Re: Celtic loyalty

[Ed Ag <afn15554@afn.org>]

   Interesting question Douglas!  It reminds me of a Jerry Seinfeld bit in
which he is poking fun at pro sports these days in which there is a great
deal of player movement from team to team via free agency, etc.  He says
that the fans, who in the past were loyal to the players who were on their
teams for the long haul are now being subjected to new faces every year.
Jerry said the fans are being reduced to "rooting for the clothes."
     That's pretty funny, but also sadly true.  That's why it's still alot
more fun for me to go back and watch my tapes from the Bird era.  Larry,
Kevin, Chief, DJ, Danny, Tiny, Max, ML, Henderson, etc.  Those were the
Celtics!
      The present team (to whom I am trying very hard to warm up to but it
is difficult) -- these guys are not The Celtics.  They are a bunch of 90's
tatooed greedy brats (with the possible exception of Andrew DeClerq and a
couple of others) who just happen to be wearing clothes that say "Celtics."
Ed


>    In light of some of the discussions on this board in the last few weeks,
> wherein many have said that they root for the Celtics, and don't tune in to
> other teams' games, I pose the following hypothetical question, which came to
> light during tonight's radio sports.
>   SUPPOSE there is no 1998-99 season; SUPPOSE that the Boston franchise then
> moves to Pittsburgh and the same players emerge as the Pittsburgh Ironmen;  in
> the 2001-02 season, a brand new franchise appears in Boston calling itself the
> Celtics.  Now the Ironmen (Walker, Pierce, Mercer et al) are playing the
> Celtics.
>    Who are you rooting for?
>   I thought of this when listening to speculation about the possible first
> pick of the expansion Cleveland Browns in next year's NFL draft.  When I was a
> football fan, I was a Browns fan.  Should I now be a Ravens fan?  
>    I don't have a right or wrong answer, just thought it might evoke some
> interesting comments.  Thanks.
> 

Ed Ag  afn15554@afn.org