From: jjehlers@flapjack.dsd.es.com (Jennifer Ehlers)
Subject: Re: Lloyd Danielsd (was Re: Spurs Update)
Keywords: Spurs
Organization: Evans & Sutherland
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 14:43:20 GMT

In article <markts.714934575@mcl>, markts@mcl.ucsb.edu (Mark T. Schmidt) writes:

|> 
|> Well, salty, I am glad that you are presenting such a clear, unbiased
|> viewpoint. In response I will give you my opinion of Utah. Although it is
|> a beautiful state the people are backwards and bigoted. Even though
|> I respect Karl Malone, I feel sorry for him. He plays before a home
|> crowd which perceives him as an outsider, a non-white, before they
|> consider him as a basketball player (as evidenced by the All - Star 
|> balloting in the past). So you have fun cheering along with those
|> "jolly good" spirited mormons as you watch your Jazz choke in the playoffs
|> yet again. Me? I'll be watching a young, talented team coached by a man
|> who loves and cares for his players. Which is the real reason behind
|> Tark's success.
|> I know this won't make you happy salty. In fact it will probably only
|> make you more resentful. It appears as though you are jealous of
|> Jerry's success for one reason or another. Perhaps you have not 
|> felt appreciated for any work that you have done in your life. But your
|> insecurity is not a good reason to derail the achievements of others.
|> BTW, do your fellow Utah fans know you used the words "suck" and "hell"
|> in the same paragraph? You're liable to lose any chance you had for
|> Jazz season tickets!
|> adios,
|> mark.

I read this yesterday, and thought about it before I decided to reply.
I found your post very offensive since I am a Utah Jazz season ticket
holder.  I would like to know where you got the idea that Karl Malone
feels like an outsider.  If he's such an outsider, why has he said that
coming to Utah was the best thing that happened for him personally.  He
said that the family values here helped him to keep perspective and not 
become to involved with the fame.  He has also said he will probably 
maintain his residence here after he retires.  Sounds like a guy that
feels like an outsider to me :)

You tried to backup your claim because Karl didn't win the All-Star
balloting that year.  Well, Karl understands why he didn't win.  He
walked out on several public appearances, treated his fans like dirt, and
made lots of people a little perturbed with him.  I wasn't living here
at the time, buy I heard that if every ballot turned in from SLC 
had his name on it, he still wouldn't have won.  But thats okay, last
year I think he was the top vote getter in the West.

Your post also show you know very little about SLC.  Right now there are
more non-mormons in the Salt Lake area than mormons.  Every game that has
been played here on a Sunday has been sold out (Mormons aren't supposed to
do commercial stuff on Sundays), so to me that shows there are plenty of
basketball fans who are non-mormon.  I also think you should be careful
about who you throw stones at.  I grew up in Oklahoma, and my sister 
has lived in Texas the last 10 years, and I know that there is just as
much racial injustice in Texas (if not more), than in Utah.

One closing remark, I don't know how anyone can say the Jazz choked last
year.  I feel they have gotten that behind them.

-- 
  Jennifer Ehlers                   
  jjehlers@dsd.es.com  		    
  Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. 
  Salt Lake City, Utah               
Newsgroups: rec.sport.basketball.pro