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Re: Hornets' dominance on boards sinks Green
Freaking beautiful post Eggy.
Ryan
P.S. Of course, that next post where you criticized
Kedrick really sucked ;)
P.S.S. Two words for all the insanity (don't get me
wrong, I love the insanity for pure entertainment
purposes) that has crept up on this list in the last 5
days; "Big picture"
--- Eggcentric@xxxxxxx wrote:
> ``It's a physical size problem,'' O'Brien said.
> ``They're bigger and
> stronger than every one of our guys.'' - Obie (via
> Michael Gee)
>
> What a crock. Ibm maybe a day late, but still feel
> this worth noting.
>
> HORNETS CELTS
> PF Brown (6-11 239) Vin Baker (6-11 250)
>
> SF Lynch (6-8 235) Eric Williams (6-8 220)
>
> C Magloire (6-11 259) Mark Blount (7-0 250)
>
> PG Davis (6-3 223) Mike James (6-2 188)
>
> SG Wesley (6-1 203) Paul Pierce (6-6 230)
>
> I feel a good snit coming on, because you know what,
> I am sick
> of all the false promises.
>
> I am sick of each year's early hype and subsequent
> poster rantings
> followed always by the inevitable reality. I am
> sick of the wishful
> thinkers each and every preseason taking to task
> national sports
> writers for being so bold as to think the Celts
> might not finish quite
> as high as Celt fans predict. I am also sick of
> survivor Obie being
> considered some sort of modern-day Svengali able to
> squeeze lemonade
> from lemons, sick of fans beatifying impetuous Danny
> prior to even
> seeing how both his executive skills and
> trades/draft choices eventually
> pan out, and sick of our chintzy bottom-line owners
> who when you
> really think about it, make Gaston appear as some
> sort of benevolent
> Santa Claus for shelling out the dollars he did to
> Pitino, Walker,
> Pierce, etc.
>
> Especially, I am frustrated over just what our
> present mediocre and
> dysfunctional Celtic team holds for the future. On
> paper, our bench
> appears to be deep(er), but maybe that can simply be
> attributed to
> our overall mediocrity since aside from Pierce,
> there is little to no
> talent difference among our top ten, maybe even our
> top thirteen
> players. Is that a sign of strength or of weakness?
>
> I am also frustrated with all the Neanderthal
> posters who continue to
> bemoan the trading of AW and couldn't wait to pin
> just about every loss
> this season on PP. If there is one victim of this
> classic Ainge/Obie
> tug o' war and our restrictive team budget, it is
> Pierce. He really
> deserves a better supporting cast. Walker had
> Pierce to take on the
> double/triple teaming; Pierce presently has no one
> to take the pressure
> off him.
>
> B O R I N G is what best describes Wednesday's
> contest. And here
> I was expecting that after Monday night's loss,
> Wednesday's game
> would rival in intensity the Rape of Nanking, the
> sacking of Troy,
> the eruption of Krakatoa, the Black Death, the Punic
> Wars, the siege
> of Leningrad, the Killing Fields of Cambodia, the
> autodafes of the
> Inquisition, the fall of Constantinople, the revolt
> of Spartacus,
> the Battle of Jutland.
>
> I wouldn't mind us losing every game if I truly
> believed we were making
> at least one-baby-step-at-a-time progress in our
> transition to the old
> and venerable Celt style. But are we doing that ...
> NOPE. The addition
> of Ainge, much like the addition of any new CEO to
> any company, has
> caused nothing less than chaos. Could he have made
> this transition
> smoother by being more honest and direct with (i.e.
> not alienating)
> his coaches and players ... YUP.
>
> While wholesome but indecisive Danny has been
> auditioning for the role
> of honest Sheriff Andy in Mayberry RFD , we now find
> our team
> somewhere between dysfunctional and starting over.
> Examples: Keeping
> Obie yet getting rid of Walker; drafting Banks as
> the rocket- propelled
> missile of our future sprint team yet adding bball
> savvy slowpokes
> LaFrentz and Welsch; touting youth while attempting
> to sign AARP
> member Karl Malone; not spending an additional red
> sou on a quality PG
> while gleefully signing the ''electrifying'' James
> on the cheap; frittering
> away the difference in dollars between signing an
> Antonio Daniels vs.
> Mike James by re-upping Obie favorite Walter
> McCarty. Etc., etc., etc.,
> etc. I am in full agreement with Danny's theories; I
> just don't see them
> being implemented in any logical sequence.
>
> The delicate balance inherent in gradually
> transforming this team's
> character to Ainge's preferred style has been
> compromised by
> Ainge's allegiance to -
>
> 1) Re-signing Obie for the sake of appeasing his
> players
> 2) Abiding by the team's luxury tax constraints
> 3) Retaining fan excitement and loyalty (box office
> $$$'s)
> 4) Making the playoffs this season
>
> Such a criteria is all but an impossible dream to
> achieve... he may win
> the first two while losing the last two. Miami, in
> desperate need of a PG,
> chose not to re-sign Mike James. Cleveland, who
> finished last in the ED,
> chose not to re-sign Jumaine Jones. Yet due to our
> reverence for past
> Celtic players and our desperation to finally see
> our team play exciting
> Bball with upside promise for the future, we
> continue to look upon these
> Danny do's as major coups, the works of a genius set
> on building our
> glorious future.
>
> Mindful that ''veracity is the heart of morality'' -
> which is it, Danny -
> are you rebuilding for the future or going for the
> gold (well at least
> silver) this season? If this is a makeover year,
> then stop the
> compromises and please complete the job. Obie is
> also a bit confused
> over your mixed signals. He wonders if one can
> really be both a builder
> and a contender at the same time?
>
> Oh Danny boy, the pipes are calling from glen to
> glen and down the
> mountain side. The summer's gone and all the
> flowers are dying.
>
> Egg
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