CHARLOTTE BOBCATS: Bobcats Blog Squad – Brad Thomas Blog – NEW 12/19/05:
“One thing fans could count on with this team was that they would work and play hard. Saturday I didn’t see it, and I was disappointed. I’ve seen this team out-hustle and out-heart teams many times in the past, only to come out on the losing end — but at least they showed the effort. As long as they did that, the fans would support them.This weekend against the Pistons, it seemed like the Bobcats had left early for Christmas break and had some doppelgangers going through the motions for them.
‘The effort early in that basketball game, particularly in that first quarter, was probably the worst I’ve ever seen from a Bobcats team,’ Head Coach Bernie Bickerstaff said after the game.
That wasn’t even the worst part about the loss. The worst part was that it was in front of a sellout crowd in the new arena. People have become accustomed to the Bobcats playing hard, and that’s why they come to see them.
It’s not because we expect them to win — we just want them to play hard. There wasn’t any effort, and for me, a guy who touts the Bobcats as a hustling team, it was embarrassing.”
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