Re: Ange WEEI Comments Today

["Art Silva" <vzd1s1hb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cheap shot yes. but he opened himself up for it. Toungue in cheek. Of
COURSE. I just don't agree with his assertion that the draft is the only way
teams get better.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Douglas342@xxxxxxx>
To: <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: Ange WEEI Comments Today


>    I'm sorry, but this is a cheap shot.  Of COURSE the team has to get
lucky.  It has to get lucky and find a Pierce at #10 and a Hunter at #56; it
has to have enough luck to avoid repeat of Bias death.  Is luck all there is
to it?  Of course not.  I hoipe this was a tongue-in-cheek comment, because
to reduce Ainge's comments (which are about as candid and murky as one can
expect from a sports exec) to "I plan to get lucky" is facile and a
disservice to Ainge and to us.
>     If this was tongue-in-cheek, then I apologize.  I'm just getting too
spoiled by the level of discussion on this list to let the comment slide.
>
> In a message dated 3/2/2004 4:21:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
vzd1s1hb@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> >  BS: Paul Pierce sticking around for retooling?
> > >  A: Paul Pierce has a challenge ahead of him, play hard every night,
teach
> > other players
> > > how to win, very difficult; players live in the moment.
> > > A; New Coach huge asset to recruit player.
> > > BS: How do you without having a top 1, 2, 3 players turn things around
> > > A; Have to get lucky; cites other factors.
> > > A; I believe our owners, when time is right, will pay to get us over
the
> > top
> > > Cap Wise, we have restraints
> > > BS: You need to go out in the draft this year, and have to find the
next
> > great
> > > guy, top  5 or 10 player down the line.
> > > A; No other way than the draft
> > > A; No way to put a time frame on becoming an elite team in the NBA
> > > A; You have to get lucky
> > > A; Competetive and entertaining
> > > A; Some difference between 8 and 15
> > > A: By next year, a 40 - 45 win team and a more
> > entertaining
> >
> > Now we see what Danny's big plan is. It's to get lucky.