Re: Philly game

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

Hi Alex,

Take it from one who has been down this road.  You are wasting your time
trying to appeal to Forant's power of logic and reasoning.  He is going to
complain and bitch.  That is what he likes to do and that is what he will
continue to do no matter how reasonable your post may be.  There have been
several posts recently which have essentially said the same thing as far as
the blame game is concerned.  You see how much effect they have on him?
ZIP!

Let him continue to say his garbage and be thankful that he hasn't yet tried
to make fun of you.

Cecil

----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>
To: Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 4:02 AM
Subject: Re: Philly game


>
> > 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
>