Get To Know FLCeltsFan (Shirley Coshatt)

Shirley sifts through hundreds of email notifications a day and spends between 2 and 4 hours gathering links about the Celtics every day. Seriously, there should be a holiday named for her or something. Thank you Shirley.

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Well said Jeff

Great effort Shirley. Daily you help to inform Celtic fans across the world!!!!

by mec1 on Oct 30, 2009 7:46 AM EDT reply actions

Send her Moniker to the Rafters

She deserves it. The most vital Celtics blogging service out there!

by Black Jack Pershing on Oct 30, 2009 7:47 AM EDT reply actions

Another FL Celtics Fan

Great, and a woman like me. Does anyone know what part of Fl is she located. I’m in Jacksonville.

by Celtic33@FLA. on Oct 30, 2009 7:59 AM EDT reply actions

Am in N Florida and thanks so much Shirley

My favorite read of all after a game is the “comments from the other side”. Thanks So Much!

by Dipper on Oct 30, 2009 8:22 AM EDT reply actions

Her contributions have an effect on my life daily...

And help push my celtics addiction to new heights.

I dont know what i’d do without reading the daily links and previews.

Thanks Shirley!

by cordialb on Oct 30, 2009 8:26 AM EDT reply actions

Thanks Shirley, amazing work.

What impresses me the most is your dedication and the fact that you keep tracking and posting Celtics news (and game previews) every day! What a great work…

I know it always take much more time to write articles/make lists/etc than we think, but this paragraph really astonished me : “I have google alerts for every player and word associated with the team. Some mornings I wake up with 400-500 emails to sort through. I also have the links bookmarked to all of the Celtics blogs that I know of along with the newspaper sections from all the Celtics major competitors. I go through them all every morning. It takes anywhere between 2 and 4 hours to gather and post them, depending on the number of links on any given day.”

I can’t imagine waking up and having 500 Google alerts, and having to sort through!

So, thanks again for your wonderful work, the numerous hours you spend everyday “working” for the Celtics fans; and keep it up, we enjoy it!

by Drucci on Oct 30, 2009 8:35 AM EDT reply actions

FFCF A growing club

Female Florida Celtics Fans. Thank You for giving me the courage to start giving my opinion (instead of just lurking) and the links to make me appear, at least, to be informed. I also got interested in the Celtics because I played basketball in Jr. High and High School in the 60’s. Your attention to detail and your dedication are very much appreciated, as well as your recall of the history of the team. Your opinions are valued.

by thirstyboots18 on Oct 30, 2009 8:39 AM EDT reply actions

Thanks FLCELTSFAN!!!

Thanks for your dedication.

And keep your head up out there in Magic land. Those folks out there are deaming if they think they can beat the C’s this year.

by Celtics18and19 on Oct 30, 2009 8:59 AM EDT reply actions

The hardest working woman in the blogosphere

Many thanks as always FL

When Perk was asked what he thought of Howard winning the gold medal this summer, he responded: "What’s his impression of me after I won a ring?"

by Green17 on Oct 30, 2009 9:06 AM EDT reply actions

Thank-you Shirley

Thank-you! Thank-you! Thank-you!

Shirley, you have helped to make NSS a regular destination for Celtics fans. This is something I will forever be thankful to Celticsblog and you for.

Thanks so much!!!!!!

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by North Station Sports on Oct 30, 2009 9:09 AM EDT reply actions

Thank You

Your hard work makes it easier to hide my celticsblog addiction from my boss.

"Do you know that nonbelievers create the most positive energy?" Davis said

by Birdbrain on Oct 30, 2009 9:11 AM EDT reply actions

A big 'thank you' from Portugal

I wasn’t sure what FL’s real name was (although I already suspected she was a female).

But let me tell you this:
I live in Portugal and I started reading about the Celtics because of this person. She had these incredible play-by-plays posts at Loy’s Place, which were precious for someone who couldn’t watch the games, like me.

