RE: C's awards/Pitino

[Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

Amy, I've been down this road also. If I thought we could get Rodman and
he'd help, I'd go for it. A lot of these so called Celtic fans are living a
false life and dream. The Celts have had their share of drug users, drunks,
accused rapists, and in general mischievous blokes with run in's with the
law, like dragging Boston's finest with a car, etc, etc. The Celtic Myth
has long ago evaporated. Tradition dies with the team, and needs to be
renewed. It's been a long time renewing, but plenty of talk about it. 

At 08:41 AM 3/20/00 -0800, you wrote:
>"If only Timothy McVeigh could hit the open 20 foot
>jumper, and be freed on bail, then Amy would sign
>him up too I guess." -- Not that I'll get it Greg, but
>I think you owe me an apology for that one. Because I
>said that the C's should have considered signing
>Dennis Rodman (I'll reiterate why), you extend that to
>JR Rider and now Timothy McVeigh? I also notice your
>sarcastic response was to two women. Do you not
>respect the opinion of women (some men also agreed
>with my post and I did not see you mention their
>names) or just anyone who disagrees with you wisdom?
>
>I was frustrated and suggested that the C's sign
>Rodman. Why? Because the C's were in a tailspin, not
>winning and not rebounding. I had just witnessed the
>C's blow a 20 point loss to the Mavs. I might as well
>be a fan of the Mavs or Clips. Growing up, I watched
>the C's win 5 titles in 12 years and now in the last
>15, I've seen no titles and only one playoff
>appearance in the last 8. I've seen bad drafting, poor
>signings and personnel moves. So, yeah I'm disguted
>and where the season had a month to go, I thought it
>would be interesting if the C's went out and got
>Rodman. He is a headcase. He also is a rebound machine
>with 5 championship rings. aT The time, Battie was out
>there getting his 0ne or two dunks a game (not much
>else) and Fortson was rotting on the bench. I wanted
>someone, anyone out there getting it done. Well, after
>Pitino took the job and talked about all the tradition
>of this franchise, the first things he did were can KC
>and DJ and then strip Red of his president title, so
>spare me.
>
>I notice you jumped on a couple of my posts. What did
>I say? DJ should be still on the bench to preach
>defense and Cowens should be coaching the big guys.
>Pitino has four assistants and while I recognize one
>has NBA experience, I don't see any with DJ's
>knowledge of defense. San An has 10 assistants. Dave
>Cowens was coaching the big guys for a short time
>before he took the GS job. I'm not "banging a gong",
>just commenting that Pitino is cutting off his nose to
>spite his face. He has a wealth of C's legends (that
>could possibly help) to choose from, yet he wants to
>do it his way with his crew. I'm not living in the
>past, or saying only C's should run the team; just
>that they are better than what he has now.
>
>I do set high standards for my fellow man, like not
>criticising someone else's opinions on a basketball
>mailing list, or trying to judge someone's religious
>or moral temperment based on a basketball opinion. I
>signed up for this list thinking it was a friendly
>place for C's fans to come and share ups and downs. If
>it isn't or others want me to go, I'll gladly leave.
>For the most part I find it is, while I find some
>people just like to be bitter and start arguments. For
>those, I advocate getting help.
>
>A lifelong C's fan 
>
>--- Gregory Odegaard <grodeg@kalama.com> wrote:
>> Amy it is not my school of manners, it is the school
>> of common decency within our society.  Glad to see
>> you set such high standards for your fellow man.  > 
>> Greg advocating that some consider becoming Mavs or
>> Clippers fans............
>> 
>> 
>
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