I have been very critical personally of the early start. From a fan post i did http://www.blazersedge.com/2009/10/20/1093755/the-sky-is-falling-fire-nate-oden  to several comments i have made most noteabley in http://www.blazersedge.com/2009/11/4/1115303/the-official-stop-playing-steve 

Most of my points were centered around a lose of faith with Nate Mac and a lack of understanding what exactly he has to this point been thinking with some things. (Miller, Blake, the half crack head way he subbed the last 6 mins of the hawks game, etc) I still have these reservations, then i read http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2009/11/sarah_mensah_shares_lessons_fr.html its a good read. It also got me thinking, what happened to us? Only two seasons before this one we were 41-41 and stoked because we had a good group of guys that were young, talented, and had no where to go but up. Fast forward to now and guess what? We should still be stoked we have a good, young, talented group of guys to root for.

Yes, the fan says "go, fight win!!" and thats the way it should be. We all, myself especially should still take solice in the fact we have alot to be proud of in rooting for this team. This by no means makes anything easier but it is something i personally had kind of lost touch with. I got caught up in the issues we currently have, disappointed were not crushing people, or even winning for that matter. I lost sight of the fact, we are 2-3 (yes, that sux imo) Deep, young, talented, and now EXPERIENCED, and most importantly they are all still awsome dudes to root for.

I will, from now on try to look at things through that type of window and not the way i had been. I am not sure if i am a minority in regards to this or in a group that makes up the majority of us, but regardless of how many or few people had looked at things in a similar light i hope this helps to see things differently.