Re: More on Baker, from Seattle, and it's not good

[Celtic4Hire@xxxxxxx]

The deer is weakened by the winter storm and has difficulty traversing in the 
deep snow. One scruffy coyote spots the deer and bites him from behind. See 
the blood spatter on the snow. See more coyotes come running. More and more 
coyotes come, jumping on the back on deer, forcing it to the ground. They rip 
and shred flesh, grinning as the blood drips from their hungry fangs. The 
sleek and gentle deer is no more....

DJessen33

> <See, this is why it matters. This is what Vin Baker does. And this is
> exactly why O'Brien was smart to not try to force-feed Baker minutes he
> didn't deserve. He knew Baker couldn't be counted upon, and he didn't want
> to give the rest of the team the easy scapegoat. The guy is a team-wrecker.
> That's why all this matters. Because it's only going to get worse. O'Brien
> should park him at the end of the bench.
> 
> Mark
> 
> P.S. One more thing... Professional sports are a brutal, hard, competitive,
> dog-eat-dog world. It's not built for the weak-minded. Someone may be
> perfectly nice away from the game, but that same niceness is a weakness on
> the court. And someone may be a complete ass off the court, and those same
> qualities make him a heck of a player on it. Baker is getting eaten alive.
> You can hear it in the voices of guys like Cedric Maxwell and Bill Walton.
> Some guys are warriors, some are weak. Vin is weak, and there are few things
> worse in sports. Of course, none of this was a secret-to anyone but Chris
> Wallace.>