Wojnarowski: Extension Would Be A Waste

Van Gundy is correct except that in the case of our owners where money does matter to them!! I think more investigation is necessary in what Brick posted on the interview with the owners the other day. I didn’t see it but could there be a power shift going on? Hmmmmm…

   You extend a guy to prevent him from going some where else, when he has exceeded your expectations. Whats the reason here?

What did Brick post? I take it as a payoff for coaching to #2 in the lottery—as long as Doc doesn’t overreach so Wyc can change his mind.

We’ve had to believe for 3 years that our players are stupid and poor players, in order to justify that Doc Rivers should still hold the job. I’ve never bought it, and I’m certainly not buying it now.

how many more point guards does he need to ruin? how many more close games does he need to lose? Nice guy but you know what they say about nice guys. Still this team is young and they aren’t winning it all next year and they seem to like Doc so on some level I can justify him being here but really if they want to get to the next level they should hire someone like larry brown who can actually teach them how toplay defense and team ball

If Rivers is here next year it’s because the owners are too cheap, plus Ainge has them all banboozled. The big argument is “we need continuity.” Well if they retain Rivers they’ll have continuity all right: they will continue to lose.

A 23-win team needs discontinuity. It neeed a kick in the butt. It needs a coach the players can respect, not one the players like.

Let me add this. I have no trouble giving Rivers an extension so long as they fire him the next day.

If they want to reward him with a few extra years of getting paid not to coach— as a reward for his tank job, as the first step in the privatization of social security, or whatever— that’s fine with me. The can give him a 10-year extension for all I care. It’s not my money.

The issue is whether or not he should be allowed to coach this team for even one more second.

Id never thought Id say…but if the Cs do resign Rivers, then I actually think the Bruins will have a better front office than the Celtics. :’(

Nice quote, but I’ve seen no evidence that “no practice again today” Rivers works very hard.

I don’t get exactly how it is a waste either way. Doc Rivers knows he isn’t going to turn this team around next season and get the boot anyway, so he has some security. However, a terrible start to next season can still get him sent out of town. And, we still have yet to see Doc coach a good team. It is ironic that the best coaches in the NBA always seem to have a great team to coach.

stillaceltsfan said:

  “…or maybe it was Jim O’Brien’s fault for taking a team that "was going nowhere” to the Eastern Conference finals."

That’s a little misleading, stillaceltsfan, because the following year they were swept out of the gym by the Nets in the semis’ and none of the games was even close. You may recall the the hiring of Ainge was announced before the last game of that series.

Enough is enough. This board is getting about as bad as the newspapers. Anything for a story. Anthing! Who is this guy from Yahoo and what do I care about what he thinks. All of us think! I am to pay attention because he writes on Yahoo, huh? Second of all, the C’s want to give the extension because they play hard for him (one of several reasons ), not because they fear they won’t, if he is a lame duck coach. Third of all, want him back or not, there seems to be a discrepancy between the owners’ offer and Doc’s agent’s request. We do not know this for sure, but it does seem that way. But God almighty, every damned quote, thought, whatever, sparked once again into pages of internet blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It does get a little nauseating and annoying, Jeff.

Well, gustusias, the Herald, the Globe and ESPN are writing about it almost daily, so go tell them to stop.

I’m sure that Rivers’ agent is pipelining alot of the extension talk in the press, since if Rivers does get an extension his agent will be the other big winner. Who knows, maybe some reporter gets a kickback. Peter May certainly deserved one for the Mark Blount signing.

Do not extend Doc, please! >:(

doc’s story is one big bore. he’s getting more press time than oj got. buy him a bronco and give him the boot.