Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V4 #125

[Nault <rnault@ptialaska.net>]

Who the hell died and made you God?  And if its boring why don't you just
unsubscribe?!

Tim


>Note to All: I very seldom read the Digest any more because it is very
>boring to have to poke through 8 renditions of the same story. Would you
>please learn how to delete all the old redundancies before replying to
>the mail. (It's very easy - when you go to Remail, just click on the
>text you don't want, which turns the area blue and hit enter - it's
>gone).
>
>Comment:
>
>Celtics management has been pitiful for years. Gaston obviously couldn't
>manage a dogfight, much less a major franchise.  And *HE* is
>responsible, not the people he hired. I liked M.L.Carr as a player and
>think he is a good person...just doesn't have the gifts needed. Not many
>do. The best of the newbies - my vote goes to Kevin McHale. Larry Bird ?
>Dunno yet, but certainly no one knows all aspects of the game better.
>Does that matter? Look at the Bulls. Their 'Boss' is a fat, sleazy
>looking total non-athlete, but he has done THE JOB RIGHT! Jerry West
>obviously has done THE JOB RIGHT!  You need REAL STARS to win, good
>players are a dime a dozen. You can always pick up a Day, Barros, Minor,
>Fox etc. etc as the needed 6,7,8 spear carriers ... and cheap, but to
>win you HAVE To have REAL STARS.  And lots of them! Why can't the Knicks
>win? Not enough stars. Why do the Bulls win? (3) Stars. Why did the
>Celtics win? (3) Stars. Why did the Lakers win? (3) Stars. McHale has
>almost got the three stars.  Marbury for Dennis Johnson, Tom Gugliotta
>for Larry Bird and Kevin Garnett for Kevin McHale. Now just the really
>good players (not stars, but not journeyman) at Center and Shooting
>Guard (his Parish and Ainge) and he will be a winner!
>
>We don't even have *1* star yet - but Walker could turn out to be one
>with proper coaching (hope he gets it). We don't even have any REALLY
>GOOD players....all the rest are journeymen.  That's management's fault
>and Gaston hires the management. I think our only hope is that someone
>with management skills buys the Celtics. Until then, it's apparently a
>doomed franchise.


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