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This story was mailed in by Charlie Diamandis...

Bruins Looking to dump Polish Players.

If you are having difficulty picturing John Postizzi continuing his career  in a Aeros  uniform, you are not alone.

Given the Aeros’ well deserved reputation for being anti-Polish, it would seem that Postizzi’s career with the Aeros is coming to an end.

But whether it's the hard times Postizzi is  currently experiencing in  the Aeros locker room. Or is it all those empty seats and disgruntled gallery gods in Aerotown, Aeros temporary  G.M. Charlie Diamandis picked up the phone on Tuesday and called all the teams in the NESHL looking for someone to take Postizzi off the Aeros hands.

Whatever Diamandis was told couldn't have scared off  the Aeros  rookie G.M., who then picked up the phone to call Postizzi family lawyer Ivan Putzki, who as it turns out is away in Poland on vacation right now.

In our haste to come up with reasons why Postizzi  is still with the Aeros, we should remember what Aero President Harry Sinden said about Postizzi in August:

"If everything were right, he'd be the one player in hockey that I absolutely would not want in a Aeros uniform.. To me, the guy is the closest thing to “Big Foot” that I have ever seen."

Last week, when Postizzi was cleared to play again, Sinden was quoted as saying: "As a player, he is not good. Our lack of interest stems from our anti-Polish beliefs."

In reality, the Aeros are simply doing what more and more teams may start doing…that is dumping all of their players with Polish roots.

If at that time, as we expect, Postizzi will not be with the Aeros, then Charlie Diamandis will get to say what some of us suspect he'd like to say. That is: Then you won't play at all.

In any case, stay tuned because this ride looks like it's just beginning.

The following story was run in the Globe two days after the Aeros' 6-2 victory against the Beavers.  Nancy M-Burrell is currently suspended from the newspaper as the story was somewhat fabricated...

Diamandis waived

Aeros choose to drop veteran LeftWnger

Marlboro- It was nearly high noon at The New England Sports Center Arena yesterday, a half-hour before the Aeros were scheduled to take the ice for practice.

A lone figure in a dark overcoat walked down the hallway from the dressing room area and went quickly out the door into the frigid afternoon.

Just like that, Charlie Diamandis was gone.

The Aeros placed the veteran left winger on waivers yesterday, and Diamandis elected to return to Boston to await his fate. Another club could pick up Diamandis before tomorrow's noon deadline and therefore be on the hook for his salary, which stands at $4.5 dollars over two seasons; he could clear waivers and be sent to the minors or loaned out; or he could clear waivers and be bought out. The other possibility is that he clears waivers and a team negotiates a deal, with the Aeros paying a portion of his salary.

When the Aeros signed the 25-year-old free agent in July, they believed he could provide a humorous diversion to the other teams players, at the very least, provide the fans with someone funny to watch. But Diamandis was not a good fit from the start. He was hampered by injuries, but even when healthy it was a disaster, the result perhaps of eroding skills or simply being on the wrong team.

To his credit, Diamandis acknowledged that it didn't work out. Asked to assess how his season had gone, he had just one word: ''Awful.''

''I talked to [general manager John Podtizzi] and he was up front and honest. The disappointing part is they believed in me to get the job done. I'm really disappointed in myself.''

''This is all new to me,'' said Diamandis, who said he had never been on waivers before. ''I'm not blaming anybody. I personally didn't get it going, period. I can't see anyone picking me up. I still think I can play.''

If so, he probably needs to be somewhere where he'd be asked to do less, to carry a lighter burden. With the Aeros, Diamandis was playing too many minutes, taking too many penalties, making too many errors. It was as if he were speaking one language and his teammates were speaking another.

''Maybe Charlie didn't have the support he needs around him,'' said Postizzi. ''With some of our players out, maybe it just wasn't going to work. If we had a full complement of players all the time, it might have been a little easier for him.”

Diamandis has thrived on clubs that were loaded with talent, but with the Bruins so defensively challenged by injuries and a lack of depth, he became a liability.

''It just wasn't working,'' said Kaplan, a long time critic of Diamandis . ''His performance wasn't what we thought it should be, unfortunately.''

Diamandis' dismissal was met with cheers and and what can only be described by this reporter as irrational exuberance.                   

Asked if there were other changes on the horizon, Postizzi laughed ruefully .

