Re: new bulpett nba notes

["Cecil" <cecil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bird is right!  I don't give a shit about fiscal sanity.  I care about the
Celtics getting the next championship banner to the rafters.  In order to do
that, money must be spent.  If the owner is reluctant to spend what it
takes, especially in this city which has seen the thrifty nature of Harry
Sinden for years, perhaps he should sell the team to the highest bidder and
allow someone else to take over the franchise.  Someone else who is perhaps
more of a fan than is the current owner.

Cecil



----- Original Message -----
From: bird <birdwl@earthlink.net>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 1:30 AM
Subject: new bulpett nba notes


> You can find the article at:
>
> http://www.bostonherald.com/sport/celtics/nbants09012002.htm
>
> Dick Pond tries valiantly to explain the reason why Rodney Rogers was
lost.
>    Maybe it's convincing for some people, but every time I hear him talk
> about "profits" and "fiscal sanity" and the like I only notice that he's
> not talking about basketball.  He's talking about business.  He's not
> talking about making the team better, he's talking about making the team
> profitable.  That just doesn't work for me.  I don't even want to know who
> the CFO of my favorite basketball team is, I want him to be invisible,
> behind-the-scenes, and *silent*.  Instead, the CFO is giving me reasons
> why last year's third option and 12 and 6 guy was let go to the main
> conference rival.  When a man as rich as Paul Gaston is having his
> flunkies tell me "it's too expensive" I just can't buy it.  "Fiscal
sanity"
> , indeed.  Think the Lakers are worried?  No.  They don't care if they're
> "fiscally insane" as long as they are winning championships.
>
> I think that, eventually, we'll have to stop rooting for the players on
> the team and just root for more money to pad Paul Gaston's bank account.
> The gate, the revenue, the hot dog and beer sales -- that's what will
> matter.  Other teams will win championships, but the Boston Celtics will
> be profitable.  And that's what it's all about, isn't it?
>
> (Looks like the Herald's copy editor suffers from the "+d" malady vis a
> vis Rogers' name, too.  I tell you, once it starts, it spreads like a
> virus.)
>
> You've got to love this line from Pond:
>
> ``In the long run, what we're looking for is some measure of fiscal
sanity,
>   and I think that's what the fans want to see, too. It requires teams to
> keep their financial house in order. But for now it's going to be
> difficult as teams get their payrolls in line."
>
> Sure, Dick.  Thanks for setting us all straight.  Sometimes, you lose
> sight of the really important things (you know, like profitability) and
> get caught up in silly things like winning games.  Thank god the CFO is
> there to put things back in perspective.
>
>   Instead of bringing your "Pierce" or "Walker" or "Baker" placards and
> signs to the game, support the owner and bring your "Profits" and "Fiscal
> Sanity" signs.  That's what the game is all about.
>
> Bird