Anyone scanning the comments the last few days has noticed we're already knee deep in talks about trading both or either of our small forwards, sending off Marcus Camby, and of course, firing the coach (it seems we never get far from that argument).  But this team is 3 and 5, not 0 and 8, it's very early, and these guys still haven't played together much (unless 8 games is much).  We've seen some real improvement on the floor over last year, I think Baron's played very well (although we'd all like to see him shoot better), Chris Kaman looks primed to have an excellent year, and Eric Gordon looks nothing less than awesome.  There are also new bodies at the backup spots, a new starting small forward, and a number one pick we haven't yet seen in a game.  I believe all these guys, separately and collectively need some time to find their way. 

As far as the Clips Nation stalwarts, many seem to be already abandoning ship; Even Citizen Zhiv, long the beloved (if somewhat windy) ambassador of Club Optimism has vanished, either gone overboard or off brooding somewhere.  Everyone seems to want to make radical changes... but by my watch, it's simply too early.  The team needs time to jell.  I'm for staying the course.