Re: Good Housekeeping Award ?

[Tim Nault <rnault@ptialaska.net>]

Hi,

I agree with you some and I disagree with you some on your post.  Yes
Carr can't accurately be evaluated as a coach because most of his guys
have been injured.  However, you said that other than the Barros deal he
has done well.  Well lets have a look-see at that.

Ellison- Making a lot of money for a guy who never plays and isn't good
when he does.

Greg Minor- Lots of potential, yes, but he hasn't done anything to
deserve his pay check.

Dino Radja-  The guy is good, but he is making WAY too much money!

Tim
rnault@ptialaska.net

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Adam A Suchocki wrote:
> 
> Mark me down as someone not in favor of a house cleaning.  The examples
> being thrown around as teams doing the right thing by firing coaches and
> GM's (Philly, Denver) have been doing that every year.  Both teams are
> totally disorganized and have very bad chemistry, and this has to be in
> part due to the constantly changing management.  Players don't know who to
> listen to, 'cause the coach or GM might be gone next year, and a strange
> collection of players is achieved as each year new management comes in
> with a new plan and a new list of players they want.  You get teams like
> Philly that have most of their players playing out of position because the
> new management wasn't able to move the players they didn't want , but they
> went ahead and aquired new ones anyway.
> 
> You can knock Carr for being to optimistic at times, and you can knock him
> for the Barros deal, but other than that, he has done more than anyone in
> the Boston media thought was possible for this team.
> 
> Two years ago, everyone in the Boston media (and nationally - see peter
> vescey) proclaimed the Celtics as the franchise with the worst future in
> the league.  Despite some salary cap problems, ML has done something in
> two years that all said was impossible - he rebuilt the team with a
> nucleus of young talented players.  Walker, Williams, Wessley, Minor + 2
> lottery picks is a very good nucleus after two years.  Ad to that veteran
> leadership in Fox, Radja, and maybe Barros or Conlon, and the team appears
> to have a good balance to talent and experience to steadily improve over
> the next few years.  The bootom line is, for the first time in several
> years, it looks like the team should stedily improve each year instead of
> slowly decline.
> 
> Could there be beter management available than ML and company? Possibly.
> But can we get someone in who won't tear apart the good moves in search of
> the type of nucleus they'd like to work with (we don't need Nellie or
> Larry Brown coming in and trading away are best assets because they don't
> fit their style or play - if the team was contending right now, I'd say
> sure, juggle the pieces and find the right combination for your coaching
> style - like Riley did in Miami - but first you need to let your
> foundation stabalize.  Give the 3 W's more time to work together, and use
> the draft picks to fill in the gaps (throw in Duncan and Foyle and things
> start looking pretty nice).  But you don't want the players constantly at
> odds with management.  The key players all like ML, and they seem to
> respect him.  Over the enxt couple of years, a little respect between the
> players and the management can make the free agency market a lot less
> painless, and it can help to keep the young players focussed on
> improvement instead of wondering where they are going to play next year
> and trying to figure out who in management they should listen to.
> 
> The Celtics have achieved a lot with hard work and good decision making in
> the past, but they also have done very well with loyalty to management and
> players.  A lot of their free agent moves have revovled around players
> wanting to come to Boston - Bill Walton for example.  The team needs to
> maintain that loyalty so hey can continue to attract players like Vin
> BAker who long for the Celtic Mystique.
> 
> Anyway, aslong as ML hasn't done anything to hurt the franchise, and as
> long as he continues to move the team forward in the rebuilding process, I
> have trouble seeing anyone new who could come in and not set the
> rebuilding process back a few years.  With the 3 year rookie contracts,
> you need stability right from the start, and right now the 3 W's an Fox
> seem content with ML.  If the team doesn't improve over the next year and
> a half, then I say dump ML, otherwise, let him and the team continue to
> develop together.
> 
> Adam