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Re: THE BIG PICTURE

Danny had some dark sunken eyes last night. His job is not an easy one by any means. It's one thing to to take over the Memphis Grizzlies but the Celtics are another can of beans. I don't envy him. He could have stood pat on the "Wallace Faced" team but who really would have been happy then? Last night's loss, more than anything, showed the lack of "team". The guys couldn't put a bucket together early on (0-15 at one point) and obviously at the end of the game. Good team's run plays in the final stages of close games. Last night there was none of that. Erratic, best describes the last 8 minutes. Danny needs to acquire disciplined soldiers or this schitzo ball will be a nightly occurrence.
With Battie sidelined and Brown getting 2 minutes, yes, that was a terrible loss.
Think about this. Without another trade, this team will have two first round picks next draft. That will be a lot of guys with little or no playing experience wearing Celtic green. Is there someone coming out in '05 that I don't know about, b/c we could be headed to superlotto 2005 style?




On Tuesday, February 10, 2004, at 10:34 AM, Eggcentric@xxxxxxx wrote:

Due to all the subplots mentioned by Lapdoggy, last night's loss to
Cleveland was particularly painful... even embarrassing.  Did our
young guys learn anything from it... I doubt it.

John Thompson said something last night like "The Celts are attempting
to play a style (up-tempo) they don't have the right personnel for."
Wonder if Obie knew all along what Ainge has yet to figure out.

Like it or not, arguably our three most consistent contributors have been
Pierce, Blount, and good old Waltah ... the only three holdovers (along with
Baker) from the previous regime. Think the only reason that Blount and
McCarty are still even with us is that they were re-signed by Danny thus
sharing the dubious distinction of being 50% his guys? Meanwhile the new
guys, the very players responsible for catapulting the mediocre Blount and
Waltah into starring roles, have taken from 29 to 53 games to put it
together and except for Welsch who recently has hit the funny wall,
they still haven't. Is it the players or the coaches?

After Ainge completes his cleansing and trades away the last of his
unwanted stepchildren - Pierce, the 50% Blount, and the 50% McCarty -
he is going to be forced to start dealing his own beloved children (a/k/a
overrated athletes).

I can hardly wait to see who Danny brings in next to audition for
THE BIG PICTURE.

Egg