Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V4 #326

[lenthall@sas.upenn.edu (Bruce K. Lenthall)]

	Since the discussion of possible trades on this list has no bearing on 
what the Celtics do, ordinarily I feel no overwhelming desire to express 
my opinion. But in the case of recent conjecture about a trade for 
Derrick Coleman, well, I just couldn't keep quiet. Simply, we do not want 
Coleman on the Celtics. I'm stuck with lots of coverage of the Sixers and 
about the only thing that everyone seems to agree on is that Coleman is 
an injury-prone tub of goo with a bad attitude. Yes, yes, he has 
potential. But that's another way of saying he isn't achieving anything 
now. Moreover, he's not nearly as good as he thinks he is -- or even 
nearly as good as his past press reports -- and he has the work ethic of 
Ronald Reagan. He resists motivation from coaches fabulously well so 
don't expect any of that to change with a team he doesn't want to play 
for (and he's included the Celtics in that list). Besides, do you really 
want to have to root for him? Me, I'd rather round up rats on the Red Line.