Re: Wake Me From This Nightmare

["Simon Kean" <skean@ihug.com.au>]

thanks for the laugh....I don't necessarily agree...but thanks for making me
laugh my ass off.

"Headless chicken-monkey-outbreak defense"- quote of the month.

Cheers

Simon Kean

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Gooen <callmebogie@yahoo.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 12:49 AM
Subject: Wake Me From This Nightmare


> Please... Please.... PLEASE tell me that it's really May, 1997, just
> before the lottery, and that ML Carr is about to step down in favor of
> Larry Bird.  I take back everything positive I have ever said about Pitino
> as a talent evaluator, tactician or strategist.  3 number one picks
> (including two in next year's draft, which figures to be chockablock with
> big men) for the #28 and Portland's third-string power forward?  A guy
> who, in the garbage time he's been afforded, AT BEST resembles Tony
> Battie?  This while the Magic are giving away the best scorer in the draft
> and the Knicks are giving away a Billy Donovan guy scouts have called
> Rodman without tattoos?
>
> 2 second round picks for a Euroguard?
>
> Jerome Moiso?  Of course, the Chuckster had him pegged perfectly when he
> noted that colleges don't seem to have weight rooms anymore.  Of course,
> Monsieur Moiso will add the avoirdupois in the offseason at HealthPoint.
> Just like Tony Battie did.  Just like Walter McCarty did.  Of course
> Moiso's "athletic".  So is Battie.  McCarty's a friggin' track star.
> There's only one problem Rick and his genius assistant Wallace (for whom
> the C's sacrificed ANOTHER second round pick) seem to have overlooked.
> THIS ISN'T THE DECATHLON.  IT'S BASKETBALL.  Adrian Griffin may be the
> least "athletic" guy on the C's roster.  He wasn't the problem this past
> year.  Headless chicken-monkey-outbreak defense was.  Just because Moiso
> has a nice vertical (like Battie and McCarty) doesn't mean he has the
> skill to erase mistakes created by constant pressing.  Remember, Rick,
> Bill Russell isn't walking through that door.
>
> And don't even get me started on Antoine.  In his first season, he was
> forced to play center.  Before the 1999 season, he was going to be Karl
> Malone.  Before last season, he was going to be Scottie Pippen, until
> Pitino abruptly decided that Antoine couldn't play the 3.  AND NOW HE'S A
> POINT GUARD?  You know, I didn't think I was capable of pitying a 23 year
> old kid with a $71 million contract, but I do pity Antoine.  I suppose the
> only thing left for Pitino to do is make Antoine the coach.
>
> At this point, I think the only hope of salvaging the situation is for the
> Celtics to attempt a sign and trade for Croshere (either Fortson or Battie
> -- I realize that Battie is base year, but doesn't Indiana still have that
> $4.5M Antonio Davis exception to use?).
>
> I still believe in the nucleus.  I think that Walker and Pierce are
> marvelously talented players who could blossom in the right system.  I
> believe that Potapenko can be a quality NBA center and that Griffin is an
> invaluable role player.  Despite my rantings above, I haven't even given
> up on Battie -- nor have I given up on Fortson, though Pitino obviously
> has.  It would be nice to jettison Kenny for an unselfish point guard.  It
> would be even nicer to have a steady hand at the wheel.  Save us, Larry!
> Get lost, Rick!
>
> Michael Gooen
>
> P.S. My only remaining hope is that I'm as wrong about this pick as I've
> been about past drafts.  I have this dim, embarrassing recollection of
> liking Acie Earl and Eric Montross (I was also very high on Harold Miner
> and Randolph Childress).
>
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