Fwd: Who should start tanking the season?

[Snoopy the Celtics Beagle <snoopy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My comments about Chad Ford and tanking.


>To quote Christine Lavin, "I'm not much of a mathematician, but even I can 
>see..." that a 2.9% chance of getting the pick you want is not an 
>enticement to tank the season.  If Danny likes the lottery so much, go to 
>the convenience store and buy a flamin' ticket.  Same for all those 
>enthusiasts who hope the C's crash and burn their way to New Jersey next June.
>
>The ONLY way I want to be in New Jersey in June is if we're playing the 
>Nets for the EC championship.
>
>Maybe it's not sensible, but I don't root for my team to lose.  There are, 
>to my mind, certain rules which are NOT broken.  That's why last night, I 
>was hoping the Nets would beat L.A.  Because I root for EVERYONE who plays 
>against the Lakers.
>
>No tanking, period.  If I thought the C's were deliberately tanking, I'd 
>be hollering loud enough to be heard up in Boston.
>
>And Chad Ford is an insufferably smug iconoclastic fool who should be 
>charged with grand larceny for collecting a paycheck.
>
>At 12:02 PM 3/1/2004, bdodgers reprinted Chad Ford's latest idiocy:
>
>>             Boston Celtics
>>             Record: 25-36
>>             Chance of landing No. 1 pick: 2.9%
>>             The Skinny: Danny Ainge loves this draft so much, he was 
>> willing to
>>             take on the last two years of Chucky Atkins' contract just 
>> to get a
>>             third first-round pick, even if it's low in the round. With the
>>             Celtics playing some of the worst basketball in the league 
>> right
>>             now, I believe Ainge has decided it's time to throw in the 
>> towel. He
>>             wants head coach John Carroll to play young players like Jiri
>>             Welsch, Brandon Hunter, Marcus Banks and Kendrick Perkins so 
>> he has
>>             a better feel for what he does and doesn't have going into the
>>             summer. Given Danny's preference for up-tempo basketball, 
>> you can be
>>             pretty sure he's gunning for a player like Howard to add 
>> size and
>>             versatility to his front line.
>
>Snoopy the Celtics Beagle
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