Re the Wyc vs Ray comparisons: No disrespect to Ray whatsoever, who is one of the true class acts in the NBA and in professional sports. But he's not paying Baby millions of dollars to NOT contribute to the product that's responsible for recouping those millions back from fans during a recession.
I think we all might find it a little more difficult to be gracious and forgiving if we were cutting seven figure checks to a guy who's already had some attitude problems and then breaks his thumb getting in a fight with a friend two days before the start of the season. Whether it was his fault or not I think I might have trouble saying, "Aw shucks, no biggie. Here's enough money to buy a mansion for sitting at home in a cast this month."
See I agree 1000% that Wyc and just about everybody with the Celtics has the right to be angry. If I was paying him that money, I no I would. But then again my management style has always been if you have something not so flattering to say to en employee, bring them in the office, close the door, and let them know how you feel. Even if that means blowing your stack at them. But behind closed doors in private.
I always hated, especially being in mid management as long as I was, when a superior decided to air things out publicly. It's bad form and sets a bad precedent that leads easily to insubordination. If players know that if they screw up that the owner is going public, or management or the coach is going public, sooner or later, that player and most every player is going to go public with their problems with management.
The C's recent handling of Rondo, Powe and Baby publicly is going to come back to bite them in the ass when the older vets are gone and they are out in the marketplace trying to encourage a young superstar to come here and Rondo's, Powe's and Baby's agents start telling that superstar's agent that the C's like to air dirty laundry. Bye bye big time young free agent.
