Re: Boo

[Boston Sports Fan <bostonsptsfan@yahoo.com>]

I have to concur, Alex. It's pathetic. I just wish
Antoine could see that he does have alot of support
among many of the truly knowledgeable fans. The ones
that boo him at the fleece center do so because it's
the cool thing to do right now. Now I'm not saying all
knowledgeable fans are Antoine supporters, but I'd say
it's a good bet that among the True, Knowledgeable,
Celtics fans, the majority like and support Antoine. I
wish he could know this. 

Actually, he does have a web site...If you go to
www.Athletedirect.com you can navigate through the
sports and teams and you'll find Antoine's page there.
It has a message board and journal entries from
Antoine. Nothing recent though, his last entry was
from December. He's probably given up on the fans of
Boston. Who can blame him?  

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I went to the game last night and for a while I felt
that the
atmosphere was a bit better than the last time I went
to a game (San
Antonio) where Antoine was booed for just about
anything. There were
still grumblings whenever he missed any shot that
wasn't a fast-break
basket or tip-in, but there wasn't any outright
booing. But in the
fourth quarter, after he missed the first of two free
throws after
missing two free throws in a previous trip to the
line, the boos
started raining down again. I have to say that this is
the dumbest
thing I've ever seen a crowd do. I can understand why
some people feel
the need to boo his three-pointers even though I think
they're often
rather ignorant about it - they'll do it even if
Antoine takes it with
the clock running out and the offense stalled. But on
free throws?!
The guy busts his butt every game, shoots 70% on free
throws this
season, is exhausted after back to back games (and
played the entire
second half yesterday, and only got a minute break in
the first half)
and gets booed for missing three free throws? Plus,
I'm sure it really
helped him concentrate on making his last free throw
when the HOME
crowd is booing him. He must love it here in Boston,
with such
"knowledgable" fans. Let's face the truth, the Boston
crowd doesn't
boo because it knows so much about good decision
making. The crowd
boos because it loves to boo Antoine Walker. I'm
amazed how he
actually called it "routine" treatment from the fans.
It would be
routine if he was visiting Boston in a Lakers uniform
and torching the
Celtics for 40 in a Lakers blowout win, which seems to
be what the
local media is clamoring for, and maybe what the
boobirds in this town
deserve.

Alex

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