Poll: Should Danny Ainge be on the hotseat

[TheTruthFot18]

Based on the votes the vocal minority strikes again.

[sofutomygaha]

If Ainge were to be fired, the guy to succeed him would be seriously set. The pile of draft picks and team-friendly contracts Ainge leaves behind will make his successor look like a genius in a few years.

[SHAQATTACK]

If Ainge were to be fired, the guy to succeed him would be seriously set. The pile of draft picks and team-friendly contracts Ainge leaves behind will make his successor look like a genius in a few years.

So how many teams are going to,trade lottery draft talent ......for those mediocre bench level draft picks .

None .

All of them together might be worth ONE top three draft Center .....

Otherwise ..."the gig is up ........we know now what GMs think of DA stash of picks .....

Not much .......unless your a contender needing a role player .....

We need Elite CORE talent to build around .....not fifteen bench role player picks

[BlackCeltic]

Im glad you guys arent our GM. We have until the trade deadline to make moves. Most so called fans sound like a bunch of impulsive shoppers. Wait until these other GMs get desperate before we start acting like it.

[mahonedog88]

If what Wyc said is true that they gave "extraordinary offers" that were declined, then I can't knock Ainge that much for not getting a deal done.  It takes two teams to get a deal done, and if Danny offered a ridiculous amount for say, the #3 with Philly, and Philly still said no, then how can we complain?  Now of course, Wyc's version of a ridiculous offer and a fan's version of a ridiculous offer could be vastly different.

In terms of who we actually picked, there's no denying that it doesn't make a lot sense.  This roster was already guard heavy and in dire need of size and meat in the middle...and so he uses his two first round picks on guards?

I'll still give him the summer.  BUT, if this roster looks relatively the same going into next year, then I think it's time to start calling Ainge out.  Everyone knows and understands that this team couldn't defend the paint to save their lives, so if we go into next season with yet again a rotation front court of olynyk, zeller, and sullinger, then personally I think Ainge should start getting on the hot seat.

[hwangjini_1]

on the hot seat for what? no picking an all star at #16, 28, or 33?

as i predicted, lots of "fire ainge" threads would pop up on cb regardless of ainge did or did not do.

i must be pyschic! 

[Robb]

Definitely not. I'd rather a guy who is generally respected as a good, smart, hardworking GM over even the non-zero chance we end up in a chaotic situation like Sacramento is in now. Franchise stability is our friend, and it only takes one Kevin Garnett-type trade to make Danny look like a genius again and we're contending. That may already have happened with the decomposing Nets roster situation.

[Moranis]

This team has no direction and that is a problem.  It is quickly entering the land of mediocrity with no way out.  It appeared Ainge wanted to blow it up when he traded PP and KG, but then he kept Rondo, Green, and Bass.  It looked like he wanted to blow it up again when he traded Rondo and Green, but then he acquired Thomas who gave the team the scoring it needed to make the playoffs (something Ainge apparently didn't want to do).  So instead of being in a position to draft Winslow or Turner, Boston ends up with a reach in Rozier who is a PG that isn't a great ball handler or shooter and who plays at a position that contains Boston's best player (Thomas) and best asset (Smart).  If the rumored offered of 4 first rounders just to move from 16 to 9 are true, it shows just how valuable missing the playoffs would have been. 

Given Ainge's championship pedigree, I'm giving him at least through the trade deadline, but the team needs some real direction.  And I'm not sure I want Ainge controlling another draft.  He certainly had some very good picks early on, but he has missed a lot of late. 

[M.A.]

lol no.

It takes two to tango, and if you're salty that Ainge couldn't move up it's not for a lack of trying.

Now the Celtics are going into free-agency with major holes at the 4 and 5, which happen to be the deepest part of the free-agency pool....

[Rondo9]

Given Ainge's championship pedigree, I'm giving him at least through the trade deadline, but the team needs some real direction.  And I'm not sure I want Ainge controlling another draft.  He certainly had some very good picks early on, but he has missed a lot of late.

Why not? He had some good draft picks lately.

[P stoff]

So... hypothetical:

We move up to take Turner or Winslow.  Now what?

Are we better?  No
Do we have any guarantee that they will be good players?  No
Would Winslow have made us a magical playoff contender?  H@%$  no.

So we get a slasher that plays great D..a big SG who can actually shoot...and an athletic shot blocker ... picking at 16, 28, 33. 

if it wasnt for Twitter and stupid media hype, most would have thought we did pretty well.

[gpap]

Yes, he should be.

Since we made the finals in 2010, we have gotten progressively worse (except for our miracle 2012 playoff run and that was the will of the players, nothing that Ainge did.)

He has amassed a bunch of draft picks which NOBODY wants, given out bad contracts to mediocre players like Bass, Green, Bradley and seems to have no clear direction for this team.

I mean seriously, I don't know what the plan is.

Are we trying to compete, tank, neither, both?

A portion of the public has gotten suckered into Ainge's spin. All these "assets" which the Celtics claim they have are nothing more then a series of either decent or mediocre players and worthless draft picks which couldn't even net us the number 9 pick last night from Charlotte.

Ainge keeps signing and trading for guards and small forwards but continuously ignores our need for a center.

I think its time for Ainge to step down.

Trader Danny??

More like Clueless Danny.

[Csfan1984]

After we see his big FA is Mike Dunleavy wonder how people will feel.

[JHTruth]

No. The only recent event that I hold against him was the playoff run this year and I believe that was much more on ownership and even Stevens than him. He's been really good considering the position he has been in

[Alleyoopster]

since 1999, 4 years before ainge took over, a grand total of 7 teams have won a championship.

duncan (spurs) and kobe (lakers) account for 10 of those championships.

wade (heat) has another 3.

that leaves the boston celtics, the pistons, the mavs, and the warriors with 1 each.

so i'd say danny has done fine, he took a poor team to a championship and, after he broke that team up, and he left us with tons of young assets.

he knows he needs stars - and so far he hasn't ever been able to land that transcendent player that leads to dynasties. but don't think that's because of lack of effort. those guys are hard to get, especially when your team has continued success and misses the lottery every year.

TP  good comments.....