Re: JEREMY

["JLyell" <jlyell@concentric.net>]

Dorine unfortunately the times have changed.  It was nice when there was
loyalty between athletes & teams , now there is little,  and the league and
all pro sports quality has definitely suffered.   Just ask the newest
Celtic Travis Knight.  If the Lakers had not picked him up last year , he
could have been CBA bound, they gave him a chance, now its "Show me the
money".  It has definitely become big business. People still go to the
games, so things won't change. 

 I think Fox , Walker & Wesley were the keepers from last year, but due to
the large contracts of Radja, Barros, Brown, & Ellison & little interest,
we were left with little choice. 
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> From: Dorine Pratt <norine@sover.net>
> To: Celtics@igtc.COM
> Subject: JEREMY
> Date: Tuesday, July 08, 1997 7:41 PM
> 
> Hi.  I never said I wanted to keep all our old players, but remember it
> was not the decision of the players to trash the season, it was manage-
> ment's.  They would take a player out when he was scoring big.  That's a
> fact, I was watching the games, all of them.  I felt strongly about Fox
> and Wesley because they were true Celtics, work ethic, leadership, the
> whole 9 yards.  Apparently, basketball isn't about caring about the
> players any longer.  Sorry if I seem like a sentimental WOMAN to you,
> but I've been watching the Celtics since 1955 and I have never seen such
> a housecleaning, where the players were nothing.  When Fox tried the
> Free Agent market, he didn't know who the new coach would be.  When he
> did know, he agreed to play for less, and that has been in print several
> times.  I care about the games and the players, not just about winning
> right away.  As far as I'm concerned, that's what a real fan is, but I
> guess that's all changed these days, too.  It's a business, it's about
> winning and nothing else.  Well I'm sorry, but I still think it stinks.
> I will be watching the team this year, but they're going to have to win
> the title of Celtic as far as I'm concerned, and so is Mr. Pitino.  This
> is my opinion and after all these years of watching all the games and
> going whenever possible, I think I'm entitled to it.  Thank God we at
> least still have the same announcers, though maybe Rick will decide they
> have to go, too, since 3 of them are former Celtics players.  Right now
> I'm rooting for Dee Brown to show the potential he always had.  At least
> he's a familiar face.
> Respectfully,
> Dorine