Re: [Celtics' Stuff ] Mihm will get more time.-Herald

[Celtic4Hire@xxxxxxx]

I think what Carroll is saying here (relative to the rebounding problem and 
Hunter) is that Hunter is going to the pine for the rest of the season and he 
is going to increase Mihm's minutes. He is going to start Walter but Mihm will 
be his relief along with Blount's relief. Those three guys will share the two 
spots. The problem with this is that Mihm has a problem staying on the court 
with fouls and I'm not sure he plays that well in the power forward spot with 
Blount. They seem to have a problem between them figuring who has who. I would 
have rather stayed with Hunter to start the halfs for a total of 14 minutes a 
game but still upped Mihm's minutes by reducing Walter's minutes to around 20 
and playing Mihm and Blount together for around 14 minutes a game. Mihm would 
then get his other 14 minutes backing up Blount.

The other thing Carroll is saying is let the point guard and specifically 
Chucky  bring up the ball and run the offense to cut down on the turnovers. 
Hopefully, he specifically has called out PP for this and has requested him to not 
start any drives unless he is below the free throw line.....

DJessen33

<< Carroll focuses on boards
 By Steve Bulpett
 Thursday, March 25, 2004
 
 John Carroll has taken stock of the Celtics during this unusually long 
 break between games, and it's likely he will alter the rotation a bit 
 to address some shortcomings.
 
      ``I talked to the team and kind of gave them a state of the union 
 as far as I was concerned - where we are, what we're not good at, what 
 we need to improve, what we need to do,'' the interim coach said. ``And 
 probably the two biggest things that I saw are our rebounding, which 
 has been a problem all year because we're 27th in the league in 
 rebounding, and our turnovers.''
 
      ``Since Chucky's been here,'' Carroll said, referring to point 
 guard Chucky Atkins, ``that (latter) number has dropped. But those are 
 the things that we've emphasized: rebounding the basketball and taking 
 care of the basketball.''
 
      The rebounding issue looked to be improving strongly after Brandon 
 Hunter  [news] was put into the lineup, but the rookie has had some 
 problems on offense, and now Carroll is looking elsewhere for glass 
 assistance.
 
      ``I think I need to get Chris Mihm some more minutes and see if we 
 can get some better rebounding from him, because I think that he's a 
 little farther along than maybe Brandon, in terms of offensively,'' 
 Carroll said. ``So I'm kind of committed to trying to get Chris in with 
 Walt (McCarty) and Mark Blount  [news] and see if we can get those 
 three guys to help us in our rebounding.
 
      ``I think Brandon will be able to help us in some games down the 
 stretch; I just don't know if I can count on him to do as much as is 
 needed here in these last 11 games. I thought he was a nice shot in the 
 arm, and he may have to do that for us at some point, in some quarter 
 or some half, and especially if we have a team that's just really 
 killing us on the glass. But I think that Walt and Chris understand 
 some of the other concepts offensively and defensively a little 
 better.''
 
      Hunter, Carroll said, is on the right track.
 
      ``I think he's already made a lot of progress this year,'' Carroll 
 said. ``I mean, that fact that he's able to play in NBA games and get 
 stuff done tells me that he has a bright future.
 
      ``I think that Brandon has a long way to go, but I think he has a 
 bright future because he has a skill. He can rebound the basketball. 
 And I think in the NBA now, if you have a skill - block shots, rebound 
 or score - you can play.''  >>