boston fans

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

I don't think the Boston fans even rank with Chicago fans at this point.
The great Boston crowds where working class sports fans, fanatics whose
whole lives had been consumed with Celtics basketball.  Celtics fans at
today's
fleet center are bored yuppies mixed in with some old-timers.  As a whole,
they
are uninformed and lethargic.  They're certainly not as on the ball as
Knicks fans.
The BSG, a lifelong game attendee thinks they're down in the very bottom
tier
of NBA fans, and based on my visits to the Fleet center I'd agree.  It
doesn't have
anything to do with booing.  Just listen to what they say, and how stupid
they are.

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	bird [SMTP:birdw@teleport.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, January 18, 2001 6:35 PM
> To:	Celtics@igtc.com
> Subject:	Re: Antoine vs. Kings
> 
> >From: Jim Hill <jahill@leasingservice.com>
> >
> >So true.  But I'll match them up knowledge wise to most any other teams
> >fans.
> 
> This is the myth (whether true or not) that we always hear.  Not 
> being from Boston, I have, maybe, a certain outside objectivity that 
> those born in New England might not possess.  I actually think it's 
> more or less true, but as a friend here in the PNW (I'm just going to 
> call him the Oregon Blazers Dude), anyway OBD (website forthcoming, 
> natch) said "Yeah, too knowledgable for their own damn good," and I 
> think there's something to that.
> 
> >All the "fans" at the Fleet Center the last year or so don't count
> however.
> >I'm talking about the real season tix holders not the people there giving
> >the tix to because the games have been so painful to watch.
> 
> Yeah, I agree.  I'd lump in there "fans" who boo at home games (You 
> don't boo the home team, folks, you boo the _other_ team -- practice 
> hard, you'll get it right), people who root to lose (i.e. tankers), 
> and those who take a certain glee in the misperformances of players 
> and the team in general.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Celticus "Tirdius"