Re: Bird

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I not so sure this is a better team than last year. So putting pressure on
OB isn't quite fair. The point guard situation is a serious one. Until
proven otherwise I think last season's team was superior to date. Bringing
on Bird may make him look like a Messiah, but the present bunch of front
office nitwits are so bad, half this list could have drafted/traded our way
to a better team.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lance Jacobson" <lancejacob@attbi.com>
To: "Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: Bird


>     Anyway, I'm excited about it. I'd love to see the line of former
Celtics
>     restored in some manner. That ended with Pitino, and there isn't a
strong
>     Celtic presence in the management team now. Red is a figurehead. It
would be
>     nice to have someone involved in building the team who understands
what has
>     made the Celtics successful over the years.>>Mark Berry
>
> Don't we all.  I think Obie deserves respect for pulling these guys
together after the
> Pitino whirlwind, but he's also part of the culture the followed
Gaston--including
> M.L. Carr's charade and then the hype over RP and his many coaches,
facilities and
> perks.  The team has lost it's Celtic ties, and Obie's tainted with the
idea that he's
> not an accomplished coach, so his style of management is by making deals
with the
> players and bringing in veterans that realize that their career depends on
playing the
> coach's game, not demanding and pouting for exposure.
>
> Obie inherently has those two things going against him--dealmaking with
the players,
> and inability to develop rookies.  Does anybody think JJ and Forte will be
busts?  I'm
> sure they'll be serviceable players and contribute to their teams.  With
two draft
> picks in the first round coming in we fans should expect some yield from
the crop, but
> have been conditioned to think that we'll dump the guys rather than see
value.  It's
> hard to believe that the new owners aren't pretty familiar with the last
five years of
> Wallace's work, and the inability of Obie to get something out of the
rookies.
>
> Whether they are basketball-savvy or not, the owners have to see
improvement on all
> fronts, not just wins and playoff games.  This team has been stocked with
talent and
> money has been spent, so the wins, the development and the attitude all
have to be
> working much better than just last year's showing for the coach and GM to
keep their
> jobs.