Is Danny totally to blame?

[Sean Giovanello]

In regards to the Cs verus Jazz.  Deron Williams is better than our points.
AK-47 is better than either of our forwards.  Okur is better than any of our
centers.  Boozer is better than any of our F/C.  Outside of Pierce, I dont
see how you can make that case.   The big problem with Utah is having
accumulated some nice pieces and now trying to mesh them into a championship
team.

On 2/8/07, Ryan Lee <rlee_at_channing at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>    I think danny does have to take the credit for some of the blame but
> not all of it.  Egg, I do have to question your examples of other teams
> losing all their top players and still succeeding.  For instance, did the
> Lakers ever lose BOTH Kobe and Odom for as long as the Celtics lost all
> their players?  I think even Miami never lost BOTH Shaq and Wade for this
> long a period as well.  Thing is the Celts lost a majority of their main
> scorers for several weeks when none of the other teams have had to deal with
> so many injuries.  Now with Philly winning without Webber and Iverson, I
> think part of that success is due to them having a more competent coach than
> Crock Rivers but also their backcourt is still more respectable than what
> the Celts have: Andre Miller, Korver, and Iguodala.
> Can any of the Ainge naysayers really say that Philly is winning with
> "nobody"
> on their team?  It's pretty apparent to me that no other team has had to
> put such a weak lineup out there.  I mean even the Bucks have some
> resemblance of a starting unit with Villanueva, Boykins, and Bogut.  Let's
> not let hatred of Ainge cloud what's going on this season which is bad luck
> and injuries.
>
>     bad player acquisitions aside (telfair, scal), the one thing I do
> think Ainge hurt the team the most was getting Doc Rivers.  He's got zero in
> game strategy and always looks like a deer in headlights at most
> games.  Given the watered down NBA and the athleticism of this team with a
> healthy Pierce, I really think a better coach would make a huge
> difference.  For instance, it amazes me that Jerry Sloan is winning with his
> ragtag group of players.  On paper, I actually think the Celts have a more
> talented lineup than the Jazz but Jerry Sloan has really gotten the most out
> of his team.  Draftwise danny has been great, tradewise he's been mediocre,
> but coachingwise (finding the right coach) I would have to really give him a
> big fat F.
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