RE: Bremer makes his move

["Berry, Mark S" <berrym@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, we'll have to agree to disagree. I think he's doing terribly. The
Baker trade on the heels of the 2001 draft debacle simply crippled this team
for the next four years. They have no flexibility. The core of players that
have been here have matured and Obie is doing a great job, but all of it is
with no help from Wallace. Unfortunately, I think it will show again late in
the playoffs, when Pierce and Walker once again are running on fumes.

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	hironaka@nomade.fr [mailto:hironaka@nomade.fr] 
Sent:	Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:54 PM
To:	berrym@BATTELLE.ORG
Cc:	celtics@igtc.org
Subject:	RE: Bremer makes his move

I liked the Dikembe trade, so there you go. I thought the 
Rodney Rogers signing was huge too. The only advantage 
most of us have over GMs we criticize is hindsight. 

I don't know how you feel, but I don't have anything like 
the background to do Chris Wallace or Theo Epstein's job. 

I'd be happy to do the job if asked, but it goes with the 
territory that even no-brainer moves don't all go right, 
and gambles you sense are right can blow up. I used as 
examples the consensus top guys (recent NBA GM's of the 
Year)to illustrate that. I did not say these mistakes 
excused anyone else from criticism.

But if a smart and committed guy like you got the job, 
you'd be right sometimes, wrong sometimes. You'd be able 
to clean up some mistakes, but not all of them. 

Over time you'd be able to know where to look for the 
Adrian Griffins and Bruce Bowens, but you'd get beaten 
out at times by your 28 peers. You'd sometimes be able to 
pawn Travis Knight onto Jerry West, and sometimes not.

If the Celtics moved up to first place during your 
tenure, that would seem satisfactory. Just like Chris 
Wallace.

I truly wish we could get a better guy, but "GMs of the 
Year" are like hot stocks. 

They can easily tank the following year, like Thorn and 
Gabriel. Or it can be written off as a matter of luck 
and/or good ownership. Wallace is doing okay.


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