Re: Celtics Woes

[Nault <rnault@ptialaska.net>]

Can you say "Fairweather fan"?

Tim


>tjoyce@mit.edu wrote, among other things:
>
>> Nope, I'm mad as hell with the jerking around that is going on.  We're
>> fans.  We pay the cash. Look what happened to baseball when they
>> forgot the fans.
>
>I'm one of those people whose paid the cash for season tix for five years
>after
>seven years on the wait list. What happens in the next few
>weeks wil determine if keep my seats next season.
>
>Regardless of who is coach and who is GM, the C's go nowhere without
>the #1 pick, presumably Duncan. Having said that, here's what I think I'll do.
>
>Coach        GM           First pick       What I do
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Pitino       Bird         Duncan           Keep seats. This combo
>                                           will generate enough interest
>                                           for me to sell games I don't
>                                           want to see myself.
>Pitino       Pitino       Duncan           Keep seats.
>Pitino       Carr         Duncan           Tough call, but probably keep.
>Hill         Bird         Duncan           Tough call. Probably dump.
>Hill         Carr         Duncan           Dump
>DJ           Carr         Duncan           Dump
>Brown        Bird         Duncan           Probably dump
>Anyone       Anyone       not Duncan       Dump
>
>I too am frustrated. I'll still do to a few games next season even if I
>dump my seats just because I enjoy going to games. The only way to get
>our message across as fans is to stay home until ThanksDad feels it in his
>wallet.
>
>I heard interviews with Bob Hill (caught the end) and with Kentucky's
>athletic director CK (didn't catch his last name). Hill was talking with
>Eddie Andelman and said "Bird is an icon in Indiana, they love him
>there" and thought Bird could easily end up there as coach or GM or
>both.
>
>At this point, Eddie questioned which side of the street Bird was on. I
>can't blame Eddie for this. Here's Bird running around interviewing
>coaches for
>the C's while he's talking about going to
>Indiana. Hill also said that he didn't think Bird would be a good coach
>because he's a perfectionist and wouldn't have the patience to put up
>with today's players.
>
>Glenn Ordway interviewed CK. CK talked in circles. First, he said that
>he wanted to sign a contract with Pitino to a length of Pitino's
>choosing (3-5 years) and end this game that goes on every Spring about Pitino
>going back to the pros. Ordway said "but doesn't Pitino
>have three years left on his contract and that he has an out clause?" He
>also asked CK if he'd want to no longer have an out clause so he could
>lock up Pitino? CK only said that he wanted to sign Pitino and end the
>speculation, but he also said that Rick should make up his mind and
>either sign another contract at Kentucky or move on to the pros.
>
>I can really envision the C's blowing it, especially now that ThanksDad
>seems to be getting invilved in the coach hiring. We could easliy lose
>Pitino and Brown (not that I think much of Brown), and end up with Hill
>reporting
>to ML. But, the real answer will come on May 18 (the
>lottery).
>
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>...Martin


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