Ritalin? Ahhh.

With our expected number of wins dropping each game, what do we begin looking at to determine improvement?

With the vast number of inadequacies currently plaguing this team, where should the effort be placed during practice? Should we regress and start teaching the fundamentals like rebounding, team defense, or basic offensive plays?

My playoff hopes are gone for the year, but that doesn't mean I want this team to learn how to lose instead. Fight for the win, but add something else like having the fewest turnovers, most rebounds, or most assists. Gaugue their performance, not by the score, but rather their execution of the gameplan. I'd also like to see some roles being defined. Whom are we turning to for rebounds, scoring, defense, assists, enforcement, sixth man. When players learn what piece of the puzzle they need to be, maybe they can become it.  

Random thoughts/questions from a bi-polar fan/critic