Re: 2nd Rant of the day

["David Darlington" <davied99@netzero.net>]

AMEN BROTHER!!!  Better than I could have said it.  An excellent defense of
Antoine, and best of all, you didn't resort to the tired "he's young, he'll
learn" argument (which you mention at the end).  The three point shot at the
end of last night's game was a tremendously gutsy play, and I think he
deserves credit for having the balls to take it. (ladies, forgive me for the
gender-exclusive language)  Bird would be praised for taking this shot,
absolutely.  They'd talk about his "killer instinct" and "guts."  Instead,
they demand Walker's head on a platter for the exact same thing.

Where's the criticism of Pierce for missing his short jumper on the previous
play?  If Pierce makes that shot, Antoine's shot never happens.  Talk about
double standards.
-d

----- Original Message -----
From: "Boston Sports Fan" <bostonsptsfan@yahoo.com>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Cc: <sniles@vanderweil.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 10:35 AM
Subject: 2nd Rant of the day


> WEEI starts the "A-Team" show with all the troubled
> Athletes making headlines, (Rae Curruth, Ray Lewis)
> and promptly lumps Antoine in there with that bunch.
> Infuriated me so much I had to fire this off to them,
> hope they have to guts to read it on-air.
> _____________________________________________________
> I am SO sick of all the Boston Media getting all over
> Antoine Walker. What is your beef with this kid? Does
> he threaten you all? Has the Walker Wiggle gotten
> inside your head and bothered you so much that you
> have to trash him at every opportunity? Maybe his shot
> selection at times is questionable, but can anyone
> question his desire to win? No one can do that. He's
> made improvements to his game...sure he missed some
> key foul shots last night, but has anyone in the
> Boston media even bothered to mention that he's
> improved his free throw percentage by almost 15 points
> over last year? No. He's cut down signifigantly on his
> outside shots, and focused more on being down low,
> where he dominates. Last night he took some outside
> shots, but he had also played 47 minutes last night
> after playing about the same the night before in
> Indiana. It is so rediculous that the fans and media
> in Boston have to keep being down on him. I haven't
> figured it out. About the shot last night. All I can
> say is that if Larry Bird had taken that shot, the
> media would be saying what a "gutsy" shot it was.
> Going for the win instead of the tie. Wow, Larry
> really wants to win...Antoine takes it, and its "so
> incredibly stupid...the Celtics should cut their
> losses and trade him" What utter nonesense. Antoine
> has already won several games with last second shots
> and I'd rather have him taken that shot than anyone
> else on that roster. Even Pierce.
>
> When he talks to the media, he comes across as Quiet,
> soft spoken, thoughtful, he says the rights things, he
> seems to try avoid the cliche-ridden phrases that all
> other athletes reply on, his body isn't covered with
> tatoos like it seems 70% of the NBA is. He wants to
> win, he's not the ego-maniac he's made out to be, When
> Pierce was out with injury recently, he mentioned in
> the paper that it was going to be tough playing
> "without our best player". Hacks like Peter May seem
> to have an inate dislike for him and it shows in their
> writing. How professional. Even in his best games
> there has to be a few shots taken at him by the press.
> I'm so sick of this. You all are going to drive the
> kid out of town and he will come back to haunt you
> all. Mark my words. He will burn you.
>
> Hey, you notice I didn't mention the fact that he's
> only 23 years old?
>
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