Techster
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I agree with that sentiment 99% of the time. The difference in this case for me is the way the answer was worded. Shaq directly indicted last year as opposed to offering the ambiguous 'we grind so hard' and 'no pretenders'. The cynic in me wants someone to ask for once "why didn't the team work this hard last year?".
Also 99% chance I'm reading way too much into it and should just allow the preseason optimism to flow...
I tend to be middle of the road in terms of optimism (or pessimism), and I'm not crapping on anything Shaq is saying. I was actually poking fun of some of the posters on here who take what our players say and make waaaay too much out of it. Happens every year and we build ourselves up on the message boards to somehow win 10+ games before the season starts. Then reality hits...
I think we can dig back into old threads and player tweets and see the same pattern every year. Nothing wrong with optimism, as I even talk myself into thinking we'll win 9+ games every year...but things haven't worked out that way.
In no way will I ever crap on a player for doing hard work or trying to drum up excitement because those guys are the ones that do the heavy work for us to enjoy on Saturdays. Like I said, my statement was more poking fun at some of the fans who overreach in their excitement in being, well, fans. But that's the nature of message boards...