On the Bradley topic:

 

The positive spin is hard to swallow when the team is 0-8, obviously.  I get why people dislike it.  If you watch his press conferences and read between the lines just a tiny bit - he throws out some realism from time to time. He knows he has very little to work with talent-wise and he makes references to this fairly often.  One of the most obvious instances was when he was asked about the 2 game road trip to the west coast and the whole " negative impact of travel" thing.   I'll paraphrase:  "Something we learned in Seattle was - when we got better as a team - we got better at playing on the road."  Then he laughed.   Doesn't take a mensa member to figure that one out.  The roster sucks and he knows it. 

 

Sometimes when a reporter presses him for more on a topic that he's glossing over (like Will Rackley a few weeks ago) he'll just smile, tilt his head and say something like "we'd like to have more competition in that area."  Again - doesn't take a genius to know he's really saying "We need a better left guard, Vito.  Gimme a break here, man." 

If you pay attention - there are moments like this in most of his press conferences and radio shows.  Take the rhetoric at face value.  He's not going to blatantly bad-mouth his team right now.  He's not going to alienate a team in his first season as HC when he knows it's going to be a long painful season that will require some serious fortitude. 

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