Bill Walton

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I expected that folks might say Walton would be impossible to get as an 
assistant ... the several comments i have seen flash by were somewhat 
shocking....

Some arguments for including Walton as an assistant:

1)  Big Men need coaches too.... DJ, K.C. and even M.L. do have a great 
knowledge of the game BUT they don't have the "Experience" of playing in 
the paint in the NBA....Walton has some experience consulting for Dale 
Brown at LSU with a young man who has played some decent basketball 
named Shaq ... among others.

2)  Ramsey and Wooden too.  Besides knowing the game in the tradition of 
the Celtics, Walton has also learned from two of the greatest minds in 
basketball history ... the combination of the three makes him one of the 
most knowledgeable big men in the x's and o's of the game.

3)  NOT "Don't Worry Be Happy" Attitude .  Walton does not mince words 
about poor fundamental basketball.  This is an attitude that the team 
could use desperately at this point.

4)  A little history ain't so bad.  It is true that sometimes Big Red 
gets nostalgic.  However, one of the weaknesses of the current era of 
the NBA IS not learning ANYthing from their forerunners.  Walton would 
expect young players to Watch tape of comparable talents from past eras. 
 Would that be so bad?  What could Tim Duncan learn from watching Connie 
Hawkins??? A LOT.  As for Celtics past, Walker's defensive weaknesses 
probably justify viewing a bit of Satch Sanders, Paul Silas and 
Cornbread Maxwell.  NOT that you don't have to learn to DO the things 
to, but SEEING something done, the VISUALIZING is a wonderful way to 
begin the learning process.

I must admit that CHIEF would be great as well.  But I wonder if he'd be 
vocal enough to counter-act the negative influences created by ML Carr.

dbr