Al

[Robert Goudreau]

Danny: For the last time I'm saying this, NO A I!!!!!!!!!

The more I look at the game last night  I just couldn't
imagine why Doc didn't have Gerald in the game 
when the Nicks were cutting into the big lead. 
They plugged up the middle and we had to open it
up but we had no outside shooters except PP on the
floor. Wally isn't available and DW was not in his
zone. At the middle of the third when this whole thing
started to go downhill he left Bassey in when they
realy need Rondo in there to pressure the ball
coming up court, and make the attempt to drive to
the hoop and either shoot or pass it off. Bassey is
just not as adept at that comcept right as Rondo
is, and when they had it back down to about 15
ahead he had to take stock with the players on the
floor and discover we needed a shooter in there that
could shoot from way outside, or make one dribble to
the basket and use the jump shot. We have to admit
that Gerald even right now is one of the best on this
team at that duty. His "hops" makes that even better.

The other thing that I notice with the adjustment of
Al in the past couple of games is the move he has
developed that look more and more like the ones
used by one Kevein McHale, Does anyone remember
him?  Al has even been showing the little 15 footer
of late and that will be getting better all the time. This
only sets up and introduces his spot as a 4. He is
much quicker than he was before the weight loss
and his "ups" is much better too. This quickness
really helps him out defensuvely. OK now that leaves
us with the 5 spot. This is where Peerk comes in. 
Lets be realistic, he certainly is not there yet and
has a ways to go. But, I believe when he does mature
he will be a better scorer than Ben Wallace is at same
stage in his career. Can we wait that long? Probably
not for the real scoring part, but he can be a much
better rebounder than he is right now and with Ray"
coaching that will come much sooner  than it would
have had we only had the regular coaches with the
C's.

I don't know, they are just my thoughts on how this
experiment will eventually turn out. Any comments??

But before I quit my long rambling, I must say one
more time,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NO  A  I  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goody