Bob Ryan Article - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

Amorphis · 06-22-2006, 10:57 AM

Taken from the Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketb...but_mavericks/

"Nobody to Blame But Mavericks"

A couple parts from the article:

"Cuban's officiating obsession is now officially out of control. Complaining about the officials? Now there's a novel concept, huh? Everyone complains about the officials. They always have and they always will. Officiating an NBA game is a skill, perhaps even an art, and some people are gifted with judgment others will simply never possess. But it is not, and never can be what Cuban wants it to be -- a science. All officials, like all of us, are flawed to a certain degree, and the best you can ask of them is to try their best, which they all do.".......

"Now we had Cuban, the bombastic, emotional owner of the Mavericks, orchestrating a crowd of 20,000 in opposition to the officials. Each time a call is made against the Mavericks, he stared intently at the big screen to see the replay. Invariably, he reacted to what he had seen by a) making a face, b) shaking his head vigorously, c) making a face while shaking his head vigorously, or d) spinning wildly while making a face and shaking his head vigorously. You didn't see him nod his head in grudging agreement with the call too often, I can tell you that.

Everyone in the building was watching him, and so he established a climate of victimization. See? They're out to get us."

Whether you like Bob Ryan or not, I think he's dead on with this article here.

Flacolaco · 06-22-2006, 11:01 AM

Yes a guy in Boston thinks he's funny doing schtick describing Mark Cuban watching replays.

woopty doo

Amorphis · 06-22-2006, 11:04 AM

Those were just the parts I posted. As you can see, there is a link above that goes directly to the entire article which touches on other areas.

Arne · 06-22-2006, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amorphis

Whether you like Bob Ryan or not, I think he's dead on with this article here.

If anyone would called you a stupid little jerk, I'd think he'd be dead on with that.

If anyone would tell you to piss of, I'd support that opinion in any case.

alexamenos · 06-22-2006, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amorphis

Whether you like Bob Ryan or not, I think he's dead on with this article here.

I think the hyper-focus on Mark Cuban is useful for selling papers to douchebag morons such as yourself, but otherwise dead-off.

Cheers

raefformvp · 06-22-2006, 11:27 AM

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Now we had Cuban, the bombastic, emotional owner of the Mavericks, orchestrating a crowd of 20,000 in opposition to the officials.

Orchestrating a crowd of 20,000? Stupid comment. I never once looked at Cuban to see how he reacted during the game. Our tickets are in the corner above the Mavs bench. If I wanted to watch Cuban I'd have a very good view. But who goes to games to watch Cuban? Dumb. Anyway, Cuban does whine too much, but I would rather have a whiny owner and be an elite team than have an owner who doesn't give a crap and be a bottom feeder.

GP · 06-22-2006, 11:53 AM

I do think the Mavs allowed themselves to become the victim. I don't know if it was art imitating life or life imitating art kind of thing. I do know that sports teams can never, ever get into the mindset of being victimized. It invariably leads to failure. I certainly can't say this happened here as I wasn't in the locker room or have never spoken to the players. I'd bet that Ryan is just full of crap. The real story here should be HOW to prevent this kind of thing from happening again. A couple more games decided like the 2003 Sacramento Lakers series will mean a lot of lost customers and possibly trouble with the law. Congress might get interested and then the NBA would really have problems.