Re: Michael Holley On The Ball

[Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>]

You're getting your Williams mixed up.  John "Hot Plate" is the
blubbery,
ex-Washington Bullet, who in his younger, more svelte days possessed a
lot
of skills, and still does, but they lie beneath an overly-extraneous
layer
of fat.  He obviously will be Pitino's latest reclamation project when
the
lockout ends, and who knows?  If he survives Pitino's training camp, he
should  be able to contribute to the C's. 
Ray

Jim Meninno wrote:
> 
> Re: John Williams.  Did anyone understand this reference in the Holley
> article?  Does this mean that he has been signed already?  Are we
> talking about John Williams, the 37 year old center who played for
> Pheonix last year?
> 
> I thought the Holley article brought up some interesting points about
> the quality of the game lately, but overall it just seemed to be putting
> a pro-union opinion forward just for the sake of it.  Perhaps he's
> trying to be different, as all of the other opinion I have seen is
> painting the players as the greedy ones.
> 
> I think that Holley's implication that this is a racist issue is off
> base.  Who needs racism to dislike someone for fighting for the right to
> earn 70 times what his teammates make (21 mill vs 300 thou)?  Sorry, I
> don't like racism and I get upset when someone implies that if I hold a
> certain opinion, I must be a racist.
> 
> Also, the players mantra of blaming the owners for not exercising
> restraint just doesn't make sense to me.  If all the teams are operating
> under a collective bargaining agreement, it is natural that teams will
> do whatever they can under that agreement to sign players.  They will
> push the limits to gain any advantage they can.  That is the nature of
> competition in sports.  You might as well say Michael Jordan should
> exercise restrain and not travel and carry the ball, even though the
> refs let him get away with it.  That's one reason I think a maximum
> salary is a bad idea.  If there is a maximum salary, what self
> respecting potential star will take anything less?  I think that's a
> sure way to divide the league further into to distinct classes, with no
> middle ground.
> 
> Anyway, it was good to read a differing opinion from the dozens of
> anti-player articles that Ray has posted recently, but I can't say that
> I agreed with much of it.
> 
> Jim
> 
> >Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 10:16:35 -0500
> >From: Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
> >CC: celtics@igtc.com
> >Subject: Michael Holley On The Ball
> >and John "Hot Plate" Williams - Can you believe Pitino swiped him away
> from Larry Brown......
> >
> 
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