A "Liberty Ballers Festivus"

by tsteidel on Dec 23, 2009 8:28 AM PST Comment 16 comments

Cosmo Kramer fights for his right to celebrate new holidays (and party i guess). via www.festivusweb.com

So it's that wonderful time of the year again. No not time to break out the tree or the menorah; but rather the time to get that old aluminum pole out of the closet and celebrate the wonderful phenomenon that is the Festivus for the rest of us.

Please view if you need a history lesson on how the holiday was born and the traditions that come along with it.

The Airing of Grievances:

Senor Eddie Jordan is the obvious and logical choice as the target of what the kids would call the "AOG's" this year. As we all know there are several problems with this man and his coaching style so I'm saying everybody choose what their biggest problem is with EJ and post in the comments as your very own AOG (or your biggest problem with the team so far if it is not little Eddie). My personal biggest problem with this, and I use the term lightly, coach is his hatred of the word defense. The Sixers are currently the worst in the NBA when it comes to opponent's 3P% and second to last in Defensive Rating according to basketball-reference.com. All this coming from a team who was one year removed from being 14th in defensive rating and allowing threes at 36% (which is still not very good but nowhere near as bad as the 42% they are allowing this season) with very little change in player personnel (slow Andre Miller being the biggest one).

The Feats of Strength:

In the legend of Festivus, the holiday is not over until a chosen one pins the founder; the almighty Frank Costanza. In good spirits of tradition, the Liberty Ballers Festivus will not end until somebody pins our founder; the almighty jsams. The only question is, who is the chosen one that will wrestle him. Only YOU can decide (sweet tagline!).

Happy Festivus to all and make sure to donate a check to the Human Fund: Money for People.

Poll

Who should attempt to pin jsams to end Festivus?

Eddie Jordan

14 votes

Sammy D

11 votes

Jaime Maggio

24 votes

Marc Zumoff

9 votes

Primoz Brezec

18 votes

John aka jemagee

5 votes

Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino

18 votes

99 votes | Poll has closed

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Damn, so you get promoted and I’m still just a bully banning shoe salesman :)

by jemagee on Dec 23, 2009 8:51 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

You know though, I’ve been thinking about this a bit this morning, as I waste away at work burning CD’s for stocking stuffers:

Eliminate the draft, because that’s Tony DiLeo…what has ed stefanski done since he was hired that worked out that means he should keep his job?

Evans for Kapono – yes got rid of Reggie Evans – but Kapono sucks
Rodney Carney – strong move for nothing
Willie Green still gets way too many minutes
Many people believe Iguodala was over paid (that was stefanski right)
I think Louis Williams is and always will be a fine bench player but do fine bench players get five year deals
Fired Mo (positive)
Hired Jordan (um, yeah, you see what happened was)
Desperate to get rid of Dalembert since February 2008 and can’t find ANY deal worth making?
Didn’t trade Andre Miller, lost him for nothing.

I’m strating to wonder if in the ‘celebration’ that was Billy King got fired Stefanski maybe sucks just as much? I’m sure I’m missing something, give me the positives that Stefanski brought to the franchise

by jemagee on Dec 23, 2009 8:53 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

What are the statistics of any team having real success with hiring a GM during the season instead of a real search?

by Ant on Dec 23, 2009 1:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That’s an awfully big question – i was just going off the top of my head for stefanski

by jemagee on Dec 23, 2009 1:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve been considering that too.

Evans for Kapono was a smart move. Same length of deal, also movable contract given the premium on shooting if necessary.

Green’s min are a function of his coaching hire.

I don’t have that big of an issue with Dala’s contract. If anything, I blame King for not going up to the 5-year, $60-62 million offer that would have gotten it done, allegedly.

Lou’s deal was an interesting case. He is and was a reserve when he signed it with the potential to be more, That said, his deal was not too much. Could have been worse.

Firing Mo was okay, though I resent the way he went about it, especially considering the way this season went.

Jordan is Jordan, enough said

Sam is a hard player to move, can’t kill him for that.

Not getting even a pick for Miller was a mistake.

by MojoPharoah on Dec 23, 2009 4:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Vote for Maggio – at least Jordan would enjoy that

by jemagee on Dec 23, 2009 8:57 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

AOG –
Jordan’s mindgames. From “protecting” Jrue psyche to ripping EB for putting up Dub-Dubs against “second-line” players. As bad as he is on D, his player management skills are the worst

by MojoPharoah on Dec 23, 2009 4:13 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

AOG –
Everything about Jordan’s coaching philosophies.

How about a, “when is Jordan getting fired” poll?

by jefu on Dec 23, 2009 4:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I got a lot of problems with you people!

My AOG with Eddie Jordan would be his me-first tendencies. You don’t often see this out of a coach, but he’s really all about him, while he insists his players shouldn’t bitch about being taken out of the game at crunch time or benched for psychological reasons. He’s already thrown more than a few of his players under the bus, and I’m sure as we continue down the tube towards a 25 win season, there will be more to come. I feel all of his other problems (defense, defense, defense, rotations, defense) stem from his ego. He feels his princeton offense is so good, so advanced, that he’s not to blame for for not teaching it well, it’s the players for not being smart or talented enough.

I want to kick Eddie’s ass in the feats of strength. I’ll pin his ass in under a minute, no problem. FEATS OF STRENGTH!

by TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsMichaelBourn on Dec 23, 2009 7:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

You are very optimistic today! 25 win season?? Wow! Right now that is hard to imagine unless we have a coaching change!

Merry Christmas to all!

by DeanH on Dec 24, 2009 7:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Hah, it is a sad, sad, Christmas when thinking we’ll go 18-36 the rest of the way counts as optimism.

by TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsMichaelBourn on Dec 24, 2009 9:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

AOG

Any people who still think Iguodala is over paid – please read the following and stop it already.

http://www.depressedfan.com/basketball/sixers/andre-iguodala-is-not-overpaid.php

by jemagee on Dec 24, 2009 9:57 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I remeber something similar to this last year on basketball reference. Its too bad most people dont realize it and just like to complain.

by tsteidel on Dec 24, 2009 10:26 AM PST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

ej’s defensive rotation. why aren’t they staying with there men why the half arsed doubles thats the reason for the 3 pointers. its painfully obvious.

by killacaravagio on Dec 24, 2009 2:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I can see that as being more acceptable against a poor three-point shooting team, but the problem is they use that strategy against every team. Over-helping to the point where the PF is supposed to run out and stop an open three from the shooting guard, etc, etc.

by jefu on Dec 24, 2009 4:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

seroiusly why is the center switched on pg and sg… it makes no sense i dont see the logic in any of his schemes and the offense looks like a bunch of isolation and jumpshots i dont see many cuts and no attempts at dribble penetration and the biggest thing to me is i have not seen a single clean looking play. every point is pretty ugly nothing looks on purpose.

by killacaravagio on Dec 25, 2009 10:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs