RE: OB - Why Do People Call Him an Excellent Coach?

["ryan nelson" <ryanmnelson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been saying it for 2 years now, obie is a horrible in game coach.
He blew the playoffs two years ago by not playing Strickland and
starting the same 5 every game even though they would let the nets get
out to a 20 point lead every time.  He does not know how to substitute
or run an offense.  I may even prefer ML to obie.  He has to go.

rmn

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-celtics@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-celtics@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Sean
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:51 AM
To: pmaurice
Cc: Celtics @ igtc.com
Subject: Re: OB - Why Do People Call Him an Excellent Coach?

I am not saying he is a bad coach.  With Antoine and PP, this team was a

lock to make the playoffs and with the right matchups (no nets) to have 
a 50 50 chance of making the finals.  That being said, I never thought 
he was a great coach - just a good one.  I hated the offense he ran, but

accepted it because we were winning.  This year, he says he did not want

to run that offense - it was all Evil Antoine.   Yet, when he goes out 
to run they cant with any consistency or success.  They are playing the 
same style ball as last year 70% of the time, except with Mike James 
taking Antoines three (or at least a percent of them).

pmaurice wrote:

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Sean" <sgiovanello@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>  
>
>>Listening to media types, it seems everyone thinks OB is an excellent
>>coach.  Ordway stands by it.  Tanguay is saying not on the post game.
>>Ainge thinks it.  On and on, I keep hearing this.  Where does this
come
>>from?
>>    
>>
>
>Remember the year he was given a mediocre point guard, a back-up
forward /
>bruiser who's had a mediocre career, and a career back-up undersized
>shooting guard with a decent outside shot, to go along with Walker and
>Pierce? He coached them to the ECF. How about the year he had no point
>guard, a center with a chronic knee injury, and no forward / bruiser.
He got
>them past a better team in the first round. He can coach. His teams
have
>overachieved given the talent on the floor.
>
>Let's just keep saying to ourselves, "addition by subtraction.  It'll
be all
>right in three to five years."
>
>Paul M.