Thank you sooo much, FL.

by Global Celtic on Oct 30, 2009 9:20 AM EDT reply actions

Shirkey this is what you are

A beautiful green clover at the end of gold “link” chain

Peace, appreciation and much love from Po

Is it Soup Yet?

by Master Po on Oct 30, 2009 9:36 AM EDT reply actions

bad time for tyPO

Shirley not Shirkey

I hate my thumbs

Is it Soup Yet?

by Master Po on Oct 30, 2009 9:37 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

thanks shirley

I’ll remember her name every celtic game :)

"Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing." - Vince Lombardi

by wild-a on Oct 30, 2009 9:39 AM EDT reply actions

Bad thumbs for me, too..

In my earlier post I meant Dreaming, not deaming, lol.

Thanks again, FL…

Defense wins games (And Championships)!

by Celtics18and19 on Oct 30, 2009 10:11 AM EDT reply actions

For me, Shirley provides the whipped cream and cherry on the top of every game the Celtics win.

Because no victory is fully savored until I’ve read the next-day quotes entitled “Comments From the Other Side” compiled by her as FlCeltsFan. I don’t understand why they’re always posted on the Loy’s Place blog. But it doesn’t matter since she always links to them on CelticsBlog.

In the movie Conan the Barbarian, the hero Conan explains what is “best in life.” It is, he says, “To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.” On many a great day, that’s what “Comments From the Other Side” delivers.

by no kidding on Oct 30, 2009 10:22 AM EDT reply actions

I love that analogy to the Comments posts. Crush our enemies indeed. They are posted on Loy’s Place, because that is my home blog. Those Comments posts are so much fun to gather when we win. Not so much when we lose :)

Perk and Powe... the Next Big Thing

by FLCeltsFan on Oct 30, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions

Shirley, even when the Celtics lose, Comments From the Other Side can be enlightening to read. Besides, I figure you have to take the bad news along with the good. So thank you again for making it easy to do.

by no kidding on Oct 30, 2009 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions

And finally, I don’t mean to be at all sexist in my choice of cinematical references. But when I hear fans from opposing teams crying about refs giving the Celtics all the breaks, and guys like Garnett and Perkins being called thugs who get away with murder, that’s what I consider “the lamentation of their women.”

by no kidding on Oct 30, 2009 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions

A thread of THANKS to Shirley ~

For her tireless and longstanding efforts in compiling far flung bits of Celtic news and weaving them into our daily reading lists on CelticsBlog, along with her fine game threads which gives a nice structured feel to the place, please accept this note of sincere thanks !

Indefatigable on Defence defines these Celtics~

by fan33 on Oct 30, 2009 10:55 AM EDT reply actions

I am truly humbled by all of your kind words. I appreciate every one of them and take them all to heart. You guys are the greatest!!!

Perk and Powe... the Next Big Thing

by FLCeltsFan on Oct 30, 2009 11:07 AM EDT reply actions

You deserve the praise. Thanks for everything you do!

by Cousin It on Oct 30, 2009 12:14 PM EDT reply actions

I want in on this lovefest too!

You don’t realize how much she does till she takes a vacation.

All I know is her husband must be the luckiest dude in the world.

by bdm860 on Oct 30, 2009 12:26 PM EDT reply actions

thank you

by perk on Oct 30, 2009 12:29 PM EDT reply actions

Surely, a magnificent lady!

by Title 18 on Oct 30, 2009 12:52 PM EDT reply actions

there should be a joke in there somewhere

….“Don’t call her Shirley.”

‘Airplane’ lives.

by Tom Halzack on Oct 30, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Nothing gets past The Tenacious One!

by Title 18 on Oct 30, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions

The game previews/threads are one of my favorite parts of CelticsBlog, and yes, we all ought recognize FLCeltsFan for all her work, but also for the flair she adds to the game previews— when I’m getting ready for a game and reading the preview, I feel like a GM getting a report from the scouting staff!

by Thruthelookingglass on Oct 30, 2009 1:07 PM EDT reply actions