Doc, Perk v. Howard, Suns-Spurs and six days to redemption

[Berry, Mark S]

No, you're right. It's Josh Howard. My screwup. Jeez, you'd think when I
unload like that I'd take a minute to make sure I have my names right.
It's Josh Howard. He's who I was talking about -- not Dwight. I'm an
idiot.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
Behalf Of Jeff White
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 9:13 AM
To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List
Subject: Re: Doc, Perk v. Howard, Suns-Spurs and six days to redemption

Is it Dwight Howard, or Josh Howard that we're talking about?  I thought
it
was the latter, but I may be wrong.

Cheers,


Jeff White


On 5/16/07, Berry, Mark S <berrym at battelle.org> wrote:
>
> OK ... I've resisted weighing in on the Doc extension. Kestas made the
> argument that some of us have assigned too much blame to Doc and
believe
> getting rid of him will solve all the team's problems. First of all, I
> don't think anyone feels that way. I'm probably the biggest Doc basher
> on the list, and I know I don't feel that way. But I do feel he's a
> lousy coach and that, to me, is a problem. Sure there are other
> problems, but does that mean we shouldn't solve one very obvious,
large
> problem that has an impact on most of the others?
>
>
>
> I have become convinced that our entire "braintrust" (I thought I had
> retired the sarcastic quotation marks after Wallace's exit) is too
close
> to each other and to everything around the team. It starts with Wyc,
who
> acts like a guy at fantasy camp rather than a responsible,
> results-driven owner. He's enjoying being in the locker room, taking
> part in draft workouts, and giving his wife and her girlfriends
postgame
> access to the players too much to make tough decisions about his GM
and
> coach. And Danny and Doc have this relationship where results don't
seem
> to matter to either guy. They remain convinced they're doing the right
> things even when all evidence suggests otherwise. Danny's quotes about
> Xs and Os and substitutions being overrated when evaluating a coach
are
> just comical.
>
>
>
> What's frightening about this is that we're heading into the most
> important summer the franchise has seen since Kedrick Brown was just
an
> unknown juco on Chad Ford's big board. And I have no confidence in
this
> "braintrust" to do the right things. They certainly haven't when it
> comes to the coaching situation. I'm already dreading the realization
in
> early December that we're destined for another underachieving season
> with inexplicable rotations and in-game decisions, with an extension
to
> kick in after the season and an owner who has shown no inclination for
> swallowing that kind of money. Of course, if we're lucky enough to get
> Oden (please, God), he'll make enough of a difference that Danny will
> use that as evidence of Doc's coaching ability even if we only win 40
> games when we should have won 50.
>
>
>
> The truth is they really need to clean house, but that's not going to
> happen. We're going to let these guys make the calls this summer from
> their little bubble, while we all hold our breath and hope they don't
> screw it up. Then we're going to spend another year - at least -
> bitching about Doc.
>
>
>
> Next subject ...
>
>
>
> Perk vs. Dwight Howard. I really appreciate Gene's opinions, but have
to
> disagree here. Perk is a backup center. I think he's a good backup
> center, but he's still just a backup center. Meanwhile, Howard has
> emerged as an all-star on one of the league's best teams. I totally
> agree with the centers and point guards argument. But when the talent
> disparity is this great, you go with the swingman. Ask yourself this
...
> If Danny called and offered Perk for Howard, how long do you think it
> would take the Mavs to hang up the phone?
>
>
>
> On to ...
>
>
>
> Suns-Spurs. I was loving this series, but these suspensions are a
> travesty. I don't care about the letter of the law. How about a little
> common sense? It's terrible. I'm sure the Suns will come out breathing
> fire tonight, but I can't imagine it will be enough against a truly
> great Spurs team. I think the Spurs would have won the series anyway,
> but it's a terrible shame that it is being decided this way.
>
>
>
> And finally ...
>
>
>
> We're six days away. Has everyone really thought about the magnitude
of
> that day? If we get No. 1 and take Oden (which I have no faith in
Danny
> doing, but indulge me ... ), we're contending for titles for a decade.
> If we get No. 2 and get Durant, we get a guy who has a chance to be a
> Jordan/Bird/Magic level talent. We still have work to do to be a
> legitimate contender with Durant, but it becomes much, much easier.
It's
> everything. If we get 3 or lower ... well, let's not even think about
> that.
>
>
>
> Mark
>
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