Blown leads

[Eric Albert]

>Eric Albert wrote:
>
>>>if the C's happen to "just" beat the Lakers, to
>barely squeak by, winning Game 7 by two points after
>leading earlier by twenty . . . will you respect them?
>Will you be happy?
> 
>Peter Delevett <pdelevett at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Sure. Hey, if they raise banner 17, especially over
>the Lakers, it doesn't matter if they do it in four
>straight or in seven ... I agree with you that it
>ain't about style points. 

Great! With luck, we'll both be happy.

>And if they end up losing to Detroit or LA because
>they simply got outclassed by a better team, I can
>live with that, too. But if they lose because they
>couldn't keep up the intensity over four quarters, or
>made dumb mental errors, or let opponents back into
>games ... that will suck. But hey, let's see how it
>plays out.

I dunno. I think good teams have a way of making
you look bad. Hard to have an artistic loss.

>Sorry to be snippy. ;)

Hey, thanks -- I appreciate that.

-- Eric