Re: Get Real About The C's Chances Against Utah

["Greg Odegaard" <gmodegaa@longvred.rmc.com>]

I for one comply with Tom's comments on the speculation of a possible win
tonight.  We must all be daft to believe the Celtics could have beaten the
Bulls, Sonics, Lakers and Hawks (these 3 on the road), or to haved believed
the image or reports of these great wins when they happened.  To question
whether these C's can beat the Jazz, the day after a road game in Toronto,
with 3 days rest, is just as curious.  I too will not guarantee a win
tonight, but no fan of this team should be suprised if it happens, or be
sorry for expecting it to be a possibility.  This whole issue of
questioning someones level of intelligence for being optimistic for a home
win under these conditions, is equally daft.

Greg

P.S.  The comments made regarding the respectability of these Jazz
obviously smokes out a closet Jazz fan, not that there is anything wrong
with that (per Jerry Seinfeld).  Also for the the ongoing arguments, there
is a distinct difference between being mean and sarcastic.  Some of us seem
to be losing sight of this fact.

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> From: Luke357401 <Luke357401@aol.com>
> To: celtics@igtc.COM
> Subject: Re: Get Real About The C's Chances Against Utah
> Date: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 8:20 AM
> 
> In a message dated 98-03-04 09:57:56 EST, FalconeR@nvg.com writes:
> 
> > I think that you must be daft!  Regardless of how much progress the
team
> >  seems to have made since the Anderson trade, it's both ridiculous and
> >  premature to imply that the beloved Celtics are in the same class as
> >  upper echelon NBA teams like Utah--yet.
> >  
> >  Let's be a little more realistic with our expectations.  I think this
game 
> > is a
> >  good measuring benchmark--a chance to ascertain exactly where the
> >  men in green stand vis a vis arguably the most experienced, most
> >  consummately professional, and best executing team in the league.
> >  
> >  I, for one, expect the Celts to get blown out tonight.  However, I'd
be
> >  pleasantly surprised if they were able to give the Jazz a good game.
> 
> I'm not going to go out on a limb and say that the Celtics are going to
beat
> Utah (and I don't think the original poster absolutely guaranteed a win
> either), but isn't this the same reaction many of us had prior to the
opening
> game of the season? Those who predicted that the Celts would even be on
the
> same court as Chicago for that game (let alone WIN the game) were branded
as
> having unrealistic expectations...
> 
> This observation is IN NO WAY intended as a flame and I am not directing
these
> comments to Ryan specifically because I am sure that many others thought
the
> same thing. I just read his post and it seemed very similar to the
comments on
> the list back in October -- the measuring stick idea and the expectation
of a
> blowout... I'll admit it: like Ryan, I will also be pleasantly surprised
with
> a Celtics win. 
> 
> PEACE!!!
> 
> --Tom