Re: Whither Kenny?

[Daniel Forant Sr <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

Stats, stats and more stats. It's simple. Anderson has not improved our
club. He may have actually set us back. He doesn't see the team well, at
least he never really adapted to ours. The team was stuck in cement till
Jones and Barros quickened the pace. 

At 12:08 PM 4/26/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Obviously, people are going to continue asking this question. The Celts are
>now 6-4 since Kenny went down, compared to 4-6 in the 10 games before he left
>(and 1-9 in the 10 games before that). Barros and Jones have played well,
>although I don't think anybody thinks they can man the starting job for an
>entire season. 
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>I don't think Kenny can fairly bear the brunt of the blame for these streaks:
>Dana has certainly been helped by the fact that the Celts have played
>Washington and Chicago twice each during his starting stint. 
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>•The team played 3 times on the road and 7 at home in both 10-game streaks.
>With Kenny, they were 2-5; without him they were 4-3. 
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>•Of the home games Kenny played, 5 were against playoff teams (Milwaukee,
>Detroit, Toronto, Indiana & Minny). They were 1-4 in these games.
>Of the home games Dana started, 5 again were against playoff teams
(Cleveland,
>Miami, Atlanta, Indiana & Philly). They were 2-3 in those games.
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>•Kenny played a total of 8 playoff teams and was 3-5 (38%). Dana played a
>total of 6 playoff teams and was 2-4 (33%). Basically, Kenny's team played
>better on the road against playoff teams; Dana's team played better at home
>against playoff teams, which is not as hard to do. Dana also played twice as
>many non-playoff opponents overall.
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>Feel free to check these numbers, as I am notoriously lousy in math. But I
>think the difference in wins is as much to do with schedule as with who can
>run the team better.
>
>On another note, here's very good news from the Globe: "Mercer was saying
>[after Sunday's win] that ''I'm sure we can turn it around'' and that he has
>wanted to remain a Celtic since the day they drafted him."
>
>(Nice to have the list back up and running, BTW.)
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