My family had season tickets, or a spot in a skybox, from 1984-2009. Get stuffed, child. You're too young to understand the meaning of true Celtic Pride.
As for this being "too early" to criticize Stevens...this is not a criticism of Stevens. He should be pushing Butler toward the final four next March. Myself, and my old C's fan buddies, have felt dejected since we heard of Danny's astoundingly lonnnnng contract with him. The reason coaches do a stint at Assistant Coach first...is to be mentored into a very different game. Let's not teach some young turk how to fly a 747 with a full load of passengers. Anyway, enjoy your flight...I'm not going to sit here and rub my lucky shamrock, like some of y'all.
I said Crawford is poison because he is everything in a player that a Celtic should not be. He doesn't listen, he won't be humbled, he looks to shoot first...then crossover slash 2nd, and he constantly dribbles around and hoists up a shot as the clock is set to expire from 5 feet behind the 3-point line. He is essentially the same dude we watched in Atlanta and Washington. He reminds me of a bad Kobe...but again, feel free to go buy this sorry piece of trade bait's jersey.
Anyway, glad to see the general populous here is keeping their fingers crossed. I see this as a bespoke squad, designed solely to descend down and grab Wiggins. I love Wallace's honesty, and wish he could find his shot. Crash was one of the league's most electric stars before he was passed from one bad coach to another...to another.
One final thought: Danny will absolutely trade Rondo in the next 365 days if he can get the right price. Don't fawn at the arsonist that just torched your house down, I say. I'm not just unleashing negative comments. I'm pointing out how methodically this team is designed to be in the bottom 5 this year.
Yes, this team was built to lose a lot of games. This is not news.
U mad?
I don't understand the point of your post. Anybody with basic NBA knowledge can look at this roster and see that it's a jumble of disparate parts and only perhaps 4 or 5 of these players is even being honestly evaluated for the purpose of maybe sticking around long term. The rest are dust in the wind.
Stevens was not hired to be a great coach right away. Rather, it's as if he were drafted. He's a rookie just as much as Olynyk, Faverani, and Pressey are rookies. He will have good games and bad games. But he was selected because Danny recognized his potential and he wanted to secure him long term before somebody else snagged him. Perhaps to do that he needed to give him a head coaching job instead of hiring Larranaga and installing Stevens as an assistant.
So be it. This is a development year after all. Personally I think it makes a lot of sense to get a young coach and give him a lot of time to figure things out. Much better than hiring an established, expensive coach with a big ego who might only be around for a year or two anyway.
I think people tend to do better when they know they have time to figure out how to best do things their way and that they don't have to fear for their job if things don't go exactly according to plan in the first year or two. Only if Stevens is truly screwing up and actually hindering the development of our players will his job be in jeopardy. I seriously doubt that will happen. I believe in Stevens.
In any case, better get used to it. This year is not going to be 'pretty.' But in every game there will be things to enjoy. Just because this is a "tanking" roster doesn't mean it's not worth watching, or that we as fans are getting cheated. Indeed, I think Danny is doing his duty for the franchise; he's doing what he needs to do to give us a competitive, entertaining, and long-lasting team a few years down the road.
Topic: Wallace is right, Stevens is not an NBA coach, and Crawford is poison. (Read 16956 times)