Re: [Celtics' Stuff Poor coaching again by Obie loses game

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

How bout the fact they may be a better team?

DanF
----- Original Message -----
From: <CeltsSteve@AOL.com>
To: <Celtic4Hire@AOL.com>; <celticsstuffgroup@yahoogroups.com>;
<celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 12:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Celtics' Stuff Poor coaching again by Obie loses game


> In a message dated 3/23/02 7:36:36 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> Celtic4Hire@AOL.com writes:
>
>
> > But the bottom line, Steve, is that were you satified by last night's
game?
> > Do you think we can win in the playoffs the way we played last night?
What
> > I
> > am hearing you say is that we should be satisfied with where we are at.
> > There
> > isn't any room for improvement. What I am hearing you say is that with
the
> > offensive scheme we got, the barrage of quick threes by all comers, that
> > sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't and this was just one of
those
> > nights. You see, I totally disagree with that.
> >
> > This club actually has A CHANCE TO GO THE FINALS. If they would improve
> > upon
> > those things I had listed, they would bust through all these East teams.
> > This
> > is a cheap shot but Tommy and Cous don't like this stuff either. It is
just
> >
> > that they are so close to being the best team in the East.  The coach is
> > one
> > the that establishes the playing time and the players roles. It is then
up
> > to
> > the players to execute according to their roles. Are you telling me that
it
> >
> > is within Erik Williams role to jack up a three in a close game with
about
> > 3
> > minutes left. Are you telling me that it is within Tony Delk's role to
run
> > dribble down the court and pull up for a three with 20 seconds left on
the
> > clock? If Obie doesn't say anything to these guys, I guess it is and I
just
> >
> > need to get over it.
> >
> > I don't know why you are defending Obie for allowing this, game after
game.
> >
> > You are better than that...
>
>
>
> DJ,
>
> I'm not satisfied with last night because it ended up as a "L".  But by
the
> same token, I'm not going to lay that "L" directly or solely on the coach,
> either.
>
> How about we start with the fact that Battie and V combined for a lusty
1-5
> from the field with a grand total of 4 boards between them?
> Or Antoine's 5 TO's?
> Or the team missing 8 FT's?
> Or the fact that the team defense allowed Snow and Claxton shot a combined
> 11-19 from the field?
> Or the fact that the perimeter D sucked and Raja Bell came off the bench
and
> canned two quick, basically uncontested 3's?
> Or the fact that they got clobbered on the boards 50-34 and outrebounded
on
> the O-boards 14-8. Six extra chance opportunities multiplied by Philly's
FG%
> also equaled the difference on the scoreboard.
>
> No, you are not at all hearing me say we should be satisfied where the
team
> is at. What I am saying is that there is no shame in losing by 4 points to
> the defending conference champ and to suggest that last night's loss falls
> directly on O'Brien because of the team's supposedly flawed offensive
> strategy of not going inside more against the 4-time League Defensive
Player
> of the Year is ludicrous and wholly unfair. What I'm also saying is that
the
> emphasis on the 3-ball is more a function of the current roster
composition
> and the fact there clearly isn't a true inside/post  threat on the
offensive
> side of the ball.
>
> There is obviously room for improvement and I agree totally this team has
an
> opportunity to go to the Finals this year depending on how the seedings
fall
> because the EC is wide open. And NO, it is not Eric Willaims' role to jack
up
> a 3 because he's not a very good 3-point shooter to begin with. And Delk's
> shot  was UNnecessary and ill founded because the C's still had an
> opportunity to steal the "W" at that particular point in the game despite
> playing their supposedly "flawed" offense and despite only shooting 41%
from
> the field and despite the fact that they allowed Philly to shoot almost
46%
> from the field. Philly also managed to make 4 more FT's on the identical
> number of attempts and the difference in the final outcome was 5.
>
> Defending Obie game after game? Hardly. I'm just tired of the game after
game
> finger pointing that it's all his fault when they lose. Obie deserves
better
> than that . . .
>
> CeltsSteve