but not enough to start a blogwar about it . . . maybe ownership just makes you crazy?

I am guessing this Brandt character is in cahots with the geniuses behind Freddy Finals to gin up a scandal in attempt to get someone, anyone to pay attention to this series…

I don’t like Brent Barnaky. I don’t like Freddy Finals. I don’t like Brandt Andersen. If any of them (or heaven forbid all three of them) are in the Broomfield Event Center Friday night, you can look forward to some good old fashioned public flogging.

Following the link to Andersen’s litigation blog made me dislike him all the more. The guy is just wrong in the head. I love that he’s not litigious (note the necessary “i” to form a correctly spelled word), but he has had to sue 2 or 3 times. Well I’ve never been a violent type…but I have had to beat up someone 2 or 3 times. I might consider making it 3 or 4 times if I wasn’t afraid of being sued.

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I was asked to move this from another post to this one. I wrote this pre-game to game 1. As I posted after the game I can’t wait to read the garbage coming out of Brandt’s Excuse Factory tomorrow.

Additionally Brandt, I know your lackeys are reading this so they can relay your “to do list” – please congratulate Colorado for beating you a$$ at home when it counted and personally apologize to Coach Mac for being a complete and utter tool. Then power down your computer and get back to getting financing/building whatever that architectural marvel you designed with legos for your Cheating Flash to play in so we don’t have to continue to watch your team play at some junior college gym.

If you can get that done we might give you another shot at hosting another Showcase so you and your staff can make up for the abortion that this years was.

Chop chop!

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Look, I know people say he is a tool. I know people that say he is just a lucky lottery winner that and he somehow thinks his one-timer translates into his excrement smelling like roses. And yes, I have seen him in Boise and just by mere observation I can understand where people are coming from when they say those things.

That being said, I never particularly minded him as an owner because a) he seems like he enjoys owning his team b) more importantly can afford to owe his team (which the DLeague can use more of) and c) I have seen worse.

However this screed against Bob Mac and Colorado on his blog really has no explanation in sanity or reality. In my opinion, if he has an issue with Coach Mac, he needs to take it up with DRead-Rizzle and league – off frickin’ line. Although I have teasingly compared Brandt to Mark Cuban, Brandt is no Mark Cuban and the comparison to Cuban is a slight on Cuban. Andersen’s filling his blog with this stuff shows how minor league as an owner he really is.

Hey Brandt – you think David Stern is going to be impressed by this? YOU ARE EMBARRASSING YOURSELF, YOUR TEAM and OUR LEAGUE!

I was ambivalent as to whom I wanted to win this this series – now, I consider myself a Colorado 14er fan. DeeJay, peel off some of that duct tape and paste it across Brandt’s keyboard for him…and his mouth while you are at it.

As a newbie, I’m reluctant to have this be my first post, but I have season tickets to the Utah Flash, row 2 by the vistor’s bench and without a doubt MacKinnon is the biggest donkey I’ve seen on that vistor’s row.

I can’t speak to how he behaves elsewhere, but in Utah he was such a baby that he embarrassed his own players. More than once in his tantrums players would look out into the crowd and watch us watch him, and sometimes they’d shake their heads in embarrassment.

That’s an observation, that’s all.

As for a feud, I think that would be tremendously childish.

Utah has only had a d-league team for 2 years so I don’t have much to go on, but from what I have seen there is a tremendous amount of turnover with these teams.

Having players “go to war” for the pride of coaches and owners makes about as much sense as Greece and Troy going to war over Helen.

These guys just want to win, to grow as players, and show case what they can do to any NBA types that might be paying attention.

Speaking of NBA types, it is more than a little ANNOYING that the Utah Jazz called up Kosta Koufos just before the playoffs, and aren’t even seating Koufos on the bench much less playing him.

It would be better for Koufos to get playoff experience — even if it is d-league — than to be watching the Jazz from a television set somewhere. Of course, it would be better for the Utah Flash too; he was a key part of the victories the Flash had over the 14ers in the regular season.

Again, I’m a newbie and this is my first post on this VERY interesting site, but let me make it clear again: I think the whole feud thing is laughably juvenile and I don’t plan to get pulled into it in any way shape or form… I’m just passing on what I personally observed about MacKinnon here in Utah.

Incidentally, in the same limited appearances, I’m impressed with Sonny Weems. He seems like a genuinely good guy. Between quarters they do things here to keep the fans attention, and I noticed that when a few 6 year olds (or so) were having a “dance off” at center court, Sonny was watching, smiling, bobbing his head and was in a cool way supportive of the youngsters.

Also, there was another 14er, a big (I can’t remember his name) who smiled and playfully dealt with a rather loud and obnoxious Utah fan in a way that impressed all of us who noticed.

I also like how MacKinnon stole every opportunity he could to coach, calling over back court players during free throws for example, to give them instructions.

Seems like the 14ers have some really good guys; hopefully MacKinnon will join the civilized world soon.

Oh, one last thing:

MacKinnon was lobbying the scores table about something, I couldn’t quite hear it, and when he got done a ref came over and told the guys at the scorer’s table, “Just pretend that guy is your ex-girlfirend and don’t listen to him.”

Obviously it’s not just Brant Anderson and the Utah Fans that are tired of how MacKinnon behaves.

I am a fan of the Idaho Stampede and because of that, I am a de facto fan of the DLeague. This site, run by Scott and Jon, has made for an excellent place for like minded people to congregate and share news/gossip and viewpoints.

Like any competitive organization, there is always dirty laundry that the casual fan would not be aware of. Idaho has their share of under the surface issues and some of it does not reflect well on anyone involved (see: Moser, Clay). I am sure that each franchise has much of the same.

The main difference between those situations and the situation of one Brandt Andersen is Brandt chose to make his “feud” public. Zero detail as to what his exact beef was. Continual writing about said incident(s). Seemingly zero effort speak directly and proactively with the person it was directed to (as per this site, Coach Mac had no idea that Brandt had a problem). And as for a congratulations to the 14ers for beating his Flash – as of this very moment – nada on the Brandt website.

I don’t doubt that Coach Mac was not happy about his night in Utah. But I cut him slack because he is paid to win, doesn’t have “real estate” deals to fall back on and let’s face – it, I would bet that there is much chance that the error that occurred was partially due to the officials crew that night.

Brandt on the other hand…has lost a lot of credibility with this. I am sure that he really doesn’t care what I think – but I am a pretty level headed person that has been willing to give him the benefit of the doubt even when in blew into Boise to sit at midcourt without his socks. An owners job is to own – not make oneself the center of controversy. It detracts from the league and more importantly it detracts from the game itself.

Sigh…

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