Re: O'Brien Extended Today

[Way Of The Ray <wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All true, Maurice. Ainge may be experiencing temporary insanity.
I'm pretty sure of it, after hearing him on WEEI.

Ainge will eventually come to his senses and deal Walker.
Ray


> > ** Original Sender: "pmaurice" <damekmo@teleport.com>
> > ** Original Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 10:19:23 -0700 (PDT)
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> > ** Original Message follows...
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> >----- Original Message -----
> > From: Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>
> >
> > > Two years is a meager extension, and a good move by management to
> > > keep it short. Hopefully, there's a buyout clause.
> >
> > Oh please, let's not cut Ainge a break this quickly. We've been told, that
> > is, we all know that Obie is the Dayton Killer, has a constant stupid look
> > on his face, can't develop any young talent, has no clue on offense - it's
> > Dick Harter's defense that gets them any wins at all - and is under the
> > control of Antoine. If Ainge wanted to do the right thing, if he had any
> > courage at all, he would've fired O'Brien the second the playoffs were over.
> > Fired O'Brien, fired Wallace, and never made that idiotic promise about not
> > trading Antoine. I was willing to believe that he was lying about that one.
> > However with the extension given to O'Brien I'm beginning to have my doubts
> > about that. Please....don't give the guy a break just because he's a former
> > Celtic. Paul Silas is sitting there without a job. Dave Cowens is apparently
> > talking to the Knicks about becoming an Assistant Coach. Anybody....Anybody
> > could do a better job of coaching this team. And what about the stranglehold
> > Walker has on O'Brien? Do you actually believe that's going away anytime
> > soon? And what do you think O'Brien will say if he's asked about a point
> > guard? He'll probably start talking about how he wanted his team back,
> > including the point guard they shipped out, and how everything worked fine
> > back then. "Of course we need a point guard," he'll say. So what does that
> > tell you? What that tells me is that the team is controlled by a higher,
> > well, lower force who demanded the point guard be traded for a Tub of Goo.
> > Which only tells me that O'Brien is helpless and worthless. Which only tells
> > me that Ainge, a good man, is going down fast. Please..."good move by
> > management to keep it short?" What's wrong with you Way? Have you fallen
> > under the spell of, as our president loves to say, "The Evil One?" Should we
> > add you to the list of the damned?
> >
> > Paul M.
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