Re: PATIENCE!

["Bob George" <bgp@lightspeed.net>]

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> From: Michael Gooen <callmebogie@yahoo.com>
> To: celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: PATIENCE!
> Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 3:32 AM
> 
> Can we all just calm down a little -- please?  In this miscarriage of
> a season in which ALL teams pretty much suck, I think there's a very
> important statistic that's been lost in all the "trade Antoine",
> "trade Mercer" and "trade everyone except Pierce" frenzy....
> 
> Ron Mercer:  5/18/76.
> Antoine Walker:  8/12/76.
> Paul Pierce:  10/13/77.
> 
> It's too easy to point out that the rookie Larry Bird was more mature
> than Antoine because Bird was, in fact, OLDER then than Antoine is
> now.  It's ridiculous to compare Antoine Walker to Larry Bird, other
> than to point out that they're the same height and both look very good
> in green.  Antoine is an exceptionally talented 22 year old who
> happens, like most of his spoiled NBA cohorts, to be woefully out of
> shape.  Mercer is coming off a scary knee injury.  They will be fine. 
> The Celtics will be fine.  GIVE THESE GUYS A CHANCE TO GROW UP
> TOGETHER ON THE COURT.  I suspect it will be marvelously entertaining
> to watch in the not too distant future.  THEY MIGHT EVEN WIN.
> 

I think we all need to pay heed to this.  As I said in an earlier post,
this is a YOUNG team and they simply need to grow.  And get a rebounder.

Bob G