Re: Antoine and the Boobirds

[Celtic4Hire@AOL.com]

Hey Paul,
The sarcasm gig isn't cute anymore...

DJessen33


> Yeah, I'm a basketball purist too, and I can tell you I'm pissed that
> they're 42-32 and heading into the playoffs. And I'll tell you, I don't 
> know
> how this team's won 42 games with that idiot coach and ball- hogging power
> forward controlling things. Given how stupid O'Brien is and how much 
> control
> Antoine has over everyone on the team you'd think this team would be 1-73. 
> I
> just wish that basketball purist Pitino were still in charge. He knows how
> the game should be played. There's a guy who, no matter what the team's
> record, was right. And the thing I loved about him...the record REALLY
> didn't matter. He was going to do things the right way...the purists
> way...and if they were going to lose, so be it. Gotta respect that. Now 
> that
> Antoine and O'Brien are in charge, well, now that Antoine's in charge, this
> team has started winning and I just don't care how they do it, it's just
> wrong. And I'm tired of using the excuse, well, it seems to be working.
> Enough excuses for this kind of basketball, for this kind of player. Damn
> the record. That's no excuse for soiling the purity of a great franchise, 
> of
> a great game. What would Larry think if he were walking through that door
> again? I just hope they trade that selfish ball-hog for a "pure" power
> forward like Brian Grant and fire that idiot coach in the off season and
> hire a "pure" head coach like Pitino. Purity, that's what we need more
> of...not this winning crap. And one more thing about making the playoffs.
> This is the Boston Celtics we're talking about. This team hasn't made the
> playoffs in almost a decade, but as a purist, as a Boston Celtics fan, I 
> say
> screw the playoffs. If this team doesn't win a championship this season has
> been a total failure. Getting to the playoffs, winning the majority of 
> games
> you play, meaningless for a franchise like the Boston Celtics who haven't
> made the playoffs in almost a decade. I know I was much happier when we had
> that genius/purist Rick Pitino stalking the sidelines with his huge
> basketball brain and pure basketball soul losing all those games because I
> knew that in time, the team would win "the right way." Eventually.Given
> enough time. Given enough pure thoughts. When the team didn't make the
> playoffs at least we knew it was for the right reasons. They didn't play 
> the
> game the way it was supposed to be played, so they didn't win. Now this
> crap, this idiot coach, this excuse for a basketball player, and they get 
> to
> the playoffs? Not on my moral watch. This purist is having none of it,
> enjoying none of it. I hate this winning crap so much.
> 
> 
> Paul M.