Re: Celtics Mailbag: Mike Gorman Answers more questions

["Shawn Niles" <shizzjr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll tell you who's not one of the top 5, 10, 15, or even 20 coaches in the 
league. Phil Jackson. That guy does absolutely nothing. He has been the 
luckiest coach in the history of the game. He has never once had to build a 
team or develop players. He just steps into a situation where anyone could 
win and he takes the credit for it. Jordan and Shaq have carried him to his 
record...  two players who were, (and still are, in the case of Shaq), 
allowed to bend whatever rule they thought necesarry to be great players.

You want to carry the ball, travel with it, palm it, take 5 steps, push 
people out of the way to give yourself room to get the shot off Mike? Sure, 
go ahead, no problem.

You want to step over the line as you shoot free throws, stay in the lane 
for 6 or 7 seconds at a time, push people out of the way just because you're 
bigger and you can, push refs without getting tossed Shaq? Why not. The 
league needs stars, after all.

You thinks Jackson sticks around when Kobe is traded, or leaves as a FA, or 
ends up in jail....  and Shaq decides to retire? Of course he won't. He'll 
quit and say the same tired lines he used in Chicago. "I need a break." "I'm 
mentally tired."   The reality of the situation is he realizes he doesn't 
have a clue how to coach. He wouldn't have the foggiest idea how to get 
young players to play or how to develop them. He has one skill, and that is 
developing chemistry on a team and between stars. Although even that is 
coming into question this year.


> From: Snoopy the Celtics Beagle <snoopy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: celtics@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Celtics Mailbag: Mike Gorman Answers more questions
> Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 16:54:45 -0500
>
> At 04:16 PM 12/28/2003, Dan Forant wrote:
>
> >Uuummmm, if Gorman thinks OB's one of the top 5 coaches in the League 
> he's
> >part of the problem or drunk or both. Would we really expect to hear MG 
> say
> >he sucks?
> >
> >DanF
>
>
> Yes, if true.  Gorman and Heinsohn--for all that they are obviously
> supportive of the C's--have never shied away from realizing where the team
> has problems.  Witness Tommy's bemoaning the plethora of threes, to the
> point where someone had obviously asked him to tone it down to the
> occasional "Live by the three--live by the three." comment.  Gorman has
> been known state the bald facts when the C's play a bad stretch of 
> basketball.
>
> I think it's a bit much to even facetiously question his sobriety, but we
> all know what free advice is worth.  My personal opinion of Obie is
> somewhere between you and Mike Gorman.  I question the "top five", but have
> consistently marveled at how much he gets out of what--on paper--is not a
> high quality team overall.  Consider that despite the near universally
> disparaging remarks made about the EC, Boston has been kicking some serious
> WC butt this season.  If only they played as consistently against teams
> like the Hawks and the Bulls, Boston would have blown the doors off the EC
> this season.
>
> Given that since he took over as coach, the roster has been significantly
> changed with annoying frequency, he's always gone back to work and tried to
> prepare the team in the best way he knows how.  I give him credit for the
> team doing as well as it has, especially since the last trade is such a
> setback in terms of short term teamwork and chemistry.  I also give him
> credit for not publicly calling Trader Dan an idiot.  :>)
>
> Snoopy the Celtics Beagle
> Please visit the <http://www.celticsbeagle.net/>Celtics Beagle Website

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