Diatribe #2 - July 19, 2004
Last Train To Loserville
All aboard the Nets train to mediocrity!

No no no - you can't enter through the front, only from the back, please. Only Mr. Ratner and his entourage are allowed up front.

But you are invited to sit down at Mr. Ratner's con game. Mr. Thorn will be your dealer. Spend your money, and we'll spend ours, says Mr. Ratner. This way the game will be competitive.

Mr. Martin? No, I'm sorry, he won't be joining us. Seems he was winning too many pots, so we dealt him out. I believe he can be found in Denver, sitting in on Mr. Vanderwehe's game.

In fact, many of Mr. Martin's posse won't be joining the train this year. Mr. Rogers, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Slay and Mr. Davis are already gone, and Mr. Harris is ready to join them. After all, they want too much of the pot, and we really can't have that right now.

And just so you know, we really don't have the money to pay anyone else with a game to come join us. All these silly luxury taxes are killing me. And paying people to sit around just isn't the way I do business.

Oh, and Mr. Kidd and Mr. Jefferson? No, really, everything is fine, they're on board and absolutely thrilled with the direction we've taken. And I have a building I want to sell you.

No, the parking is not free. Drinks are not on the house. In fact, the price of almost everything has risen, since Mr. Ratner needs to have some spending money available, just in case a beautiful space in Brooklyn becomes available.

As for you?

Well, funny you should ask. Mr. Ratner asks that you take a step backward, and understand what we're trying to do is make things better by immediately making things worse.

But don't worry, in 7 or 8 years, when we're all back together as one big happy family, things will be better.

That is, if the train doesn't jump the tracks before then.

Hey, I won't insult your intelligence by saying that this train is going anywhere anytime soon.

But hang in there, stick around, and we promise nothing else will change.

Just like we said we'd be spending the money to remain competitive.

We just didn't say when.
- Joe

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