Re: We Have an Announcement for ABC

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Simple, the Celts have become the laughing stock of the East. They are not
getting credit because they don't deserve it. Jordan the greatest player to
play the game got and deserved all the attention he got. He was instrumental
in late stages of the game shooting and play making. He has Bird, Magic like
savvy to go along with athleticism and an excellent shooting arsenal.

DanF


----- Original Message -----
From: "Snoopy the Celtics Beagle" <snoopy@celticsbeagle.net>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Cc: <celticsstuffgroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 10:06 PM
Subject: We Have an Announcement for ABC


> Hey Brent Hamburger...
>
> Today was not, despite obvious attempts to describe it otherwise, the
> Michael Jordan Concert.  There were two teams--the Boston Celtics and the
> Washington Wizards--playing a game of basketball.  Yet every other word
out
> of the mouths of the broadcast team was Jordan.
>
> On the rare occasion that you gave that a rest, you waxed long and
> excruciatingly about the Wizards' chances at getting into the playoffs,
> commenting at least a half-dozen times about how Milwaukee had a more
> favorable schedule.
>
> Guess you missed the OTHER story.  The Celtics, despite what can only be
> described as a miserable March, need one more win to secure a playoff
berth
> of their own--with five games left.
>
> Oh, was I the first to mention it?  If I'd been on ABC TV today, I'd have
> been the ONLY one.
>
> Today's "network" broadcast of the game was so one-sided, you should be
> getting your paychecks from the Wizards.  Pierce scores 40 points Friday
in
> a comeback attempt against Sacramento--a team that absent the Lakers would
> be crowned the Team of the West--and you say nothing.  Walker scored a
> double double in assists and rebounds--which people have been asking for
> all season long--and all you can do is make fun of his poor shooting
night,
> and pronounce his play disappointing.
>
> At this point, I'm so sick of hearing about Jordan and the Wizards, that
> I'd be perfectly willing to relocate them to Vancouver if the Canadians
> promise to close the borders and deny them a broadcast permit.
>
> It's not enough to hear this garbage on TNT, I really hoped ABC would at
> least attempt to mention one of the two teams playing in front of
> them.  How blitheringly stupid do you have to be to miss the fact that
> you've got a high-energy game which BOTH teams Need To Win that went into
> overtime, just to point out, repeatedly, as if we were all outsmarted by
> pet rocks, that this is probably Jordan's last appearance as a player in
> Boston.
>
> We've heard it before.  Twice.  So long, already, Mike.
>
> The Celtics were under appreciated by the networks last year, and got no
> television coverage prior to the playoffs.  This week, in a space of eight
> days, they're on ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBAtv.com.  But you guys still don't
> get it.
>
> Coach O'Brien took a team with (all due apologies to Tony Battie, etc.) no
> real dominating inside presence, and made them playoff contenders.  Nobody
> is dismissing them as potential contenders THIS year.
>
> Then you turn in that inane broadcast, which makes Tom Heinsohn look
> positively statesmanlike.
>
> I'm not addressing this to the networks, as I believe they'd pay as much
> attention to it as they did to the Celtics themselves, so I get to vent--a
> little--here online, and hope that someday, somehow, the network heads are
> summarily removed from their dank orifices and given much needed oxygen.
>
> In the meantime, *plllllbbbbbttttttt*
>
> Snoopy the Celtics Beagle
> Please visit the <http://www.celticsbeagle.net/>Celtics Beagle Website