McRoberts does was Obie wants and Obie rewards him with a seat on the bench.

MY goodness. Will this coach “ever” get things straight? I’m sure hoping that this is coming from the front office, and that JOB’s clock with the Pacers is running out. Maybe,just maybe, someone has been on here and read some of the feelings of the fans, and passed it on to Bird. Maybe Bird is finally getting the message. This team is going nowhere like it is, with this coach! And, I’m disheartend by all the things I’ve read lately where no-one really wants to come here and play. How can that be? Just a measley 5 or 6 yrs. ago, the Pacers had a team who’d made the playoffs something like 9 out of 10 yrs. (I could be wrong on that). We even got on national t.v. once in awhile. What’s happened? We need to try to make some changes. Hibbert definitely needs some help on the boards-someone who can help rebound, block out, and score. Not a ton of points, but nothing’s coming from the forward position to help him. I like Blatche, who I believe is on the Wizards team. He may not be the best choice, but he sure looked good against us in those two back to back games. Surely somone out there would be willing to come to Indiana. And my last comment….finally, hopefully, Lance Stevenson ‘might’ get to play some. The more playing time he gets the rest of the year, the better he’s gonna be next year, instead of being a “rookie type player” again. I sure think he’s gotta be better than playing Ford, who hopefully will be gone after this year.

No one likes you. The day youre fired will be the biggest pacer fan celebration in nearly a decade.

signed, everybody

One thing that should be kept in mind is that being named the starting PF on this team in no way guarantees big minutes. So while the title of starter is intriguing, it may just continue to mean 10-20 minutes a night for Hans which wouldn’t really wouldn’t signify much of a change.

I’m not usually into the “management directive” idea, but in this case it at least seems plausible. Larry is a stubborn old Bird and he really liked Hansbrough. In fact, his comments after the ‘09 draft were something to the effect of, "I can’t wait for Tyler to go out there and prove all these idiots (doubters) wrong." With that sort of passion, it’s not a stretch at all to think he told JOB to get Tyler out there on the court in order to—at the very least—avoid making himself look bad.