Question of the Day - 05/31

[sb41champs]

 WHO is most responsible for the Pacers pathetic playoff performances:

 

     A.  Larry Bird & front office staff

 

     B.  Frank Vogel & coaching staff

 

     C.  Overpaid & undermotivated players

 

     D.  Team chemistry

[PrincetonTiger]

C or D

[Poster X]

B, D, and a little bit of A with the front office. The team was chugging along until the move was made to trade Danny Granger. Granted he wasn't going to see the court much, but they could have waited until the off season to make a move. It changed the team. Evan Turner was under used by the coaching staff in favor of guys like CJ Watson who failed at every turn, etc...

[MTC]

Everyone. 

[southwest1]

I'm not well versed in basketball dynamics. Larry Bird is not the problem. Sometimes, a bad season just happens or a meltdown rather. The Pacers will bounce back. Only 1 way to go next season: Straight up. 

[Bluefire4]

A and a little bit of B.We didn't have the personnel to matchup with the Hawks and to some extent the Wizards, but I do agree somewhat that Vogel stayed too loyal to certain players that were not motivated.. so I guess a little bit of C as well.

[akcolt]

The Heat

[B~Town]

D and some C chemistry is a big in team sports Pacers just lost there chemistry after the trade .

[jmac_48]

A,B.C. & D  You win as a team, you lose as a team!  Top to bottom.

I don't like all the finger pointing and the blame game going on right now.

Not too many years ago the Pacers stunk up Bankers Life to high heaven!!!

They have come a long way, they are a top flight team the past few years.

 

Have they achieved their and the fans goals for them, NO! they just aren't there yet.

I personally have enjoyed watching the Pacers the past couple of years more than in a long long time, maybe since Reggie retired.

 

If I had to choose what had the biggest negative effect of the team this year, I say the Granger trade, I think it was an underestimation by the team how much of a leader on and off the court he was to the players, it seemed something was lost by the players after he was gone.  Anyway, that's my 2bits. 

 

This is a relatively young team, no need to throw in the towel on the future!