Re: O'Brien's two cents

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kestutis Kveraga" <Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: O'Brien's two cents


> --- Cecil sarcastically wrote:
>
> Dropping 47 and 13 on CWebb seems to signify that he's part of the problem
> though. I mean, did you see all the shots he had to take to get that 47?
> Get rid of him.
>
> --- Patrick Goggin sarcastically wrote:
> So let's hear it everybody. . .It was "selfish" 47. .
> . The 13 assists were "easy. . ." If it wasn't for
> those missed 3-pointers, we could've won the game. .
> .He let Webber score 30. . .Maybe now would be the
> perfect time to trade him for a real power forward. .
> .Maybe the lakers would take him off our hands for
> Horace Grant. . .With a real PF, we could unleash
> Vitaly on the NBA.
> --- end of quote ---
>
> People, do you even watch the games?!? You can't compare Antoine's play
last night with his play against the T'wolves, and it's not because he
scored 47 points last night. It was like night and day.

And how many times must I say that it is a consistency and maturity issue?
Part of the problem is that we are too prone to distance ourselves from his
good games, which at least Kestas alludes to, and diss his poor ones with
glee.  But I hardly think that all 14 of his treys were "good" shots within
the flow of the offense.  He was feeling it and knew he had it goin' on,
particularly in the 3rd quarter.


. Jim O'Brien is getting a lot more out of these same players, because he's
doing sensible things that have been proven to work in the NBA. Just as some
of us had predicted such a coach would....
>

Is praising any player for shooting 14 threes sensible?  I am as impressed
with Toine's 4 steals as his points and assists.  Still nobody is mentioning
Pierce taking the shots with the game on the line instead of Toine, however.

Cecil (who does admit to being sarcastic previously)