RE: I could have sworn

["Sampath, Venkatesh" <Venkatesh.Sampath@microcell.ca>]

Sorry, Bentz, but as I said earlier:
1) As a Celtic fan, I'm used to winning championships, no more, no less.
2) I can't be excited about winning one game against the lowly Clippers. I'm far more apprehensive about what will happen against the Timberwolves (and I can't believe I just wrote that - the Timberwolves????)

Paul put it very eloquently in his e-mail when he said that this team has to put together a string of wins before people on this list can get to thinking positively - much like the streak they had in - lemme see - when was this - just a couple of months ago?

I mean - look at us. We are supposed to be enthusiastic because of a win against the Clippers? Is that what we have been reduced to? 

However, all said and done, I'm still willing to wait until the end of the season before passing judgement of any kind - be they trades or dismissals. 

venkat 

-----Original Message-----
From: R. Bentz Kirby [mailto:bocelts@usit.net]
Sent: 13 January 2000 11:57
To: Celtic Mail
Subject: Re: I could have sworn


Paul:

You missed my point.  I didn't suggest that anyone should be excited.  My point
was that there weren't even ANY posts.  It is kinda like a certain
disappointment settled on the list.  Kind of like "damn, I can't really be too
critical since they won. I will wait til they lose at Minnesota so that I can
call for Pitino to be fired and just not post today."

It seems like we at least would have heard, "it's a small step in the right
direction."

Or, "ugly, but at least we won."

I expected to at least see something positive.  Not joy.

damekmo@teleport.com wrote:

> The problem is that winning one out of four doesn't exactly get everyone
> excited about that one win. This team needs to win four or five in a row to
> get its confidence up. Winning needs to stop being something out of the
> ordinary. Yeah, a win is a win, but I'm waiting for them to actually prove
> that they know how to go out and get a win, not just fumble into one out of
> four. Let's be honest about it, they need to go out and finally play a
> good, consistent four quarters of basketball on the road, against a good
> team, and get a win. And then, they need to do it again, and perhaps one
> more time just for the hell of it. They've played too many games to keep
> making the same mistakes. I'm not sure the anxiety, doubt, and sarcasm on
> this list isn't justified. Is it too much to ask that after 30+ games this
> team goes out and plays well tonight against the T-Wolves, plays like they
> know what they need to do to get a win, and then actually doing it? Does
> anybody feel confident that it's going to happen? If we did, maybe there'd
> be more discussion and joy about last night's victory. Perhaps we're all
> just preparing ourselves for the loss this evening. They've given us no
> reason to believe anything else.
>
> Paul M.

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