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I believe George over stayed his welcome and that it was right to have him go when he did, but did he deserve the heat that he received? Yes. Then again, what coach doesn't deserve the heat when his team is struggling? What I do know is that the Bucks made horrific decisions in the front office that may have caused the downfall of the Bucks, George included.
I say to Coach George Karl, thank you for the memories, good and bad, hopefully one day the city of Milwaukee will truly value how you brought this organization up from nothing.......
.....Then again, didn't you also destroy the temple you helped build! That is where you get the good the bad and the ugly. I would put Anthony Mason as the ugly, but I already put him in the bad so how about the Gary Payton trade? This trade came so far out of left field that Steve Bartman had no chance of catching this one! At first I was stunned, then extremely happy that the "glove" was coming to Milwaukee. After watching Payton play for a couple months, I realized he wasn't the player fans expected he still was and that this trade was a vital mistake. Although we still got Desmond Mason and Michael Redd turned into the second coming of Ray Allen, are we any better than we were when coach Karl was our coach?
Sure we aren't in the win column, but we have a new fresh attitude that working hard pays off. When Karl was our coach you could get the sense that we weren't receiving the best effort possible from these players, rarely do you have this feelings when watching the Bucks of 2004-2005.
Since Karl has left things have sure changed. Michael Redd is the only player on the roster that was with George in Milwaukee, and Michael might not even last the whole season. Attendance is down from the George Karl Era, so are wins, scoring, and the defense that had holes in it with Karl, still has glaring needs for improvement.
The only thing we have left are each other. The team has the faithful fans and the fans the hard working team. It is called commitment. It is defined as a trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose. It is commitment that was lacking in the George Karl Era, and is lacked in many places in sports and in life, but it is a commitment to excellence that if held to long enough, will grant the greatest of rewards.
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