Dallas and its soulless population ?
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:25 pm
Here is an article from a San Antonio paper. I think the writer is taking the game a little personal. And the best he could do was an old pic of when Nash was here. I guess Cuban calling the riverwalk filthy, hit a cord.
March 24, 2008
It sucks to be Dallas
This is a real picture.
The Spurs beat the Mavericks Sunday 88-81. Not only was it fun to watch, but it reminds "At Large" that professional basketball serves as a good metaphor for the difference between the two cities.
The Alamo City: Gary Cooper of the NBA
In San Antonio, Peter Holt heads an ownership group that remains behind the scenes, letting R.C. Buford and Gregg Popovich pull the strings without interference. Operating below the league's salary cap, they have assembled a group of stars, role players and cast-offs to build the league's premiere dynasty. The Spurs behave on and off the court. The fans adore them and ride the emotional rollercoaster with them.
Dallas fans can't talk about the Spurs without making ethnic slurs. Check sports message boards if you don't believe me. That's Dallas.
Dallas: credit-card idiocracy
The Mavericks reflect the shallow insecurity that is the Metroplex, the land of $30K millionaires and McMansions.
The team is owned by a crass billionaire, who shouts obscenities courtside, bans the press from his locker room and overspends to get players. He's best known for whining constantly about the world's plot against him.
Head Coach Avery Johnson, while a good player here, is clearly in over his head. Many have misinterpreted his anger and control issues as evil genius, but it's clear things are spiraling out of control. Avery inherited a good team and things have deteriorated on his watch.
The fickle middle fingers of fandom
That's because his best player, Dirk NoGameSki, is soft. Two other big players, Jason "Nads" Terry and Jerry Crackhouse, are thugs. His big personnel move, bringing in an over-the-hill legacy, has been an unmitigated disaster. The Mavs are 9-9 since they landed former wife-beater Jason Kidd.
And the fans are, of course, are worthless. They booed the Miami Heat when D.Wade undressed their team in the 2006 Finals. They regularly boo the Mavs when they trail. Even with all of the previously mentioned problems, the team is only a few games out first place. And yet there's Fire Avery, a Web site that has placed blamed on the Little General. This is one year, by the way, after Avery coached the team to 67 wins.
Stay classy, Big D! "At Large," during this "Spring of Living Dangerously," salutes you.
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/atlarge/
March 24, 2008
It sucks to be Dallas
This is a real picture.
The Spurs beat the Mavericks Sunday 88-81. Not only was it fun to watch, but it reminds "At Large" that professional basketball serves as a good metaphor for the difference between the two cities.
The Alamo City: Gary Cooper of the NBA
In San Antonio, Peter Holt heads an ownership group that remains behind the scenes, letting R.C. Buford and Gregg Popovich pull the strings without interference. Operating below the league's salary cap, they have assembled a group of stars, role players and cast-offs to build the league's premiere dynasty. The Spurs behave on and off the court. The fans adore them and ride the emotional rollercoaster with them.
Dallas fans can't talk about the Spurs without making ethnic slurs. Check sports message boards if you don't believe me. That's Dallas.
Dallas: credit-card idiocracy
The Mavericks reflect the shallow insecurity that is the Metroplex, the land of $30K millionaires and McMansions.
The team is owned by a crass billionaire, who shouts obscenities courtside, bans the press from his locker room and overspends to get players. He's best known for whining constantly about the world's plot against him.
Head Coach Avery Johnson, while a good player here, is clearly in over his head. Many have misinterpreted his anger and control issues as evil genius, but it's clear things are spiraling out of control. Avery inherited a good team and things have deteriorated on his watch.
The fickle middle fingers of fandom
That's because his best player, Dirk NoGameSki, is soft. Two other big players, Jason "Nads" Terry and Jerry Crackhouse, are thugs. His big personnel move, bringing in an over-the-hill legacy, has been an unmitigated disaster. The Mavs are 9-9 since they landed former wife-beater Jason Kidd.
And the fans are, of course, are worthless. They booed the Miami Heat when D.Wade undressed their team in the 2006 Finals. They regularly boo the Mavs when they trail. Even with all of the previously mentioned problems, the team is only a few games out first place. And yet there's Fire Avery, a Web site that has placed blamed on the Little General. This is one year, by the way, after Avery coached the team to 67 wins.
Stay classy, Big D! "At Large," during this "Spring of Living Dangerously," salutes you.
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/atlarge/
pathetic.
