Re: Mihm

[Cecil <cecil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well allow me to put it another way:

If Jimbo is breaking down the film and telling Paul that he needs to stop
dribbling into trouble and taking too long to decide what he wants to
do...and Paul is blowing Jimbo off...insisting on doing it his way...than we
have an evil Paul on our hands who is writing his ticket out of Boston, no?

Cecil

----- Original Message -----
From: Kim Malo <kimmalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: Mihm


> At 12:27 PM 1/8/2004, Cecil wrote:
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Berry, Mark S
> > >
> > > --I remember back in the 1980s when Mike Holmgren was the offensive
> >coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers (stay with me) and Joe Montana
was
> >his quarterback. Montana was a great player already. But during one
> >offseason, Holmgren and Montan sat down and watched film of every
> >interception Montana threw the previous season. A really high percentage
> >came on a certain type of pass play, so they eliminated those plays.
Montana
> >followed with his best season and reduced his interceptions drastically.
Why
> >am I bringing this up? Paul Pierce had nine turnovers last night. I bet
> >everyone on this list could see at least seven of them coming. Can't
someone
> >sit down with Pierce and look at film of his turnovers and show him how
he's
> >getting in trouble, over and over? There are simple things he could do to
> >eliminate those plays. If he saw it happening again and again, on film,
> >maybe he'd recognize it in the games. I don't know. That comparison just
> >came to me last night as I was screaming!
> > >   "Pass the ball!"
> > >
> >
> >This is a good point.  What sense is it to watch film unless the coach is
> >stressing the areas which need to be improved?  Jimbo needs to assume
that
> >position.  I sense that this is what you are gently pointing out.
>
> Well back to a point I raised before about player responsibility for their
> behavior, why do we just assume this hasn't been done? Does everyone
really
> think the coaches, who are known to be big proponents of targeted film as
a
> tool, are THAT stupid and haven't had enough sense to try this already?
> What, just because Pierce continues to have unnecessary turnovers? I hear
> Obie called stubborn here for continuing to do things his way regardless
of
> results, so why is it so impossible that Pierce is that way, especially
> given other evidence from his play. I used to hear the same suggestion
made
> about Walker when he was here, to sit him down and force him to watch film
> of what he did wrong. And Walker even admitted starting under Pitino that
> it had been done. But he still played the same way, with occasional breaks
> of better sense. You can lead a horse...
>
> I will say with Pierce that the turnovers have always seemed to have more
> to do with broader concentration issues than with any particular type of
> play. And this year I think there's an added problem with his thinking too
> much vs playing instinctively adding to them. Yes, obviously when he
> insists on playing 1 on 5 he's setting himself up to lose the ball, but he
> also loses his dribble too often in the open court and has it slapped away
> while he stands there taking too long deciding what to do.
>
> Kim