I CAN"T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!

[Sean Giovanello]

If I agree with you, does it still mean we get to fire Ainge and Doc at the
end of the season?

On 2/6/07, Mark Piotrowski <mark at 10thumbs.org> wrote:
>
> Yeah that could apply to the losing streak, but just as much for the
> drumbeat.
>
> [WARNING:  potential irrational ranting to follow.]
>
> Just got done listening to the PTI guys -- who i think are usually
> very thoughtful and generally non-hysterical --- warn the C's against
> playing for the #1 pick b/c it didn't work before.  This is similar
> from posts i've seen here and on Celticsblog, other articles that
> take the easy road out.
>
> I am SOOOO tired of hearing how we're tanking, how we're playing for
> the #1 pick.
>
> Name me one other team -- ONE -- that could lose its #1 (pierce) and
> #2 (szczerbiak) guys for more than half the season, then lose their
> #5 guy (Allen) for the rest of the season, #3 & 4 guys for a handful
> of games (Jefferson, West) and have their #6 guy/starting center
> (Perkins) struggle through plantar fasciatis AND NOT STRUGGLE.  Who?
> Phoenix?  Dallas?  Atlanta?  Who??!
>
> THIS is not the same as 1996.  Say what you want but Scal is not
> Szabo, Green is not Todd Day, Gomes is not Marty Conlon. (Yes i
> realize this leaves the door open for glass-half-empty-ers to say
> "yeah i'd take Szabo and Day over Green/Scal.... but that's just
> stupid).
>
> This is (a) a very young team and (b) a very injured team.  And it's
> coached by Rivers who's OK at getting his guys to play hard, but is
> bad at making a team better.  How is it that much different than the
> Chicago Bulls of 2-3 years ago, you know the very young, injured team
> that grew into what the Bulls have now?!?!
>
> Ugh, sorry i'm just so tired of hearing that the C's are tanking.
> They're bad right now, but they're still fighting.  Please, please,
> stop with the tanking talk.
>
> (the other) mark
>
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