RE: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V9 #397

["Wright, Cecil" <Cecil.Wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You sure you don't mean from the Paleolithic era????

:-)

Cecil  

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Forant [mailto:dforant1@nycap.rr.com]
Sent: December 06, 2002 1:11 PM
To: Celtics@igtc.com
Subject: Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V9 #397


I'm from the era of multiple choices:>)

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wright, Cecil" <Cecil.Wright@JUSTICE.GC.CA>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 9:29 AM
Subject: RE: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V9 #397


> So what do you call Toine's vociferous message during a timeout last year
in
> the great comeback over Joisey?  Is that not the very essence of
leadership?
> It is simply not true that you must have a leader as a PG to be a winner.
> Quick question for you...who is the PG for the Spurs?
>
> Cecil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Forant [mailto:dforant1@nycap.rr.com]
> Sent: December 06, 2002 8:03 AM
> To: Celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V9 #397
>
>
> Huh, the leadership I was describing is point guard instinct leadership.
Our
> co-captains can't supply that feature. Shammond a leader...............are
> you watching the same games? We are 12-6, we play hard. PP's and Walkers
> leadership is all cheerleader type, no fundamental leadership. In fact
they
> probably lead the team in bad habits.
>
> DanF
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <GuyClinch@AOL.com>
> To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:37 AM
> Subject: Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V9 #397
>
>
> > > This is a game where a point guard would have clearly helped
especially
> the
> > > last 5 minutes of the game. The team has no qualified court
leadership.
> A 2
> > > guard nor a power forward can't do it. It is a 5 minute game and
Philly
> > > took
> > > over. Great effort by the Celts though. We're so close, yet so far.
> >
> > No qualified court leadership? All I can say is..huh?!?
> >
> > About all we have is good leadership from Pierce and Walker..
> > That is our best trait.
> >
> > The rest of the guys aren't really NBA top quality players at this
point.
> The
> > fact that get so much out of marginal talents like EWill, McCarty and
the
> > like is because of their leadership. If you want to check out a team
with
> no
> > leadership try watching Golden State! They have alot more talent 2-12
then
> we
> > do, but because the lack leadership they aren't that good...
> >
> > The Celts play hard and hang tough nearly all the time..they are really
> quite
> > a gritty team, and thats because of the leadership of Pierce and Walker.
> >
> > We are going to lose some of the time especially when we are on the road
> and
> > heavily outrebounded.. What we could have used is some more talent..a
> healthy
> > K. Brown or a guy like Keon Clark might have been the difference in a
game
> > like that.
> > Instead we have a wide open McCarty bricking from the corner...
> >
> > The leadership is there..look at Shammond. He is obviously a somewhat
> > talented guy who never really did anything before coming to the
Celts..but
> > under the leadership of OB...Pierce and Walker the guy is doing well.
Heck
> > they even got him to play some defense something that I heard he has
never
> > done before.
> >
> > Truth is OB is right..it doesn't really matter where the leadership
comes
> > from as long as you have it.
> >
> > MJ is an example of a two guard who leads his team, and KG is a PF that
> leads
> > his team. You don't need your point to lead a team, just guys who can
> handle
> > the ball.
> >
> > We are 12-6 and will likely win 20 games by the New Year.. I don't see a
> > reason to complain. Considering our woeful talent base after Pierce and
> > Walker thats will be an amazing achievement.
> >
> > Pete