RE: Walker

[Rich Small <rsmall@clarku.edu>]

>Yes, he is versatile and has
>great upside potential.  But it will not be realized until he grows up.

God, I can't tell you how much I hate that term "upside".  But, this grow up
excuse has worn extremely thin.  I'm afraid Walker may never grow up.  Too
bad, he really does have potential. (although paraphrasing Parcells - you
know what potential means don't you, it means you haven't done anything yet)

>I am not down on his talent.
>I am down on his immaturity, poor shot selection, argumentativeness with
>officials, and poor defense.  

Basically a rehash of whats been said for 3 years now.

>Many of the same things can be said of Pierce.

Doesn't Pierce have 2 more years of the youth excuses left.  Hopefully it
will not take that long for him to mature.  he also has good potential
(UUGGHH)

>> The problem, folks, isn't Walker.  It's the
>> surrounding talent, Pitino's college methods, and the
>> fans in Boston who don't support the team and can't
>> fill up the fleetcenter with anything but drunken
>> half-witted boobirds.

>Yeah, it is all the fans fault, nothing to do with the players.  The
>players are the problem.  Pitino failed as a GM, not as a coach.

>> And before I end this rant, remember folks, this team
>> is still gonna make the playoffs.

Not this year.  They are going to really struggle to win the 34 games I
predicted.

Rich,,,

1 more thing. While Papile is out looking for talent, I hope he is trying to
find some players with skills to go with that athletic ability he is looking
for.