Maybe Danny just thinks everything is going well.

["pmaurice" <damekmo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There's a way of reading everything you wrote Egg without coming to the
conclusion that Pagliuca didn't give Danny the OK to be his own man.
Pagliuca chased Danny for this job. If I remember correctly Danny turned him
down the first time they spoke. Danny didn't need this job. Why should
anybody assume that Danny wasn't allowed to bring his own coach in? Why
would he take the job under those circumstances? Why would he take the job
if he wasn't allowed to be his own man? Sure Danny has to talk to the
owners. But that doesn't mean that the owners don't trust his judgment. I
assume they hired him because they couldn't trust Wallace's. Let me quickly
skip to your Final Thoughts: " Ainge deferred to Pag on the Obie signing, to
Wallace on our draft picks, and to Obie on the McCarty/Blount signings."
How about Ainge agrees with Pag on the Obie signing and didn't argue against
it for that reason, he deferred to Wallace on the draft picks because he
didn't know much about the available players and there wasn't enough time to
catch up or he actually agreed with the decisions, and he agreed with Obie
and Pags on the signings of McCarty / Blount because he likes what the
players give the team in limited minutes. Am I supposed to believe that
Danny took this job and hasn't done a damn thing except defer to others this
whole time? He took the job just to be a "Yes Man?" What has the guy done?
Not his draft picks? Not his decision on Obie? Not his decision on
re-signing players? Head of Basketball Operations? Why take the job if
you're just going to be Chris Wallace? Why hire Chris Wallace again? Mark
asked in one of his posts the other day if  we thought Danny was happy with
the way things are going, implying he couldn't possibly be happy with the
way things are going. When I look at the evidence of Danny's work as Head of
Basketball Operations...sure he's happy. He has the coach he wants, the
players he wants, he agrees that Walker and Pierce aren't going to change,
he says he likes what he sees on the floor. Everybody on this list thought
Danny was going to come in and do the right thing because the right thing to
do was so obviously apparent. Maybe Danny just doesn't agree now that he has
the job. Either he's mistaken or most people on this list are mistaken.
Maybe Danny's just another idiot. Or maybe he just agrees with Ryan. More
talent. A decent coach who get the most out of his players. More wins.
That's the goal.

Paul M.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Eggcentric@xxxxxxx>
To: <Kestutis.Kveraga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 6:06 AM
Subject: Re: Ain't gonna allow anyone to fool around with ME and Paul


> < Logically, then, the part that Pagliuca didn't approve must have been
> canning Obie, right? > - Kestas
>
> < Egg....and how do you know Pagliuca didn't give Danny the OK to be his
> own man and fire O'Brien? >  - Paul M.
>
> I only know what I have posted several times. The Celt owners (Pagliuca
> being the most aggressive, hands-on obnoxiousiosa among them) felt that
> Obie had concocted a pretty tasty meal from the groceries Wallace had
> purchased.  And they could ill afford a team mutiny.
>
> A lot of the local media felt (and still feel) the same.  Obie is a
survivor,
> no matter how poor we consider his coaching skills. Here is the dilemma -
> if our team has so little talent, and our coach is as bad as I think he
is,
> then how come we have made the playoffs two years in a row?  My own
> rationale is that if we dropped Pierce from our roster we would likely
> have been looking at a string of 35-47 seasons. Same with McGrady in
> Orlando, Iverson in Philly, and Carter in Toronto.
>
> It offends me that if fired, Obie would likely be hired within 48 hours
> by another team.  I simply have little respect for this stubborn guy and
> feel that if we could rid ourselves of both Obie and Toine, I might then
> be able to cleanse my mind of negative Celt thoughts.  All then would
> be calm in my own little personal Bball world.
>
> As for Walker, Pagliuca is not fond of him.  He approved the multi-player
> trade with Chicago which was about to happen when Jay Williams had his
> ill-fated motorcycle accident.  Since that near-trade, Pag and Ainge (who
> are truly attached at the hip) have NOT been pleased with any of the other
> AW trade proposals such as Walker for Sprewell, etc.  In fact, they are
> incredulous at how little interest there has been among other GM's being
> willing to reshape their teams around Walker's unique skill set.
>
> FINAL THOUGHTS - Ainge deferred to Pag on the Obie signing, to Wallace
> on our draft picks, and to Obie on the McCarty/Blount signings.  Until
> timid innocence blossoms into extreme license, nothing much will change.
> Ainge has shown us neither the clout nor the NBA connections that we
> assumed he might have, and is neither as personable nor as up front as
> we hoped he might be. Show me a con man and I will show you a thief.
> Ainge will always be beholden to Pagliuca; it is the foundation of their
> relationship.
>
> EGG