RE: [Celtic_Pride] Celtic Fans

["Mike Griffin" <mgriffin@rillc.com>]

It would take extraordinary circumstances for me to root against a
player on my team.  I always cheered for Straw and Howe w/ the Yanks
despite their off the field problems.  I think I would have had a hard
time cheering for Rocker if I was a Braves fan just because he is such a
jerk and Everett would be on the border too because he doesn't seem to
be a team player at all and I'll never forgive him for blowing Mussina's
perfecto.

No issues with the Celtics - may they all hit 50% from the field
tonight.

-----Original Message-----
From: Cecil Wright [mailto:cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca]
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 3:48 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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