I have never ever seen a thread like this but I thought It might be a good idea.
This is a thread for fans of the celtics who need to apologize. Maybe its to a specific celtic player, or maybe an owner, or maybe the coach doc rivers. Sometimes as fans we shamelessly bash players/coaches like they don't ever turn a computer on, type in celticsblog, and read what is being said about their performance in the celticsblog Forums.
I will go first because I am especially guilty. I really didn't become a die hard celtics fan until the team went on an 18 game losing streak in 2007 i think. I watched every quarter, every minute, and every second of those games and cheered for delonte west the whole time as hard as I could. In my opinion that experience turns me at least closer to a die hard celtics fan vs. a casual fan.
Any ways, something funny happened after the Celtics won the championship. I all of a sudden developed a bias against Glen Davis. I felt he shouldn't be a celtic. I felt he wasn't tall enough, i felt his shot was bad, i felt Leon Powe was 5million times better, i felt glen was out of shape. All of a sudden I started posting on the celticsblog forums like this guy wasn't even a human. A large portion of my posts were all attacking glen davis' game. Even if he had a good game, I would find something negative to say.
Coming on to celticsblog and bashing glen davis and his game has been something I've enjoyed doing as a fan for about 3 years. Just because I enjoy doing it doesn't mean its right.
Just because he earns millions of dollars more than me per year does not mean he doesn't have feelings.
So I'm sorry Glen Davis. Ben says he is sorry, and he is going to try to respect your hard work and effort that you offer to the celtics every game you play.
I really enjoy watching this years team play. I some how managed to get tickets to tomarrow nights game and I am going to cheer as hard as i can for Davis if he is on the court simply because he is wearing a green uniform. I am going to try to put my personal bias aside, and respect the game a little bit more than i have in the past.
So that felt really good. Anyone else need to apologize?