Re: All You O'Brien Groupies Can Rejoice

[tone81@xxxxxxxxxxx]

For those who missed it, there was an article in the Globe
today, that basically explained how Red had a discussion 
with the new owners and among other things convinced them 
that they needed to extend the assistants now to remove 
the
distraction. 
On the bright, it made it sound like it was only a 1 year 
extension so that the asst's contracts ran out at the same
time as OB.
On the down side there was also a lot of talk of the new 
owner's wish to extend OB soon.

T

> Translation: they waited to see how the Celtics will do 
> in the playoffs, and they like the fact that there will 
> be at least two more playoff games in the Fleecenter. 
> Isiah gets his revenge, even if he's unaware of it.
> I can only hope the owners will not do likewise for the 
> rest of the BDT.  To those who think we of the anti-BDT 
> persuasion are in hiding, I'll say this: nothing has 
> changed, except Toine has decided to play the way he 
> should've been playing all along those six years, and 
> we're playing against a team that doesn't have it 
> together and has an impostor for a coach (those two are 
> related). I have no doubt that, should we run into NJ 
> next, we'll get our heads handed to us, just like last 
> season. Similarly, I have no doubt that the old Twan will 
> return next season, if not sooner, and with him Obieball 
> and all its sequelae. We're destined for this ugly crap 
> that they call basketball and for this mediocrity as long 
> as we're de facto coached by Twan. And with this 
> development, there's no doubt Toine's max extension 
> contract is being typed up. As Mark has noted, Twan and 
> Obie are so inseparable, they might as well be Siamese 
> twins.
> Speaking of handing out contracts, I'm sure they will 
> give Waltuh a long-term contract next, another mistake. 
> As great as he's played, he's is the quintessential 
> contract-year player. He needs job insecurity to pay 
> attention to his job. I'd give him a fatter one-year 
> contract instead, or have a second year at the team 
> option if he balks at that.
> I'm happy that the Celtics are playing well and Pierce is 
> amazing again, but all this is dampened by the 
> implications of this modest success, which - as we have 
> just seen with the re-signing of the coaching staff - are 
> very real. We're winning the battle, but losing the war.
> Kestas