"We're playing really bad right now, we don't trust each other," Wizards coach Collins was quoted as saying in the Washington Times. "That's my fault because I've got to develop these guys so they trust in each other. Right now we don't trust, especially at the defensive end."
"For some reason I have not been able to reach this team and get them to play at a high level, and that's my fault," Collins said. "I'll take the blame. My job as the coach is to get these guys to be energized and to play, so that's on me. "As their coach, I've got to make sure that I've prepared them adequately enough so that they go out and play like a professional basketball team. There are no excuses there. I've got to get it done just like the players do."
Unfortunately for the Wizards, time is not on their side. They have already dropped the two most winnable games on their five-game home stand. Next up for them is Eastern Conference runner-up Milwaukee tomorrow. "The one thing we don't want is for two losses to turn into four, and four losses turn into six," Collins said. "It starts to get in your mind and then you start expecting bad things. We can't afford to have that happen to us."