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Mike Bibby Thinks You Are a “Bandwagon Jumper”…Are You?
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By now much has been made of Mike Bibby “opening pie hole insert foot act” yesterday regarding his thoughts on those oh so die hard Boston Celtic fans. Another classic sound byte from an athlete who suffers from “looselip” disease. For those that somehow haven’t heard Bibby’s spit at Celtics nation, well, I’m glad to see there are still cavemen roaming this earth…Never fear, I gotcha covered.
"They were kind of loud at the beginning," he said. "But a lot of these fans are bandwagon jumpers trying to get on this now. I played here last year, too. And I didn't see three fourths of them. They're for the team now and they might get a little rowdy but that's about it…I remember them having bags on their heads [last year]. It's a different look. I guess that's what happens when you win."
Couple thoughts immediately come to mind here. A big ZING…Followed up by how much did Bibs spend on that gasoline in Beantown to add to the fire? I guess it doesn’t really matter…I’m thinking he can afford the gas prices, good to see somebody can! All this coming from a cat who played out in Sacramento when the Kings were really like the Queens…Not seeing “three fourths of them”, and the fans who did show up did so “having bags on their heads.” Remember that Bibbs? How quickly we forget, son! Not only that, you play for the Hawks now…A NBA franchise that can be mentioned in the same breath as the Los Angeles Clippers for futility. Why in Atlanta, there’s bigger crowds at the many local YMCA’s in the Dirty-Dirty for the past decade or so than in Phillips Arena. Hell, you cats finally make the playoffs…Finally resemble some sort of NBA team, (and I use that term loosely) and have yet to sell out Phillips Arena for Game 3 Saturday. So what’s better Mike? Having “Bandwagon Jumpers” or no fans at all?
Look, just because you got your undies in a bunch after Game One and then again last night, don’t go spouting off on the fans. We all know that the city of Boston has some of the best fans in sports…Some will argue that Beantown is in fact the best sports city in this country. So I’m trying to figure out where you choose your comments to spit from? Although in your defense, if one really thinks about this, you might just have a point…However, it’s not just the Celtic fans who are guilty of it, it’s all of us! And if you say you’re not gulity of this, well then you’re just lying through you teeth!
Think about it, shall we. No matter what teams we cheer for and hold near and dear to our hearts, (man, if that didn’t sound gay, I don’t know what does) it’s easy to watch them, whether on the couch at the crib watching the game on the boob tube, scratching ourselves to no end…It’s easy to be a fan then! To root for winners, that easy! The difficult task is when your team blow goats, just as Bibby indicated of the Celts a year ago. Bibby said he “didn’t see three fourths of them last year,” there’s a good reason for that. Most likely having to due with a little word call economics. Why does Joe Six Pack want to payi his hard earned money and sit through the misery of watching his beloved team get their brains beat in? Aside from economics, what pleasure does one have, (besides getting away from the ball & chain for a few hours) sitting in the stands watching his favorite team get dusted?
True story, this past October I flew up to South Bend for the USC weekend…I know, I know, what the hell was I thinking! And after three minutes had elapsed in the third quarter, my time inside the stadium had elapsed as well along with a few other thousands who headed for the exits at the same time. Point is as sports fans, we love watching sports because they’re entertaining and fun to watch…Loving to see our team(s) win. And when the losing sets in which it does for all sports team…Well, the constantly losing of our beloved teams makes one want to watch those damn info-mercials more and more!
So while Bibby made reference to Celtic fans riding on the “Bandwagon” something can be said for all of us to be guilty of this at some point. And truth is, it’s not a bad thing, but rather quiet natural!
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