Obrien/Walker combo

["Enrile, Roy" <renrile@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Disagree,  I can picture the C's eventually winning a championship with
Obie and Antoine.

The last 3 championship coaches Jackson, Popovitch, Rudyt  are similar
to Obrien in that they're no nonsense oldschool coaches who had players
that grew together, and who were abnormally loyal to the coach.  Their
teams where defensive minded, and surprise! All the offense's involved a
couple of stars surrounded by 3 pt bombers.  The proof that Obrien isn't
fake like Pitino and doesn't take crap, is that he kept benching Vin
(poor defense), even though there must have been political pressure to
play our big investment a lot. 

Suppose after 4 years, Kendrick has developed as much as
JermaineOneal/RashardLewis, and scores at will in the paint.  What if
Hunter turns out as good as Brian Grant.  Then Obie's style and
Antoine's skills would be part of a really successful, balanced team.
Toine is a better player than Horace,Rodman,Thorpe,Horry ever were, so I
don't think the current setup is a lost cause.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-celtics@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-celtics@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Berry, Mark S

... he could have sped up the
process of making this a championship team by dumping Obie and finding a
good deal for Antoine. I say that because I don't believe this team will
ever win a championship with those two.