Re: The blame pie.

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

JB

This Celtic organization hasn't shown as much improvement as the team has.
These front office guys couldn't get a job with Martha Stewart. We're
playing up to our capabilities. Which is fair. I've been saying KA is over
the hill, but he's all we got with no backup. At present the team is headed
where the big dig is. No end to mediocrity, but it's better than past years.
Are we really better or is the League worse?? A little of each.

DanF
----- Original Message -----
From: "JB" <jbmetzea@yahoo.com>
To: "Celtic's Stuff" <Celticsstuffgroup@yahoogroups.com>; "Celtics @
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Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 8:36 AM
Subject: The blame pie.


>    I'm tired and cranky this morning. Stayed up to watch the game and have
> to go to work, on less than a full tank. I am also piqued from reading a
lot
> of opinions on why the team sucks again, topped off, by a very revealing
> piece in the Herald, this AM.
>    From Bulpet's column:``We're just letting nature take its course,''
> general manager Chris Wallace said. ``Hopefully we'll see if he can get
> healthy. That would be the best thing. When he was healthy last year, he
> helped us a lot.''
>    Pretty much confirming my yesterday's query that money is the reason we
> are not signing anyone else this year. Half of the exception; 2.5 million
> that we could use to sign a player, or players, will not be used, because
we
> will need Randy Brown next year. Horse radish. Bulpet, at least, saw the
> light through Wallace's brown eyes and went on to analyze the murky,
luxury
> tax picture.
>    As for last night's game, it's in the eye of the beholder, I guess. The
> Anderson haters can blame Kenny and the salmon shushi. The Pierce lovers
can
> blame the coach, for telling Paul not to shoot for half the game.
>    Most of the paid scribes had this one right, I suspect. Utah is too big
> for us underneath and went long stretches with a big lineup that we
couldn't
> defend, couldn't rebound against and couldn't shoot over. Add to that, the
> ref's bias' and believe me there was one, both because we were on the road
> and because of Karl Malone's mugging/theatrics from  the Nets game, which
is
> still big news in Utah. Stir in Utah's penchant for getting timely and
easy
> baskets, while various Boston defenders opened their Christmas presents
and
> we had a loss on the road.
>    As long as everyone else is grinding axe's this AM, I'll ply my own.
> Utah, was able to go deeper into their bench than we. At the end of the
> game, unlike in Boston, they were rested and composed; we were huffing,
> puffing and running on fumes, wondering where the game went. How long does
> anyone think Anderson can keep up a 40 minute per game pace? Wouldn't
> another banger have helped last night?  No problem holding on to the
rookies
> and letting them mature slowly, but Blount and Palacio are useless, not
NBA
> quality and for short money, particularly because we have those rookies,
> both not producing and playing the wrong positions to help us now, we
should
> replace them both. What's out there? Let's bring in a few players on 10
day
> contracts and take a look, before other teams, with injury problems, beat
us
> to it, as in the cases of Vaughn and Trent.
>
>
>               JB
>
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>
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>                            Unchain My Heart!