Re: Purgatory

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Egg, where do you want the flowers sent. Excuse me while I blot the tears.
Take some deep breaths and relax. I'd like to have a moments silence but
keep hearing Dean's YEEAAAHHHHHHHH........Good to see ya post again.

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Eggcentric@xxxxxxx>


> We are somewhere between Heaven and hell. Fans conveniently blame
> Obie, but those more familiar with the intricacies of the team (the
> players, other NBA coaches, the national media) completely sympathize
> with Obie.
>
> Ainge threw Obie one too many curve balls bringing him groceries
> that never fit his diet, or for that matter, many team's diets. Banks is
> fast, LaFrentz and Welsch are slow, Mihm and Jones are slugs (slow
> learners), Hunter is one-dimensional... no mix, no simpatico.  More
> importantly, no court-visioned PG nor classic PF.
>
> Obie had the audacity to question whether Banks, Pierce, Perkins,
> LaFrentz, Hunter (the future lineup most of you want to see) had
> the talent to constitute a future championship team.  But he never
> kidded himself, he knew our talent was/is veeeeeeery mediocre.
> A stronger bench? It all depends on how rosy your glasses are.
> Why wouldnbt our bench be stronger since we have two authentic
> NBA starters and thirteen NBA benchees.
>
> Ainge may recognize athleticism, but Obie was the master at knowing
> his players and extracting the very best out of 2nd rate talents such as
> Blount, Welsch, James, McCarty. He was responsible for our skim milk
> being able to masquerade as cream.
>
> From the get go, Ainge and the owners wanted their cake and eat it too.
> They wanted to not only feather their future nest (while raising ticket
> prices and remaining near the luxury tax) but make the playoffs this year,
> too.  <<''Just let Obie do it<<'' became their mantra,  no matter how much
> they
> insulted him or changed the face of his team.
>
> Ainge's constant muttering of how he and Obie were on <<''the same
> page<<''.... nada, never, nunski.  Of course Danny never has told a fib or
> made
> one mistake in his life... just ask all our listers.   What a shame he
just
> canbt get along with anyone except for the Celt owners and the naive fans
> who have bought into his MO.  Davis, Banks, LaFrentz, Pierce, Hunter ...
> isn't
> that the future lineup the fans hope to see?  If so, it certainly was
never
> Obie's idea for this year or next, nor do many outsiders feel that group
> to be a Championship lineup of the future.
>
> On Jan. 13, Davis scored 33 points.  Post game, Obie dissed his
performance
> and many wondered why.  There was a reason why he did that.  Since then
the
> two players most affected by his presence have just about collapsed. Both
> Pierce and Welsch have shot under .300.   Wonder why? If you have to ask,
> you 'll never know.  But here's a clue - Ainge has sold our team for
> helter-skelter athletisim when chemistry should have been a prime
> consideration.  Atlanta has athletes and look where they are.
>  And please, don't justify this season by expecting more next season from
> our eclectic collection of explosive embryos.  Ainge's callous tactics
have
> set us back several years.  But just keep blaming Obie as you justify the
> lottery again and again and again.  Wake me in 2008.