Every one of you, especially the veteran Celtic blog members. I really do...let me explain why.
i am a passionate Boston sports fan, celts, pats, red sox. but the celts are my primary passion. As the sox and pats have gotten better in the last 5-7 years or so, the c's have slipped into obscurity. no one cared about the Celtics. people mocked me for remaining a fan.
"these are the Celtics" i would think. Maybe the bobcats are irrelevant, maybe the clippers, maybe some other teams. but the Boston Celtics, no one cares? sure they got some pub on draft nights, and lottery night 2007 was a huge deal. but most of the time, it was red sox, patriots, patriots, red sox.
don't get me wrong. i love those two teams. but when i stumbled across Celtics blog, i was in heaven. people who think like i do. people who care. people who are passionate. people who are interested in a "Should Orien Greene be getting more minutes" debate, or a "Why is Doc playing Leon over Gomes debate?" I was behind Danny Ainge and his moves from day one, wanted Doc fired about 2 years ago, but it did not matter. it was great to come to this web site for civilized debates, and see what was on Celtics fans minds every day.
Sure the mods can be too strict, and there are some people unwilling to blame every loss on the officials (what's wrong with you people anyway), but still, nothing made me happier these last few years than coming here and discussing the good and the bad. Soon enough, i found myself eschewing the traditional media outlets and simply coming to this web site for my Celtics news. who would i rather hear from, royhobbs or peter may? bankshot or shira springer? it is a no-brainer. i came to celtics blog. when my work came out with the top ten non-work related web sites visited during a meeting last year, celtics blog came in at #9 even though i was the only person at my job who had ever heard of the site. all my co-workers just looked at me, and then the whole room, even my bosses, started laughing because everyone know who the guilty party was.
i am rambling now, and there is so much else on my mind, but i will stop. but let me just say thank you to jeff for running this site, thank you to the mods for keeping lunatics lime me in order, and thank you to all the celtics fans who got me through the tough times as a celtic fan.
Boston Celtics 2008 World Champions, it simply gets no better than that!