8th? SERIOUSLY? ugh.

I don’t mind when most writers ranking Orlando as #4 and can even understand it (although I disagree with it, but then again, I’m a huge Orlando homer). Ranking them as 8th though is pretty preposterous by most standards.

But I’m getting a little tired of all the sports writers/bloggers counting us out. That’s why I can’t wait till the season starts. We will be too busy winning games to even bother with the naysayers.

V.C. Is a real ball stopper ha ha, I think the only thing I’m gonna miss about Turk is his inbounding. Funny how all the big trades and free agent moves that were made and VC is the one who has nothin left, I mean Sheed barley made it through last year, Swaqk didn’t play in back 2 backs and if there was a player from the big 3 in NJ that is frail & soft it’s RJ but I still like that move for SA that team is gonna be scary if they can stay healthy.the only thing that scares me is bad refs and our HORRID freethrow shooting, the only good defensive player we lost was C Lee and 2 guards lit us up last year. I like being the underdog it just means we get the " I told you so idiots" victory at the end of the season. That was one of the sweetest things last year, we may not have won the trophy but our team was playin the last game of the season while everyone else was sitting at home, their bad for mistaken our “poodle” smiles for our pittbull nature

love shoals or hate him, the guy is legit. and as for sporting news giving us #8, who cares? sean deveny honestly believes turk was the straw that stirred the drink. once the season plays out and we’re more than likely back in the finals, they’ll find other reasons to doubt. the national media amazes me.

no respect by media and sheep like public usually means betting lines that are very advantageous to betting with the magic, cant wait to play out the lines

“This team should win a championship and it’s absurd that anyone’s lukewarm or less than bullish about them. We should be falling at their feet and wondering how even the Lakers can match their depth.” that made my day

OK guys and gals, have you had about enough of the rankings, projections, etc? Povtak (A former Orlando Sentinel guy) doesn’t want anyone to think he’s a homer for his old team, the Magic. He says we can’t sneak up on anyone and then he ranks us eighth…hmmm. Seems to me we can still be stealthy. As for the way we will play: in football and baseball the defense or pitching has the advantage early-then the offense comes around. In basketball it’s the other way around. Perhaps our offense can carry us till December and then our D will gel. Both barrels loaded…
As for all our fans-just keep it under our hat, a few yes sirs and yes ma’ams. I intend to let the results speak for themselves. Ain’t nothing finer, NO THING better, then hearing a bunch of jeering and dissing, and walking off the court with a W. I remember E. Holyfield seemed to be the underdog every time he stepped into the ring, too small, no power, no chin…Tyson-who talked (or his fans did at least), had to try and bite his ear off cause he couldn’t beat him within the rules.
Admiral Yamamoto told Japan before WWII "Let the sleeping giant lay." Roosevelt, "Walk softly and carry a big stick."
Let them talk. The juice of a championship will be all the more sweeter. A maelstrom come June. "How the hell did they…?"
"He who laughs last laughs louder." Get ready to roll in the streets come next June.
TQC is a great site, better than an Opiate addiction! Peace to the Magic brothers and sisters, from beer (real) and sausage (plentiful) land!!!

Or a Fockery if you’ll pardon my Ben Wallace ;)

Seriously though, I was fit to be tied until I read that Shoals piece which spoke the TRUTH about our team plain and simple.

It’s absolutely a MUST READ if you haven’t done so already as it will definitely help wash away the sour taste of that 8th place insult.

Also, I recommended taking a minute to leave a comment on Mr. Shoals piece thanking him for having the cahoots to speak the truth in spite of “popular opinion.” I did and feel SOOO much better now! :)

*How is it even a debate? One’s a possible Hall-of-Famer, the other’s been a borderline All-Star once in 9 seasons…

sigh

Curious…

Hmmm…

Thank god for writers like B Shoals who use some rational thinking when summarizing the Magic. And several ESPN writers got it right in their ranking. Too bad J Hill is still the same ill-informed writer as before when her anti-Magic view was plainly evident in her articles for the Sentinel. I will hear her, Boussaird and AJ Adonde all crying how the Magic aren’t good enough to win all season long. Right up to us having a parade down Orange Ave.