Re: C's Moving Up In The Draft? Is This True?

[David Van De Griek <davev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I do not recall Grousbeck saying 
"Steve Pagliuca is making *all* the personnel decisions".

I believe he said something more along the lines of 
"Steve Pagliuca is more involved (than the other owners) 
in the basketball personnel decisions". (not an exact quote)

It was comforting to hear the Celtics have actually hired some scouts,
including 2 in Europe...

-dave (normally just lurking...)

At Thursday 10:32 AM 4/17/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>--- You wrote:
>Well then, this tells us two or three things:
>A) Wallace is gonzo.
>B) C's are trying to trade up.
>C) Ownership is clueless. What NBA/Basketball-based credentials
>does Steve Pagliuca possess to accurately evaluate personnel?
>
>These guys better get a real GM pronto before the draft.
>Ray
>
>"Belanger, Roger" wrote:
>
>> I watched the game and he did indeed make the statement. Struck me as
>> curious though, if Steve Pagliuca is making all the personnel decisions,
>> what the heck is Chris Wallace doing.
>--- end of quote ---
>
>I thought that statement was a good sign - the fact that Wyc did NOT say it was
>Chris Wallace's decision to make. And, since Pagliuca has to be about a 100
>times smarter than Walrus and, unlike our GM, has actually played competitive
>basketball and finished college, it has to better. I'm not saying he's great as
>a de facto GM. it's just that Wallace proved beyond any reasonable doubt that
>he is a horrible GM, and Pagliuca is still an unknown. It's better to have a
>guy with no credentials than one with  terrrible credentials. 
>
>And yes, if Grousbeck said  last night that they're trying to trade up - which
>he did - then it would mean that....the Celtics are trying to trade up. In any
>case, it's another good sign. A third good sign is that he effortlessly rattled
>off the names of the top *foreign* draft prospects, namely Milicic and
>Shortsianitis, which shows that he's at least paying attention. Do you think
>Thanksdad ever had any idea who the top draft prospects were (unless it was in
>polo)? 
>
>Can anyone who listened to the entire conversation supply any other interesting
>tidibits? The noise level in the house was a little too high at times for me to
>hear all that Grousbeck had to say :) 
>Kestas