Ainge as Coach

[asterix ninetynine]

Excuse me, but who doesn't want a GM that can put a team together?  Who doesn't want a coach that can follow through on a GM's plan? 

Look at the roster we had when Ainge took over and look at the roster now.  Red Auerbach said in describing our team a few year's back, 'You can't make chicken salad from chickenshit."  To his credit, Ainge blew up the team and added piece by piece until we had enough decent -- not all-star, but decent-- players and cap flexibility (i.e. expiring contracts) so that we can be a player in the trade market. 

I don't view Iverson as a "save the franchise player" as Eggy has already derisively characterized him.  But I agree with the poster who said that if we get to keep Wally, Jefferson and Green (and our #1 pick I would add), we'd be in great shape.  The fact that we can realistically have this type of a conversation abouit acquiring an All Star is a testament to Danny's solid steps.  


Eric Albert <Eric at ericalbert.net> wrote: Huh.  While I at times find Egg a tad tendentious, her response
seems clear and crisp. I agree with most of it, perhaps all.  (Which
doesn't mean I think it's going to happen, alas.  Lucky Lucky.)
One can recognize that people are wrong for positions without
knowing just who their replacements should be.  (And, for all
I know, Egg knows.)

As a fan who wants to enjoy this team, and the talk about it, it can
be difficult to read Egg's relentless negativity.  But, you know: it's
also difficult to watch a team be so relentlessly bad for so long.

-- Eric

>asterix ninetynine wrote:
> 
>Typically wordy non-answer from you. Care to be more specific as to which GM and or coach we should hire??   
>
>The only point you get no disagreement from me on is the one about firing Doc.  I've been writing that for over a year.  Ainge has stuck with him far too long.
>
>
>
>Eggcentric at aol.com wrote: < You sit behind your computer and whine incessantly about him,
> just like you've whined about anyone in Celtic management as
> long as I've been reading your posts. > - Asterix 
>
>Well, Nasterix, there hasn't really been an awful lot to cheer 
>about during the Pitino/Gaston/Wallace/Obie/Ainge/Rivers years.   
>But on an optimistic note, let us hope that our team is finally 
>nearing the bottom of a 20-yr. V-curve.   Unless of course 
>procrastination continues to be the thief of time and we once
>again next season add only a couple first-rounders to our 
>perennially young roster.   
>
>
>what do you propose Wyc and the other owners do to improve 
>the Celtics? > - Asterix
>
>Uh err um... replace Ainge?   
>
>Long answer: 
>
>1) Replace Ainge with a GM who knows how to actually
>put a team together. 
>
>2) Hire a head coach capable of implementing the new
>GM's plan (same page and all that good stuff).   
>
>3) Appoint Danny Executive VP for Scouting. 
>
>4) Buy out Doc Brain's contract. 
>
>5) Stop showcasing Green and Allen for Philly's perusal.   
>If these players look too good, we may just become saddled 
>with "save the franchise" Iverson. 
>
>6) Shoot Lucky.
>
>Egg
>
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