1.   A big-name free agent signs elsewhere and then rips the team?

2.   But this is basketball, where jealousies and egos ripping teams apart are as common as backdoor cuts in a Princeton scrimmage.

3.   Coach Larry Bird has ripped his team on several occasions.

4.   Council member Craig McDaniel ripped the team during a discussion of whether to have a parade if the team wins its fourth Super Bowl title in five years.

5.   He could have benched players, cut players, thrown out schemes and ripped his team to shreds.

6.   Injuries have ripped this team.

7.   One is hard pressed to remember a club owner ripping his team so thoroughly before the first game has been played.

8.   Pistons first-year coach Doug Collins has resorted to ripping his team in the media to light a fire under his players.

9.   Parcells did not want to rip his team beyond what was absolutely necessary.

10.   That team was just ripped apart little by little.