Re: Mark's got points

[bird <birdwl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Tammo29@xxxxxxx
>
> As both you [Joe H.] and Mark have already pointed out, when we go 
> with our small
> backcourt we just get killed on defense.  It happened in Washington 
> too.  We
> had Delk, S Williams and Bremer trying to guard one of either Jordan or
> Stackhouse for Pete's sake.  As the results point out, it wasn't 
> pretty.
True.  Actually, I believe Obie's making the best of the bad situation 
with Brown's injury by playing Shammond and Delk at the same time.  
Even though it creates a defensive liability, it's probably better than 
playing Wallah big minutes.  On the other hand, I wouldn't think he 
would have to do it as often as he does.


> I don't see any relief unless Brown comes back and shows he's a 
> defensive
> force.
> That's a big if.
I don't think that Kedrick Brown needs to come in and show he's a 
defensive force for this defensive liability we're talking about to 
mostly go away.  If he comes in and just plays decent defense, that and 
his size will probably more than make up for the deficiency.  It's a 
little unfair to say he'd have to be a force, because any reasonably 
adept NBA player with decent guard size (6'5" - 6'8") would be a lot 
better than two 6'1" guys in the backcourt.


> In a way I feel sorry for O'Brien. What's he going to do?  He just 
> doesn't
> have the personnel he needs.  But, at the same time, shouldn't he have
> foreseen this problem before the season started?
Apparently Obie's only the head coach, and while Wallace and he may 
have discussed (conspired?) personnel moves, it was always Gaston, 
through Pond, who had the last word.  He who controls the purse strings 
and all.  If that wasn't the case, do you really think Obie would have 
let Rodney Rogers go?  In addition, we're the only team running with 
only a 12-man roster.  All in the name of "fiscal sanity".  If we could 
"afford" just one more player, maybe Obie wouldn't be virtually forced 
into playing two guys barely taller than me in the backcourt at the 
same time.

Then again, this *is* Jim O'Brien.  The likelihood that he would play 
these two guys at the same time is probably pretty high.

Bird