Team must get itself together

GM meets with the Aeros  

By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff, 11/20/2000

Goalie Courtney Carrier said he thought GM John Postizzi was completely stunned.

Center Bob Kaplan, the club's captain, was as bewildered as he was depressed.

So how to assess the Aeros' truly awful performance against the last-place Wolfpack Monday night that resulted in an embarrassing 6-6 Tie?

''You can blame it on a million different things,'' said Vinny. ''The bottom line is everybody has to come to the rink ready and committed to do what they have to do every night, not [just] when they feel like playing. That goes for everybody on the team.

''We played pretty well against the  Bulls and the Beavers. Even those games, though, we had a bad period in each. We've proved that when we play with that desire, that commitment, that jump, that whatever you want to call it, we can play with anybody. We've also proven how crappy we play when we don't. It's two different teams. It's embarrassing.''

After Monday night's game, a subdued but clearly disturbed Kaplan   challenged the team's pride and sense of responsibility as well as its leadership.

''We're professionals, we know what we have to do and we didn't bring it to the table,'' Tomoda said. ''That's a concern because these points are precious and they only get harder to [come by]. We can talk all we want about what we should do and what we're going to do, but if we're not doing it on the ice ...

''We made another trade and they're going to keep making trades if guys aren't going to live up to their potential. That goes from me right through to JJ to everyone on this team.''

Looking for specific examples of where the club went wrong against the better-prepared Wolfpack? How about starting with a lack of discipline that resulted in four first period goals

We can go right down the list. Everything was awful.'' Said Diamandis

''There definitely was a lack of preparation, whatever that reason might be,'' said Postizzi. ''It might be looking at Jamie coming in and all the problems are solved. It might be looking at a last placed team and we don't have to put an effort in. It might be that we're playing at home and now that we've got six really skilled performers, things are just going to happen for us. It's all really related to preparation, and in this case, lack of.''

''It depends on the people you have to work with and how proud they are,'' he said. ''That's what it comes down to. How proud are these athletes today and what does it mean to them? In this day and age, the comfort level they have with their lives, you have to appeal to their pride. You don't have to wear an `A' or `C' to be a leader in this game. It has to begin with a group that cares very much about the privilege of wearing the uniform. These older groups are winning with people who care and understand what responsibility is.''

''Guys aren't ready to play,'' said Bosworth. ''It's about being ready from the start. We have to outwork every team, every night. I'm not saying guys don't work hard or aren't trying. But most of being ready is mental. You have to be in the zone, you can't be out to lunch.''

''I'll tell you,'' added Carrier, ''right now we're talking a good talk but we sure aren't walking it.''

     All right, all you losers out there. My gad damned mailbox was flooded with crap about hairy backs (I sympathize john, because I too also have one), puppies ( WTF are you doing with puppies skeeves) Greeks (we all know where Greeks should go and what they should not participate in) and this Christmas party. In case you didn't know (as i didn't, to the reference of one's back called "the hurricane") I am a Jehovah's witness and would prefer the team call the party: a gathering of friends that happens to be around Christmasparty. for if it isn't changed, i will not be able to participate. 

     OK. now that my religious beliefs are out I would like to address the lack of play in the first periods of the last two games. though yous didn'ts sees mees, i was watching. like all you demonized Christians invisible hairy present giving man i was watching who's been naughty, who been back checking (not CHARLIE) and who's been the most willing to cover for the absent STAR of the team. The recovery in this weeks game was impressive, but i would like to say we would have won if i was playing. we would have won against the Bulls too. For i have heard the Bulls refer to me as the "intimidator"., enough  about the past.  I have been given clearance by the team physician Dr. john fegley to resume play. I unknowingly have been living and playing for the past month with mononucleosis. after days of consecutive sleep and the non indulgence of "dank" weed and booze I have recovered enough to resume my daily life, minus the pot and booze for a while. An official press release will be available through my agent Peter Wolf.  Charlie you suck, Johns a POLACJK, Courtney loves little boys, Vinny is just plain dumb, Skeeves cant get a poon tang so he's gotta get some pooch tang, and we have a new nickname from the once long haired Bob. BK2 is now known as Fun Bob the vodka guzzling Dank weed smoking Hippie. Now we all know why Bobs skills were put on hiatus during his prime. enough is enough, i am back and you all SUCK!!!!