Peter May is an Idiot
There should be little to no doubt in the minds of real Celtics fans as to what they want to see in the final 23 games: hard-fought L's.
-Peter May, in today's Boston Globe
If you root for your team to lose, doesn't that inherently mean that you are not a "real fan?" Perhaps May is just trying to stir something up and get his name out there again, but it is hard to fathom this is something that May really believes, no matter how sour he has become with covering the Celtics.
How did May come to this conclusion that "real" fans should root for the Celtics' opposition? Did he ask any real fans? Doesn't appear so. Did he look historically at the difference between teams that had finished in the lottery the previous year vs. a first round exit in the playoffs? Nope.
Instead, in the article he makes two main points: it is a longshot for the Celtics to make the playoffs, down 5 games with another team to leapfrog (Chicago). Not exactly groundbreaking stuff, nor does it further his point at all. Just for good nature, he also includes a couple paragraphs about the tie-breaking scenario between the Bulls and the Celtics, which is newsworthy considering neither is currently in the playoffs. Secondly, he describes how weak the draft is perceived to be this year. He even goes as far as to suggest that LaMarcus Aldridge, who is a sophomore in college, reminds him of Mark Blount. He makes this assertion based on one game. Against Rice. Seriously. This seems to directly refute his entire point, but, hey, he gets a free potshot in at Blount.
I understand that the job of a columnist is to get people talking. I just think that May's point is way off-base and the 700 words he devoted to it did nothing to persuade me otherwise. There aren't that many "real" Celtics fans out there anymore. There aren't many people who are heading to the fleet to pay 60 dollars for tickets to see the Jazz on a Monday night. There aren't many people who stay up until 1 AM watching a Warriors game on a Wednesday night. There aren't many who can take heartbreaking loss after loss and keep coming back for more. There probably aren't many people who read Peter May's column these days. For those of us that do live and breathe Celtics green, those of us "real fans," the last thing we are rooting for is losses.
-Peter May, in today's Boston Globe
If you root for your team to lose, doesn't that inherently mean that you are not a "real fan?" Perhaps May is just trying to stir something up and get his name out there again, but it is hard to fathom this is something that May really believes, no matter how sour he has become with covering the Celtics.
How did May come to this conclusion that "real" fans should root for the Celtics' opposition? Did he ask any real fans? Doesn't appear so. Did he look historically at the difference between teams that had finished in the lottery the previous year vs. a first round exit in the playoffs? Nope.
Instead, in the article he makes two main points: it is a longshot for the Celtics to make the playoffs, down 5 games with another team to leapfrog (Chicago). Not exactly groundbreaking stuff, nor does it further his point at all. Just for good nature, he also includes a couple paragraphs about the tie-breaking scenario between the Bulls and the Celtics, which is newsworthy considering neither is currently in the playoffs. Secondly, he describes how weak the draft is perceived to be this year. He even goes as far as to suggest that LaMarcus Aldridge, who is a sophomore in college, reminds him of Mark Blount. He makes this assertion based on one game. Against Rice. Seriously. This seems to directly refute his entire point, but, hey, he gets a free potshot in at Blount.
I understand that the job of a columnist is to get people talking. I just think that May's point is way off-base and the 700 words he devoted to it did nothing to persuade me otherwise. There aren't that many "real" Celtics fans out there anymore. There aren't many people who are heading to the fleet to pay 60 dollars for tickets to see the Jazz on a Monday night. There aren't many people who stay up until 1 AM watching a Warriors game on a Wednesday night. There aren't many who can take heartbreaking loss after loss and keep coming back for more. There probably aren't many people who read Peter May's column these days. For those of us that do live and breathe Celtics green, those of us "real fans," the last thing we are rooting for is losses.
posted by Chris Ahl at 5:03 PM
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