Am I the only one who is actually disappointed a little in Pierce with all this too?
Why? It's his night. I think its weird that 1.) A player gets to dictate when a tribute video is shown 2.) A player who's meant as much to this team as Pierce has to share his retirement night with a player who hasn't had a fraction of the franchise success he's had.
Honestly, IT should've just let them play the video a few weeks ago. The whole thing of wanting to have his family there for it was a bit much - it's a 2-3 minute tribute video, not a jersey retirement.
Yeah I can agree with the bolded part. It did seem like too much. Just fly your family in, IT.
Am I the only one who is actually disappointed a little in Pierce with all this too?
I mean, I never thought he'd be that sensitive over having some 2-3 minute tribute video for Isaiah that night.
Seemed to me that once Pierce made those comments, that's what made Isaiah sort of cave in with his tweet today.
Obviously it's Pierce's night on Feb. 11, but would a 2-3 minute Isaiah tribute video have really splashed water on Pierce's night, especially if that video was played during a TV timeout or something??
Idk man... this whole thing is confusing.
Yeah. I never imagined that he was so insecure.
That is quite the jump.
Sad to see people disparaging one of the C's all time greats because a tribute video on his first return just wasn't good enough for IT.
None of this would have played out if IT said, don't play the video this time, but next time (knowing for sure what date that was).
Sad to see the disrespect of a legend around here.
How is that disrespecting a legend? He still has his night regardless, right?
To be fair, even some of Pierce's ESPN colleagues seemed surprised Pierce felt that way about the whole situation. He did look a little insecure. I think you can watch the video of him saying all that on Youtube as well.
I hardly consider Pierce's reaction as insecure. He was asked a question and he answered it honestly. Honestly speaking, I'm not sure I'm the biggest fan of it. He didn't say I don't want it to happen, he just said, if you're asking me, I'm answering.
And truth is if it was the first time IT was coming back I don't think Paul or anyone has anything to say, but it isn't.
IT asked for it to be changed. Thats both self serving, and self centered. So lets ease up on Paul here, when IT's request is almost unheard of. Especially for a guy who's been here for 15 minutes, in the grand scheme of things. I mean, really, can you think of another player thats ever done that.