Emptying out my Celtic mind

[Celtic4Hire@xxxxxxx]

Just wondering why Danny the GM gets compared to ML the GM and Carroll the 
coach doesn't get compared to ML the coach.....

Not understanding why Carroll just doesn't abandon the Harter defense, a 
defense that has it flaws anyways in which it can be beat by passing and swinging 
the ball. The Harter defense requires all players to be on the same page, 
which they obviously are not. That was the worst defense I have ever seen last 
night. Why doesn't Carroll just tell them to go to a man to man? Everyone can 
play that and if someone isn't holding their guy, it would be obvious who is 
slacking....

Banks really had a nice game last night. He really had the poise, wasn't 
looking to score and basically took shots as they came to him and also created a 
few. I, for one, think he is going to be a star in this league....

Mihm continues to show the game he is going to have in the future. He had a 
nice game.....

I have now concluded that not only does Blount have hands of stone, he also 
has arms of glass. He can never catch a pass but when he does, he is such a 
poor finisher. Obie can have him with no tears shed by me.....

Danny may believe in JJ but I don't. At least he, like Walta,  is not the 
answer at power forward.....

Walta filled his Walker three point shooting role last night, in attempts and 
percentage.....

And then we have Hunter. I missed the game to watch it later on tape. My son 
told me to not watch the game except for the last 7 minutes when Hunter just 
rules. I still watched it in order but I couldn't believe it. Hunter was like a 
basketball/rebound magnet. I thought I was playing a pinball machine and 
Hunter was the gutter. The ball would be shot, bounce around and then go right to 
Hunter. And we can't find time to play this guy? This was on the respected 
Randolph, a Ray superlist player, a noted rebounder himself! I agree with Tommy 
that the other players are scared of him. Who other than Shaq wouldn't be?

I'm just wondering why the Boston press can analyze general manager moves but 
they can't analyze coaching decisions. I would like to see some analysis on 
the Harter defense, does it work or not. How about on John Carroll and his 
decision to stay the Obie course? Peter May calls Danny's plan nebulous. I think 
it is obvious. He said he wants the Kings basketball. You got Tommy explaining 
what uptempo, offensive basketball is every night. Why don't they get it? I 
don't think they (the media) understand it. The only thing they understand is 
who won last night....

Speaking of Tommy, he is doing the best analysis I have ever see him do, even 
when he was broadcasting for CBS. Yeah, you can say he loves the Cs, he is a 
homer and makes ridiculous charges about the refs. But he has correctly 
pointed out the deficiencys of practically every player and the coaching. Here are 
some:

PP: shouldn't be dribbling the ball up the court and shouldn't start his move 
unless he is within 20 feet of the basket
Mihm: What Tommy called "dumb" plays trying to take it to the rim against 
established shot blockers
Walta: limited player who is just a three point shooter (or should I say 
attempter) and not a power forward. 
Banks: he has been critical of him for getting lost on defense
Jiri: says he is now competing with RickyD and is looking to score rather 
playing the game
Blount: never has his hands up ready to recieve a pass
Obie: very critical of lack of offensive development, lack of boxing out 
fundamentals, mass substitutions
Harter: very critical of his defense. He hates the blitzing the PG on the 
pick and roll, he hates you have to have a mobile center that acts as a sweeper 
and therefore could never be an offensive center because of foul problems. He 
also hates how the defense allows for the defenders to have premimum inside 
position for rebounds, hates giving up the baseline which is a basketball 
fundmental
Carroll: critical of continuation of Harter defense, continuing to play 
Walter and JJ at the power forward, not giving Mihm enough minutes.

You don't see this critical analysis of the "home" team on any of the other 
broadcasts. Tommy knows what the heck that is going on. Couz is on board with 
him. It is the journalists, like Tommy says "never played the game" and 
wannabes like the Boston Sports Guy who don't know the game and therefore can't 
critically analyze things. I mean, Tommy was a Hall of Famer as a coach, for gosh 
sakes. And people blow him off like he is a blithering lunitic. I have heard 
Jack Givens, more that once, note on the air during a Magic broadcast on how he 
loves to listen to Tommy broadcast a game for what he can learn about the 
game. Again, Jack Givens knows the game.....

My hope, folks, is in the Dallas Mavericks. I really looking for an early 
flameout, during the season and the playoffs. Every loss helps our draft pick. 
But if the Mavs lose early in the playoffs or don't make it to the finals, I 
think Cuban is going to go in a different direction and fire Nelson. Nellie at 
the Cs helm is an established, respected uptempo coach who instantly would have 
PP and the boys respect. He would help in the free agent recruiting and has 
the Boston pedigree. I am hoping that is what Danny is waiting for. Root against 
the Mavs!

As for the Danny taking a hit for the Mills/Weed trade, most fans other than 
Cs fans hated Danny when he was a player. I can't imagine things changing 
because he was a GM. I mean, I still want to smack Laimbeer in the face every time 
I see him. But the additional fervor is coming from the Pacer, Hornet and 
especially the Knick fans. But the difference this time is the national media, 
who are dumping on Danny because they didn't like him in the 80s, I figure. I 
remember when the Spurs traded Michael Thompson to the Lakers in midseason for 
nothing, giving the Lakers a player who could match up with McHale and handing 
them the trophy. I spent the next five years hating the Spurs and changing 
their name to the San Antonio Lakers. But I never heard any complaints from the 
national media about the Spurs being morons.....

DJessen33