Re: MERCER

["Banzai" <rottie@webquest.com>]

I second the motion, and great analogy by the way

-----Original Message-----
From: Dorine <norine@sover.net>
To: celts <celtics@igtc.com>
Date: Monday, February 08, 1999 10:39 AM
Subject: MERCER


>I just can't get over this.  Say you have a job - any kind of job, at which
>you've worked very hard, are good at, and you've been a faithful employee.
>Then one day you are injured, or don't feel well, or make a mistake,
>whatever.  Do you think the boss should fire you?  Of course you don't, so
>why this picking on Ron Mercer?  He's a second year player, isn't he?
>Didn't he have a monster game in pre season?  He was not supposed to play
in
>the first two games, but Pitino played him.  Rick said he should not have
>done that - the brace was bothering him, and he couldn't elevate.  You're
on
>his case, he's no good, etc., etc.  There's no way we should be getting rid
>of Ron Mercer.  He's going to be a great player and we need more like him.
>
>I'll get off my soap box now, but how upset were some of you that there was
>so much criticism of Walker?  Well, many of us feel that way about Mercer.
>Give the kid a chance to recover, then see what he does before you want to
>throw him away.  Same with Anderson, he has a bad game and you want to get
>rid of him, too.  All I can say is some of you have a very short memory.
>
>Dorine
>
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