Horrific Doesn't Adequately Describe Ford's Beat-Down Of Rondo...

[Noah Evans]

There's a big difference between constructive criticism and spite.

Compare the following two statements:

"Horrific Doesn't Adequately Describe Ford's Beat-Down Of Rondo..."

"Rondo struggled last night against Ford"

They both say the same thing, one is just a lot nicer than the other.

I'll be the first to admit I'm a homer for the Celtics. I still have
fond memories of Celtics pariahs like ML Carr and Antoine and it
bothers me when people slag off on them. For better or for worse they
poured their souls into the Celtics and behaved with a great deal of
class in the community.  They deserve our respect.

I feel the same way with Perkins and Rondo. These are guys that play
their hearts out for us. Have they done something wrong? Have they
treated any one of us with disrespect? If not why do they deserve that
sort of perpetual negativity? Why not be constructive?

I don't get it.

Noah

On 11/7/07, Eggcentric at aol.com <Eggcentric at aol.com> wrote:
> <They still find things to complain about and still find ways to
> try and kill the joy of having a good basketball team in
> Boston again.>
>      - Shizz
>
> I'm afraid we are on very different wavelengths concerning
> the purpose of message boards.
>
> Was your purpose in joining a Celt board only to hear the fluffy
> and fun and none of the messy?    Did you really think in such
> a public forum you could blink facts because they were not to
> your taste?    Obviously none of us were born with a "How to"
> manual on being lovable posters.   Oh poor mortals how
> we make this earth bitter for each other.
>
> Yet I would guess that if every post here fit your criteria of only
> repeating "Garnett is great," "We are the best team in the league,"
> "Posey and House looked terrific," and "Pruitt and Powe and Big
> Baby and Wallace have great potential" (following the rave reviews
> for Moiso, Brandon Hunter, Banks, Reed, Gerald Green, Telfair,
> O. Greene, etc.), this list, IMHO, would become as boring as
> watching grass grow or a turtle navigate its way to the finish line
> of the Boston Marathon.
>
> Although we sneaked through with the Toronto victory, there's
> no reason why posters (i.e. Way Ray) should be considered
> miserable for criticizing weaknesses in our game.   Yet I'm not
> surprised.   It was ever thus ... even in a 24-win season.
>
> As for those who were so teary-eyed with the dramatics displayed
> at the introductory ceremony of the opening game, is this the NBA
> or the WWE?    Remember when we used to attend games to merely
> see good pure basketball?
>
> Egg
>
>
>
>
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