Re: Just Hang On

[mwmornin <mwmornin@oakland.edu>]

On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Jason Gunkel wrote:

> I, along with a lot of other people on this list have been very discouraged
> with the last few terrible losses, but I read something today that made me
> feel a little better.  I was looking at a Sporting News issue from a couple
> weeks back and it had their season predictions.  It had the Celtics ranked
> 22nd which I thought was pretty good considering where some other magazines
> had them ranked.  But what caught my attention was how the writer said their
> season would start out and finish.  He said that in the beginning, the
> Celtics would look absolutely awful and get blown out by embarrasing margins
> and not score many points and the fans would get very discouraged.  That is
> exactly what is happening.  He then said the team will grow together and get
> down the system more and more each day and win some games they shoudn't.
> And then by March nobody will want to play them.  While I was wathching the
> Bulls  game last night on TBS, Hubie Brown said the same thing.
> 
> So would everyone please stop talking about the lottery(I got enough of that
> talk last season) and just hang on and be patient?
> 
>  Exactly, I agree completely. I read that Sporting News article as well.
Pitino doesn't exactly have an easy task of turning a group of raw talent
into title contenders, especially when fans have the noose ready after 4
games, all of which were against the top teams in the conference. Wait
until 20-30 games into the season after we've played the 76er's, Kings,
Clippers, and Warriors of the league.  I also believe that by this time
the players will be in the condition they need to be in to play high-pressure
D and shoot the ball effectively at the other end. The Knicks weren't un
overnight success either when Pitino took over, and he had the luxury of a
Patrick Ewing to bolster his defense. Travis Knight isn't there yet.

Markus. (Rare Celtic fan in the Detroit area)