Re: negativity despite Cs success

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

Ho Hum.

If anyone has problems with what I wrote, I apologize, but where the hell
have you been when I have been steadfastly stating that positives will
develop if this team is given time?  Most regular listees will verify that I
am honest in my assessments and don't dump on a player in order to get some
kind of sardonic pleasure from it.  The Celts are my team win or lose.  I am
realistic enough to understand that a team is not going to play at its peak
output every single game.  And as a very young team, we will take some lumps
along the way.  But when we finally get it together (perhaps when the Fort
returns) we will be a scary team at times.

Cecil

----- Original Message -----
From: <opi@unesco.org>
To: Thomas Murphy <tfmiii@worldnet.att.net>; <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: negativity despite Cs success


> Who am I to ever negate a negativity negator, but personally I got a
chuckle
> out of what Cecil said below, and that's despite being pretty much El
> Presidente of the Internet Chapter of the Fellowship of the Miserables.
>
> GO you CELTS!
>
> Joe
>
> ---------
>
> Thomas Murphy wrote:
>
> > A little while back someone complained about the negativity that at
times
> > seems so prevalent on the list.
> >
> > I think it is important to realize that a large chunk of the negativity
on
> > the list tends to take the form of people "dumping" not on the coach or
> > team but on other people on the list. From where I sit what separates
> > negativity from thoughtful commentary is not necessarily WHAT is said
but
> > HOW it is said. A negative about a perceived negative does not
necessarily
> > add up to a positive. Indeed, when indulged in gratuitously (as below)
such
> > "negativity for the sake of combating negativity" seems to embody all
the
> > worst characteristics that have lately been so loudly asserted
concerning
> > "negativity". Dare I say it smacks of "the pot calling the kettle
black"?
> > Perhaps we need to cut Antoine some slack since it seems that we need
look
> > no farther than this list to find problems with maturity.
> >
> > I'll keep this short, before - to use another cliche - someone decides
to
> > "hoist me on my own petard" by accusing me of being "too negative on the
> > negativity-negators" ;) and simply end by extending my congrats to
Pitino
> > and the team as a whole on a fine victory that must surely taste sweet,
> > particularly since it involves a certain degree of vindication. I could
get
> > used to this kind of ball - GO Celts GO!!
> >
> > Best wishes - Tom Murphy
> >
> > -------------------
> > > Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 22:02:32 -0400
> > > From: "Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>
> > > Subject: Tonight
> > >
> > > Awfully quiet on the Celtic Grouch List tonight!  Wassup???  Where are
> > > y'all???  Pitino sucks!  Toine sucks!  Waltah sucks!  Barros sucks!
> > Battie sucks!  Cheaney sucks!  Pervis sucks!  There, I've said it for
you.
> > Now
> > > maybe for one game anyway, we can appreciate old-style Celtic ball
> > movement and team play without ripping someone, huh?
> > >
> > > Cecil
>