Re: Reality Bites

[bird <birdw@xxxxxxx>]

> From :RickDHome@xxxxxxx

> It may be a matter of standards.  Perhaps some are far more pleased 
> with
> mediocrity than others.
Yeah, that's it.  We're "pleased with mediocrity".  It couldn't be that 
we're now a decent team after years of mediocrity (under Pitino) or 
downright sucking (under ML).  Perhaps it's a matter of seeing that, 
just as it's a matter of seeing that there *are* faults with the team.  
All you down-and-outers get off on telling every one of us who dares 
think that hey, maybe the C's will pull out a decent year, that they 
suck, can't do anything this year,. won't do anything this year, 
because of Obie, because of Walker, because of Pierce, and the big one, 
because of Chris Wallace.

Hey, guess what?  It's the same old tune from back in the day.  Get rid 
of ML, it'll all be good!  Uh, get rid of Pitino, it'll all be good!  
Oh, get rid of Wallace, it'll all be good!

> My guess is Egg was lustily cheering our Celts
> during the glory years, and does so still when they're playing well.  
> Seems
> she unabashedly calls them (BDT) out for their failings as well.  Seems
> pretty clear sighted to me.
My guess is that Egg is about creating a spectacle in order to get 
noticed.  As long as we're offering opinions on the subject.  But hey, 
if you think quoting a folk song is an intelligent reply to someone on 
a sports list, more power to you.  Seems pretty cloudy to me, though.

> And belaboring Wallace's failings is not akin to talking about Easy 
> Ed.  It
> has direct relevance to what's happening on the court today.
I think Kim's subtle point about Easy Ed was both clever and akin to 
this subject.  Look harder, you'll see it.

> I suspect the Wallace apologists were the Pitino apologists were the 
> M.L.
> apologists....
>
> It's a familiar tune.
Heh.  I suspect you suspect incorrectly.

I think of it like this: I simply don't get off the bandwagon, it's 
that simple.  Sure, I get down on the team.  Especially when they play 
badly.  But I don't get off the bandwagon.  My seat on the bandwagon is 
secure because I never remove my fat ass from it.  (Like Norm from 
Cheers, except he went to the Hungry Heifer now and again.)  Now, all 
the people getting off who want to get back on say, when the team makes 
the playoffs, or make it to the ECF, will have to sit in the back of 
the bus, as me and my fellow "apologists" will have taken all the 
prime, up-front seats.

Ah, if only there was a physical benefit to match the metaphorical one 
above.

But, speaking of familiar tunes, back to the usual... .

Bird