Re: Callahan on Baker

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The over-zealous fans of Vinny are desperate to find some example of hope
for this guy. Just turn him over now. He's done. He is a fraud with the
perpetrators being the Celtic management.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: <Tammo29@AOL.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: Callahan on Baker


>    I'm amazed at the number of people who still insist that Bakers
problems
> come from a lack of touches.
> I can't count how many times I've seen other Celtics stand there dribbling
> the ball waiting for Baker to establish some kind of position in order to
get
> him the ball and Baker simply can't or won't do it.  More than once it
looked
> like he was hiding behind the defender.
> He doesn't go down on the box and establish himself.  He would rather
meander
> around until he gets the opportunity to set a pick (his one saving grace),
> but then even after setting the pick he stands there instead of going to
the
> basket or spotting up for a shot.  He never angles himself in order to
open a
> passing lane.  And he never boxes out on the rebound but uses his hands to
> try to dislodge his opponent instead.
> I doubt very much that Battie is as talented as Baker even at this stage
of
> their careers, yet Battie plays the position perfectly.  If the coaching
> staff would sit Baker down and show him the difference between how he is
> playing and how Battie plays, maybe a lightbulb would go off somewhere.
> In the meantime I wish people would stop making excuses for the guy.  His
> problems are his problems...not the coaches, not his teammates, not the
> referee's.
> Until he admits that to himself nothing will ever change.  Maybe the
Callahan
> article is exactly the kick in the butt he needs.