Re: [Celtics' Stuff ] The Cs underachieved last year. Deal with it.

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At 09:53 PM 8/28/03 -0400, Celtic4Hire@xxxxxxx wrote:

>I believe the Cs underachieved last season. They were out of shape, out of 
>spirit and had the Baker debacle to deal with. I will grant you that last 
>year's team didn't have as much depth as the ECF team with Rogers, 
>Strickland and Anderson. But compare the size of Walker of last year 
>versus the ECF Walker. The ECF Walker is about twenty pounds lighter. The 
>ECF team ran more (which isn't saying much since last year's team never 
>ran at all). Last year's team had the ridiculous gameplan of either Walker 
>or PP had the option of bringing up the ball. The team had to deal with 
>the questions about Baker and how he was to coexist with the team. Other 
>than major injuries to key players, things that could go wrong last year 
>went wrong. That was underachievement.
>
>Still, we owned Detroit and the Pacers. People, Detroit can't score. Tell 
>me what they did in the off season to improve that. Get Larry Brown? A 
>seventeen-year old? A career making good playoff by T Prince? Doesn't 
>anyone want to see Prince do it his sophmore year and more than 10 games 
>before they think he is the answer to their offensive problems?
>
>The Pacers lose an all-star center and Reggie Miller is another year 
>older. Yet they are expected to contend in the East. Who is going to make 
>up the gap? Is Tinsley suddenly going to find an outside shot and become a 
>20 point a game man? Will it be Croshere's time for glory with Bird at his 
>back? Can't see it.
>
>What if Baker actually plays a whole season? Would that make us better? 
>What if he actually gives a 10 points a night? Isn't there a chance for 
>that? Shouldn't we be a much quicker team with Banks bringing up the ball 
>instead of Walker or PP? Not seeing PP dribbling the ball up the court 
>gives us three more wins right there. How about a Walker who isn't a pud 
>who gets you two more rebounds a night like he did on the ECF team? 
>Wouldn't that add a couple of wins? How about a Battie who isn't injured 
>the whole year? Doesn't that count for something? How about Kedrick? What 
>if he actually starts to be able to shoot? Maybe a layup or two from 
>passes from Banks will build his confidence. Wouldn't it be his time? Must 
>we assume that he will continue to be a summer league wonder?
>
>Sure the Celts could have a injury that will screw up the team. But every 
>team has that same chance starting the season. If players are healed up at 
>the start of the season and aren't injury prone, you got to account for that.
>
>The Cs underachieved last year. I'll say that Obie didn't help things with 
>his gimmick offense, overplaying the stars and substitution.But things 
>went wrong that amplified the lack of depth. I see things going right this 
>season in spite of Obie. At least, we have the same equal chance of things 
>going right that Detroit or the Pacers have.
>
>For you handwringers, must everything be the same as last year? Do you 
>look in the mirror every day and say, "Same place, same thing"? You must 
>be able to rise above your chains of despair and realise that the sun will 
>rise tomorrow. Things could actually work out. People who underperformed 
>can turn things around. Last year's frontrunners don't get extra credit 
>for past work. Stand up with me and say, "Free at last, Free at last, 
>Thank God Almighty, we're free at last".....
>
>DJessen33

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