Re: Josh, Out To Lunch With His Latest Column

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Man,,,I want the Red Sox to make the playoffs so badddddddddddddd. It's
normal for basketball to take a back seat this time of year. The Press
doesn't seem to be behind the Celts anyway. Even in the latter Bird years,
they crucified that slow team. Basketball hasn't had the interest since the
Magic Bird years. Ticket prices are just too high and the teams just suck.
We Celtic fans are holding on to tradition. Just memories, just
memories....................

Dan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Way Of The Ray" <wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 7:08 PM
Subject: Josh, Out To Lunch With His Latest Column


> Josh exhibits his usual non-locality with his latest Celtics whine
> session about
> the Team in Green being devoid of coverage.
>
> Ozersky needs to face the following facts to avoid a repeat of  the same
>
> faulty assumptions in the future:
>
> 1) The Celtics are the fourth most popuilar sports team in Boston.
> Only the dreadful Revolution and whatever their name is Women's
> Pro Soccer team keeps them from scraping the bottom of the Boston
> Pro Sports barrel.
>
> 2) The Red Sox are involved in a heated Pennant Race. They are
> a Black Hole for Sports' coverage in the Summertime and the fact that
> they're challenging the Yankees at the moment, along with the usual
> Pedro
> Protestations and Crazed Machinations by other Sox players, means they
> have the majority of Print and Media coverage devoted to them.
>
> 3) It's Patriots exhibition season, and after the Red Sox, they are the
> second
> most popular team in Boston Sports.
>
> 4)  It's not as if the Celtics made any Earth-shattering moves over the
> Summer that would elicit continued coverage.  Yah, Banks might have an
> effect
> in time, but right now he's a rookie PG who can't shoot; Perkins is
> years
> away; Hunter needs depletions in the roster to see any playing time, and
>
> Jumaine Jones and Mike James  are a couple of low rent additions.
>
> The simple truth and reality of the situation is there isn't a lot of
> media interest
> in the Celtics, because there isn't a lot of Boston fan interest in the
> Celtics.
> Their interest lies with the Red Sox and Patriots, and until Ainge makes
> a
> defining move or elevates the team into Championship Contention, that
> interest
> will continue to lag.
> Ray