Re: All You Cecil Groupies Can Rejoice

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would rather be in the lottery than in this charade.

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Way Of The Ray" <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 6:16 PM
Subject: All You Cecil Groupies Can Rejoice


> From: "Wright, Cecil" <Cecil.Wright@JUSTICE.GC.CA>
> >To: <celtics@igtc.com>
> >Subject: RE: All You O'Brien Groupies Can Rejoice
> >Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 11:36:23 -0300
> >
> >But we are Celtic fans....at least most of us are, Kestas.  There are
> some
> >folks on this list who I do not think are truly Celtic fans because
> they
> >take such great delight in our losses and poor play.
> 
> My God, Cecil!  Double agents on this list??!!!  Some Lakers Mata Haris
> here.
> Some moles for the Sizers. This is devastating!
> 
> Cecil as an Amrerican (or 51.5 percent of an American, with the Canadian
> authorities
> shooting diseased Toronto citizens, the giant frog infestation in
> Quebec, the Japanese
> killer whales eating all the Cod Fish off the coast of Labrador,
> and the American boycott of Canadian products causing
> the Canadian economy to combust, the exchange rate is plummeting fast)
> it is
> your duty to reveal who these agents of basketball espionage are.
> 
> 
> When we win, they are
> >silent about it.
> 
> It's good that you've taken an active role with the team, Cecil, and can
> notify
> us of such discrepancies.
> 
> >If the bottom line is business, than the Celtics are succeeding.
> 
> Absolutely right, as reflected in their bouyant TV ratings and the
> amount
> of sports coverage they receive in the Boston Media.
> 
> They have
> >emerged from the land of the lotto,
> 
> Thank God, they're in the East and not the West, or they be in that
> awful lottery again.
> 
> to make the playoffs in two consecutive
> >seasons.
> 
> It doesn't get any better than that for the team known as the Clippers
> of the East.
> 
>  As a business person, one would want the additional revenue.
> 
> Certainly right there, and they plan to shovel it in fast, with thier
> magnanimous gesture of
> raising ticket prices a few million percent.
> 
>  As
> >a fan, one would want their team to go as deep as possible into the
> >playoffs to improve the self esteem of your players.
> 
> As long as it improves Antoine's confidence in taking more shots, that's
> all we can ask for.
> 
>  These guys have
> >played ball their entire lives, but none of them, prior to last year,
> had
> >ever experienced the intensity of the ECF.
> 
> And that intensity came through with their whitewashing of New Jersey.
> 
> 
> That builds character and
> >hopefully will make them work harder to address their weaknesses.
> 
> It has already improved Walter McCarty's singing career.
> 
> 
> As for me, I'm sorry I wanted them to win 16 games and pick up
> an impact player in the draft.  How foolish I was, as these
> Celtics have shown us with their vanquishment Of Indiana and their
> steel-trapped minded coach Isiah Thomas, that they have truly what it
> takes to win championships.
> Ray
> 
> PS: New Jersey in 5