RE: [Celtic_Pride] Celtic Fans

["Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>]

Cecil, the only time that's happened for me was this year with my beloved
Ohio State Buckeyes. Steve Bellisari is a third-year starter at QB and must
have incriminating pictures of Woody Hayes himself, because he's simply
awful. Everyone knows it. But he still plays. Well, after an especially poor
performance against UCLA earlier this season (5-for-23, 2 interceptions, no
offensive TDs-an Evil Antoine outing if ever there was one), the
anti-Bellisari sentiment was mounting and the feeling was he'd get one more
chance-against Indiana the following week-to prove he was the right guy.
I'll admit it. I rooted against him. I wanted him to play poorly and give
the backup a chance. I really felt the backup QB would have, with a little
patience, been the better player for the team. So I rooted against one
individual hoping in the long run it would better the team. Incidentally,
Bellisari had a pretty good game against Indiana and has been the
unquestioned starter since, and I support him completely because it's
obvious no change is forthcoming and the team's success is tied to his own.

Would I ever find myself rooting against Antoine? I honestly don't know. For
example, I really don't believe Antoine has suddenly undergone any sort of
epiphany and will become the dynamic player he was Wednesday on any kind of
consistent basis. Yet I get the sense after that game that our "braintrust"
believes more than ever that the team's power forward will be Antoine Walker
for the next seven years. You know how I feel about this team constructed
that way. If Antoine plays the way he has historically (not the way he did
Wednesday), this team is going nowhere. So I'll root for Antoine to play
like he did Wednesday. If it becomes obvious it isn't going to happen, I'll
root for changes. Will I root against Antoine? Not exactly, but I'll hope
that the "braintrust" sees the same things I'm seeing.

I'm probably going to get blasted for not being a true fan for admitting
this, but nothing could be further from the truth. I'm obsessed to an
unhealthy extreme with the Celts, and I just want them to be competitive for
championships again. Sometimes that means hoping to exchange the players we
have for better players or a better mix.

Mark

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Cecil Wright [mailto:cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca] 
Sent:	Friday, November 09, 2001 6:48 PM
To:	Boston Celtics; Celt's
Subject:	[Celtic_Pride] Celtic Fans

What does it say about a person who claims to be a fan of a particular team
but then they wish for failure or subpar performances by a player/s or the
team?

As an analogy, I do not like the behavior of Carl Everett of the Red Sox.
However, whenever the ball is hit his way, or whenever he is at bat, I am
cheering for a base hit from him.  I want the team to win every possible
game whether I am enamored with each player or not.

Is that the case with the you-know-who's on this list?  Do you cheer for
Antoine, Kenny, Wallah, VP and everyone else on the C's to perform well?  Or
would you rather have individuals like Toine have poor outings to feed your
distaste for him?

I'm really not trying to start anything.  A colleague of mine asked me that
about sports fans in general and I think it is quite applicable on this
list.

Cecil (GO C'S!!  BEAT THE SONICS!!!)


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