Re: Ainge's comments

["Jim Hill" <jahill199@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Perhaps Ainge was showing his coaching/talent "team" that he respected them
and their assessment of player skills.  Then he got to know them.  He won't
be listening to OB on talent assessment again, perhaps not Wallace either.

<Jim

I think that Ainge had a breaking in period where he was slow to learn that
his coaching staff were different than he anticipated.  The Songaila comment
is interesting.  Ainge took the word of the staff (maybe Wallace included?)
that Songaila couldn't make it; for a second round choice exiled to Europe,
I'm not surprised that Ainge didn't know anything about him.  As it turned
out, our #56 is a godsend, making up for the loss of Songaila.  But the boss
shouldn't let his staff convince him of a player he hasn't seen and approved
of himself.
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