RE: [Celtic_Pride] Re: Is Mr. Ripley in the house?

["Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>]

It seems the only way to get the best out of Walker is to completely turn
him loose. I don't think he responds well at all to coaching. You let him do
his thing--and I mean all of his thing--and you get his best effort. You
also get the ill-advised three-pointers, overall poor shot selection and
hot-dogging. It just comes with a good dose of scoring, big shots and tough
rebounds. It's up to O'Brien, Wallace or whoever takes over the basketball
operations to decide if you can live with that.

My opinion? (whether you want it or not) I love when Toine plays this way. I
really do. But are you going to build a championship contender if Toine is
your best player? I don't think so. And if you bring in a better player and
he infringes on the freedom Toine has now, will Toine revert to
inconsistent, indifferent tendencies? Those are tough questions. Personally,
I don't see Toine ever agreeing to adjust his game for anyone. But that's
just my opinion.

I'm still disgusted by the torpedo job Toine and Pierce pulled on Pitino
earlier this season, but I'll enjoy the good times while they last. I do,
however, hope neither of them are rewarded with all-star selections today,
because I hate the message that would send. These last 10 games aren't
enough to make me forget the way they conducted themselves earlier.

Mark



-----Original Message-----
From: David A Wickerham [mailto:aw623@freenet.buffalo.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 8:57 AM
To: Jim Metz
Cc: Celtics @ igtc.com; Celtics Pride
Subject: [Celtic_Pride] Re: Is Mr. Ripley in the house?



Good point, Jim.  On another note, Antoine seems to have gone back to his
chest thumpin, walker-wigglin, trash talkin' ways.  Could be a double
edged sword.  He is a high energy player who was very contained in the
first 20 games of the season.  While he was being "polite", the Cs were
losing handily.  If the Cs start winning, will he be perceived aas more of
a punk?



On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Jim Metz wrote:

>    I can't beleive no one has mentioned this in the papers. The true
turning
> point in the game came, when after a big Blount rejection and lots of
chest
> bumping and posturing, Antoine blocked the next shot in the same
> overdramatic fashion coming across the baseline, to make Tommy Heinsohn
wet
> his pants. I don't think anyone in Boston has seen Walker go up like that
> and with so much aggression to swat a shot out of bounds. Unlike Blount's
> block, this one went out of bounds off of a Piston and we regained
> possesion, during a time in the game when another Piston basket might have
> sunk us.
>    This sequence took place right after Walker's first technical (I seem
to
> remember), and the ref's seemed intent to "put us in our place." The block
> by Antoine dissolved all of that energy and really lit  a fire under the
> team.
> --
> 
>      Unchain My Heart!
> 
> 
> 

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	  Dave Wickerham
	  aw623@freenet.buffalo.edu
	  Saratoga Springs, NY


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