Re: Look For Chris Wallace To Be Brought Up On Murder Charges

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

Mark,

Just as you have admitted to making a mistake in misjudging Obie, you need
to wait a while longer before ruling that our rooks are a bust.  You know it
takes them a while.  Look at the blase season Stromile Swift had last year.
Did he do anything?  Had a decent game last night though.

You can't expect these guys to come in at 19-20 years of age and not
struggle for some time against the greatest players in the world.  There are
very few exceptions.

We are off to a better start than any of us could have imagined.  Try to
find some positives in it.

Cecil


----- Original Message -----
From: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <wayray@ix.netcom.com>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 5:52 AM
Subject: Re: Look For Chris Wallace To Be Brought Up On Murder Charges


> I hate to say it, and I can't stand the "way" he said it, but Ray's right.
> The Wallace quotes over the weekend really steamed me as well. I'm
> thoroughly unimpressed with Chris Wallace so far. His one good move to
this
> point was signing Strickland. The Blount and Palacio contracts were
mistakes
> and the draft was butchered-not that the three players can't be
> contributors, just that the potential was there in this great draft, with
> three picks, to really make a long-term difference. The Calbert
> Cheaney/Derrick McKey/Walt Williams comparisons to Joe Johnson are looking
> more true by the day. Forte was a lousy pick. My greatest hope is Kedrick,
> but he could just as easily be Ricky Davis/Corey Maggette/Eddie Robinson
as
> the next McGrady. In fact, it's far more likely.
>
> He's also right that the commonly held belief that trades will work out
the
> logjam at the swing positions is turning into a sham. JJ, until Kedrick
was
> hurt, was a DNP-CD guy and a half-step away from the dreaded "back spasms"
> IL trip. Forte may never see meaningful minutes. What value do you think
JJ
> or Forte really have when they can't beat out Eric Williams or Erick
> Strickland? Or Walter McCarty?
>
> Just a really bad job by Wallace in this draft.
>
> On the other hand... Jim O'Brien got no help from Wallace and has taken
this
> team to unbelievable heights. They're playing hard for him every night,
> which they didn't do at all for Pitino. O'Brien checked his ego at the
door
> and brought in Dick Harter to make a difference on the defensive end. He
> made Eric Williams a contributor. Just a tremendous job. I've been awfully
> tough on him and skeptical because of what he did at Dayton, but he
deserves
> major kudos for his work with the Celtics.
>
> Mark