Re: Philly game

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

Also, I think we are overreacting to the sixers loss.
The fact is, it's hard to beat a motivated, cohesive
team that has been playing well in their own building,
particularly the night after a big game.  Just because
they don't have "star" players doesn't make it a
disgrace.  Alex gets my vote for official Voice of
Reason.


--- Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> > My expectations are the 8th spot, anything above a
> bonus. I am personally
> > too competitive to take the type of losses we have
> had lying down. If it's
> > your cup of tea fine. Maybe Mr. Brown wasn't quite
> as inadequate as Pitino,
> > therefore the win.
> 
> So if Kenny hits the three-pointer near the end, or
> if Paul and Tony
> hit their free throws, then Pitino is the better
> coach? Or Jim O'Brien
> is a better coach (or less inadequate) than Pat
> Riley, therefore the win?
> 
> Pitino has so far steered the team to a record that
> is almost exactly
> what your expectations are. The team is half a game
> out of the playoffs
> currently. Why all the griping then?
> 
> I'm not sure what being a "competitive" fan means,
> because we're just
> spectators. No Celtic fan wants the team to lose, if
> that's what you
> mean, but it's possible to stay positive about the
> team and give some
> credit to opposing teams instead of treating every
> loss as another
> reason to spew negativity onto the coach and other
> scapegoats.
> 
> My problem with the criticism is that it is
> completely unbalanced.
> You seem to blame Pitino for every bad thing the
> Celtics do and give
> him no credit for any good thing that they do. If
> you think he's 
> responsible for every loss, fine, but then he
> deserves credit for
> every win too. How about giving him some credit for
> beating Indiana
> and Miami this year, say, or Toronto and Charlotte? 
> 
> 
> Alex 
> 
> 

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