Re: O'Brien

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep, stay tuned, more of same to come...I am convinced now OB is not the man
for the job...inadequate instruction during time outs, inadequate minutes
management, no clue as to how to stop a hot player, it took a referee to
get Kedrick out of the game long after lack of contribution was evident....

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Ouellette" <bosox18@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Celtics" <Celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 10:06 AM
Subject: O'Brien


> I have to agree with this. It's only the third game of the season and
> O'Brien already plopped Banks in the doghouse. Admittedly, he had about
> as bad a first half as is imaginable, but surely he could have played
> three minutes in the second half to give James a breather on the second
> night of back-to-backs. And Pierce went the final 36 minutes after
> Welsch showed a little something in the first half (and never returned).
> Not to mention that the team completely reverted to last year's brutal
> fourth quarter offense of "Let's stand around and try to give PP the
> ball against a triple team."
>
> That was an easily winnable game.
>
> STEVE
>
>
> >Obie got hit by the stupid stick tonight. Yeah, the Cs played 3 games in
four
> >nights and played at tough team at home. However, Obie overplayed PP like
the
> >old days and both PP and James didn't get a rest in the second half. The
Cs
> >lost the team concept and didn't try to develop a pick and roll with
LaFrenz or
> >low post offense with Baker. The Armstrong defense was disrupting but
> >remember, this is only the third game of the season.