Re: still hoping...

[Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>]

Do not despair. Mike Done-Already will soon be out 
of a job, and should be, if he can't
win the whole enchilada with this Portland
club.
Ray


--- "Berry, Mark  S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG> wrote:
> It has been so quiet. We're really not going to
> go into next season with the
> same team, plus the 11th pick in an uninspiring
> draft, are we? Please tell
> me that's not what we're going to do.
> 
> Have to vent: This is to take nothing away from
> the Lakers, who really are a
> nice, nice team, but does anyone else get
> frustrated watching the Blazers?
> You know, I blame the decline of the NBA as we
> used to know it on Mike
> Dunleavy. This guy took over the Lakers the
> year after Kareem retired-you
> would think the perfect opportunity to REALLY
> unleash Showtime-and instead
> began the Dunleavy-ization of the NBA. Suddenly
> the Lakers were walking the
> ball up and trying to take advantage of the
> biggest size mismatch in the low
> post every time down the floor. Sometimes it
> was Magic, others it was A.C.
> Green. I hated the Lakers then and continue to
> hate the Lakers, but you had
> to appreciate the beauty of Magic leading the
> break. Dunleavy took that
> away.
> 
> Now, he's doing it again. The Blazers have
> Scottie Pippen, Steve Smith,
> Rasheed Wallace, Arvydas Sabonis, Detlef
> Schrempf and Damon Stoudamire-a
> pretty damn good collection of offensive
> players-and he's isolating Stacey
> Augmon in the low post against Kobe Bryant,
> over and over. The Lakers rely
> on Shaq and Kobe to play 48 minutes each. Their
> bench is thinner than my
> hair. Their point guard is 40 years old. So
> what do the immensely talented,
> deep Blazers do? They walk it up and post up
> Stacey Augmon. For crying out
> loud, bring back Rick Adelman and turn these
> guys loose. Run, run, run,
> until Shaq HAS to sit down for a rest. Jeez,
> it's not rocket science, is it?
> I know many of you hate Pitino, but if Dunleavy
> is an example of the kind of
> "NBA coach" you suggest, then I want nothing to
> do with it.
> 
> Mark 
>