Sunday, April 13, 2008

Re: "Memo to Bosh: Shut up and win"

Dear Dave,

So let me get this right.

He asks for noise, because it makes a difference and your response is: No, get us excited. You called him (a bit) immature, and said the fan is always right.

Are you dumb? Immature? Clearly.

The point he is making is that noise (and crowd excitement) do make a huge difference. You think that Utah Jazz have a 36-4 home record, versus the 17-23 road record because some of the team can't travel with them? Your point about Raptors being 9th in attendance is irrelevant, he isn't asking for more general chatter, or higher attendance but cheering. Saying it's "your responsibility", not mine is what selfish, self-absorbed, immature people do.

Remember another Toronto sports star calling out Toronto for the same thing years ago? His name was Paul Winfield. The team would be the eventual World Series Champs, the Blue Jays. You think he called out Toronto because they weren't winning games (he did it in the playoffs)? Or because no one was at the games (we were setting attendance records)? It's because Toronto fans are quiet... even when we have a World Champion in our midst.

So memo to you: Stop whining and cheer.


Sincerely and annoyed,
Selam Yohannes
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