On thursday's Celtics Beat podcast, Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe laid the blame for the Celtics' problems primarily on Danny Ainge and the front office scouting team. He said that have done horribly in the draft, and singled out the Yabusele, Zizic and Young picks. Said if they liked Herro so much they should have moved up in the draft. Basically said that they are poor talent evaluators, and should add a former NBA player to the scouting team, and someone like Mike Schmidt of ESPN who specializes in scouting. He also was confounded by the Bane trade with the 30th pick, and said if we had cleared roster space we could have drafted and signed him, or the Michigan State kid.
He also was somewhat dismissive of Mike Gorman's take that the two stars are ball stoppers, saying they have no one to pass it to, singling out Theis and Semi as inadequated shooters or scorers. He said that Brown's "no comment" frustration is with his untalented teammates.
Said that the Celtics need to cut their losses for bad draft picks, again singling out keeping guys like Yabu way too long. He said the best organizations are not sentimental about their players, and noted the Lakers and Nets as two teams that are very effective is signing/cutting guys quickly until they find the right mix.
I don't agree much with his assessments. He was especially critical of Theis, which seemed a bit odd and off putting.
Curious what you guys think.