I told you so

I really do hate to say I told you so, but I did warn everyone Michael Jordan's comeback wouldn't be pretty.

Eight games into the season and the Washington Wizards are doing nothing to prove me wrong.

A 2-6 record, reports of Michael getting on his teammates the way he used to in Chicago before the titles. Behold the power of vindication.

Michael himself is not really struggling, averaging 25 points per game despite a .393 field goal percentage, but he has struggled trying to get his young teammates on the same page.

And now in the wake of another wasted 30-point performance by his err-ness, we are slowly coming to the collective realization that this might have been a bad idea.

Jordan has had four 30-point games so far and his teammates have responded by helping to the team to a 1-3 record in those games. The one win came against the lowly Atlanta Hawks, a team only slightly worse than the Wizards.

Jordan's 200 total points make up 36 percent of the Wizards' scoring. That's right, one man is scoring more than 1/3 of his team's total points. It's not too hard to realize why the team's on a five-game losing streak, is it?

It could get worse, too. The Wizards' next three games are against Utah, Charlotte, and Indiana. Three teams that really should have no trouble dispatching Washington into oblivion.

The only real question is how long will it be until the competitive nature in Jordan rears its ugly head and he goes off on a tirade. We all know it's boiling inside him. He's not used to playing like this. We all have heard the stories about, how, in his early days, he'd jump all over teammates he didn't think were pulling their weight.

Now the countdown begins: six losses. How many will it take before Mt. Jordan blows its top? Even Michael isn't sure.

One thing is certain -- and I'm sure even Michael is beginning to realize it -- this was his worst decision since trying to play baseball.

A 38-year-old version of Michael Jordan wasn't going to transform the lowly Wizards into playoff contenders. Not now, not in the near future.

Sorry Michael, this is one challenge even you aren't up for.