Danny's commentating

[douglas342 at aol.com]

Thanks.  I was thinking, after I replied to you, how touchy it must be for them to have Danny there.  If you confront him, "Gee, Danny, the Telfair trade doesn't look very good, does it?" you risk alienating him, in which case he'll never again sit in at a game, and may be reluctant to do ANY interviews.   On the other hand, if you lob him softballs ("these kids have lots of heart, don't they?"), what does that do for anyone?  A lot of his comments were very play-specific:  "He needs to take that shot... he should have cut to the basket..." etc.  Even a question like, "Is this team progressing as fast as you had hoped?" might piss him off.  (Sorry, should I have said p---?")  Also, he was with Gorman and Dickerson.  I wonder if Tommy might have been a bit tougher on him.
 
 - Doug
 
 
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From: ubiquitous_am_i at yahoo.com
To: celtics at igtc.com
Sent: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: Danny's commentating


That was great, Douglas, thanks.

I find it interesting how Doc cited defensive reasons
for demoting Telfair, yet Danny comes around and picks
up on the offensive things that Sebastian needs to
work on.  Interesting.  

The same difference of opinion, or long term vs. short
term perspective, applies to some of the recent quotes
by Danny and Doc regarding G. Green.  Danny thinks
he's right on schedule, or a little ahead, while Doc
thinks he hasn't been playing very well recently.  A
little good cop bad cop action for the dynamic duo of
Danny and Doc?  Who knows, but I always end up
agreeing with what Danny says...

Ryan
--- Douglas342 at aol.com wrote:

> I can't recite very much, but a few comments that I
> do recall: I  paraphrase, 
> of course.
>  
> He didn't sound too bummed about the trip.  At
> least, he said,the kids  
> haven't stopped competing.  Early in the half, he
> said that he hoped they'd  win 
> because the kids deserved it for the work they'd
> been doing.
>  
> (Telfair pulls up for a jumper c. 10-12 feet out) 
> "He has to feel  confident 
> of making that shot.  He can make it and we need him
> to take it  and make it."
>  
> On Scalabrine:  "I wish that all these kids out
> there had the  understanding 
> of the (defensive?) system we're trying to use that
> Scal  does."
>  
> On Perkins, when he went down with the ankle:  "He
> was sort of  hobbling up 
> the floor on the prior play.  He's just not right."
>  
> On Gomes passing (or maybe shooting from c. 15' out)
> He needs to get more  
> aggressive sometimes and go for the basket.   (Gomes
> did so a while  later, and 
> Danny gave him a thumbs up for it.)
>  
> On Delonte:  "I told him not to play, Doc told him
> not to play, but he  
> showed up and said "I'm playing."  [ed.  You mean,
> you and Doc  couldn't prevent 
> him from playing due to his injury?  Like by not
> putting  him in the game?  Oh 
> well, the win was important.]
>  
> He was generally enthused about Al in just about
> every way, even giving him  
> praise for his work in the Clipper game. I saw that
> game and will concede that 
>  Al gets a C- for his work, beating the others, who
> all got Ds.  Dickerson  
> asked if Al can play center, to which Ainge replied,
> very quickly, that he can  
> play 4 and 5.  
>  
> Sorry - I erased the Tivo when the game ended.  Need
> the room for  reruns, 
> y'know?
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