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Radman seems like a really cool teammate to have, hope his shot comes back soon!

By showing this interview with Vlad I hope it shows the Morons that Boo our own god damn players they they achieve absolutely nothing by doing so and instead actually alienates the other players against the fans.

You can clearly see the guy is not only sorry for his performance but that he is trying to do what he can to get out of the slump. He understands the frustrations of the fans and he clearly wants to get himself out of the hole.

The completely immature and childish rants of late, having a real go at some of our players has frankly disgusted me and these so called ‘fans’ can bugger off to support a team like the Lakers in my personal opinion.

We disagree with having certain players on the team and we may hate the front office (Riley excluded) and we may get beyond frustrated with the coaches, but we have to show some respect to players that are at least trying on the court. The one thing people who are obssessed by stats and stats alone fail to realise is the fact that these are are human beings and yes they may not be playing to standard you are looking for, but if they are all that we have right now and they are giving 110% effort….lets give them some damn respect on the floor and most of all..

SUPPORT YOUR PLAYERS ON GAME NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IDIOTS!!!!!!!!

How good do you think think the opposing team feels, knowing that the once feared fans of Oracle Arena in terms of volume, are now turning their attentions on their own players! It makes the visitng teams job even easier.

I have no issue with people holding up signs to Fire Rowell, or Sell Cohan…but I would ask that we support our players on game night and try to help them with the roar that has helped many a ‘We Believe’ team night to pull out wins from certain losses….

VENT at the front office and the coaches…. but let’s give our players some support. if anything you may be surprised just how much it helps a player to hear support and actually how much harm you can do with the negative waves netting the end result of an even worse performance…

If you dont understand this…let me bring you to a Premier League football game where you can see 30,000 fans suddenly turn on a player and you watch his performance suddenly drop even further….

There is no ‘STAT’ for crowd effect on a player, you need to have actually experienced this, or actually bothered to listen to players to understand how important fan support is. No one is saying you cannot have critical view about a players skill sets, but maybe when you are slagging off a player for poor shooting, possibly point out that fact that you appreciate their hustle or their ability to play where they are told to play…

Fair play to Vlad, he knows what he has to do, but he also highlighted that booing him is not going to help… so if you hear a fan near you booing one of our players, turn to them and tell them to shut their mouths or bugger off out of the arena as they bring nothing to this club and the once famous atmosphere of Oracle.

NOW…for a constructive idea…..

It has been 35 years since a son of a migrant worker named Tommy Smith and Harlem’s John Carlos took the medal stand at the 1968 Olympics and created what is arguably the most enduring image in sports history.

I think it is time to use that once used symbol of defiance again…the closed fist. Can you imagine if every fan simply sat with their fist raised for the entire game….

Do this for a few games and word would start to spread through the media wires… the fans are making a statement without posters than can cause your ejection from the arena but a simple raised fist.

Any fan that sits and raises their fist during games is showing their clear disgust at the Warriors Robert Rowell and Chris Cohan….

A variation will be for everyone to simply ‘point’ to the coaching staff….its not the players that need to face this wrath…. its the coaches and the FO…..

A raised fist during the intro’s will show the disgust at the incompetance of RR and Cohan…. pointed fingers at the coaching staff lets them know that the fans believe THEY are failing in their duties as coaches…..

Give it a try….you might just be surprised how quick it takes off…..

First of all people this is a PROFESSIONAL basketball league not an 11-13 yrs old YMCA league. Your damn right im going to boo if your getting paid to do a job and you consistantly cant do it. Your getting paid millions of dollars because your are suppose to be able to SHOOT the ball!! Im sorry but if you go 0-8 on open shots your damn right your gonna get boo’d in your home arena. That doesnt go just for Rad Man that goes for anybody in the league. You get cheers when you do great things and you get boo’d when you play terrible. Just the way it is….Obvioulsy none of you guys has ever been to a NFL game where even superstars get boo’d. You can get boo’d and cheered in the same game. Its why your a professional because the fans expect the best from you. If i cant do my job at work I get FIRED! No guaranteed contract for me so I dont feel sorry for these players if they cant get the job done…

If he isnt open in 3 seconds Monta or Maggette make a move to the hoop.
They dont trust him to take the ball to the rack more than once or twice per game, so he isnt going to create his own shot either.
The Warriors should be running Morrow off a couple screens like Reggie Miller while the rest of the play unfolds for Monta or whoever.

The Warriors should be running Morrow off a couple screens like Reggie Miller

Unfortunately, I don’t think this is AM’s strong suit – running your defender off off-ball screens is a developed talent; not necessarily his teammates fault. Right now he’s more of a spot-up shooter – although I agree he should be working hard to develop this part of his game – it would make him less one dimensional.

I haven’t been happy with this team for awhile, but the last thing in the world I’d do is boo a guy in a Warriors uniform. That’s just lame. No player wants to miss shots. When they take a shot and miss, they are already feeling inadequate to a degree — why compound it? So the next time they take a shot, they are even more self-conscious? I think it also affects the other players on the floor who are probably wondering if they’ll get the same treatment. It makes players uptight to a degree to be boo’d on their home court. Those jerks doing the booing are probably the same dopes that boo their own kids in little league.

I’ve liked Vlad since he joined the team – missed shots and all. I like his energy and the way he blends with the other guys on the floor. Plus, he’s HEALTHY and can play the minutes he’s given which is rare to find on this injury laden team.