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Celtics Road to the Finals posted on 05/15/2008

Bill Simmons pointed out some flaws in Doc Rivers coaching style recently on ESPN.com.  While I usually enjoy reading Bill Simmons, I can't help but shake my head when I read another columnist/ writer picking apart an NBA coach. The NBA is the most selfish team sport out there right now. Ultimately it comes down to the decisions the five on the court make. There is much less play calling and defense and offense reading in the NBA vs. say the NFL.  With that being said there are some things that I would think, as a fan with no history of coaching (similar to Bill Simmons), where I would question Coach Rivers decisions. This is the way any columnist, blogger, or reporter should preface a critique/ complaint about a professional NBA coach.

In both the Atlanta series and the Cleveland series we've seen where the opposing teams go on a run behind some youthful exuberance. Atlanta would have Josh Smith, Joe Johnson, Al Horford, and Josh Childress play somewhat recklessly but they would crash the boards, take it to the hoop, grab a defensive rebound and sprint down the court. This really highlighted the Celtics shortcomings. KG puts so much effort into both his offense and defense, that at times he overwhelms himself and just can't keep up with these younger forwards. The reason being, Stone Hands/ Cement Feet Kendrick Perkins is getting outrebounded, pump faked, and beat off mediocre turn arounds, left and right. KG has to get Perk's back. Ray Allen, although at times seems to be a sufficient enough defender, gets caught up in screens and lost underneath the hoop on backdoor cuts, which leads to KG getting his back. Paul Pierce, who defended like he did in his early years, is sometimes just not athletic enough to defend against the Joe Johnsons and LeBron James's. Thus this leads to KG stepping into the lane to get Pierce's back. Ultimately, KG is often defending 4-5 guys every time down the court. That's just unfair to expect him to do this for 40+ minutes.

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ESPN Should Hire John Tomase posted on 05/13/2008

For those of you who have had your head in the clouds you may not have heard how John Tomase pulled a Dan Rather only rather then going after the most powerful man in United States politics, George W. Bush, he went after the most powerful professional sports franchise, the New England Patriots.

I wish I could say that this is an isolated incident but it is not. ESPN, the supposed on-air and on-line sports mecca, does this on an hourly basis. They have strayed so far from highlights and facts that they have now morphed into the sports world's version of the Enquirer or TMZ. This is being highlighted by the "SpyGate" coverage. These former players, these "professionals" are proving to be anything but. Mark Schlerith and Chris Carter sound like two sour, jealous, couch potatoes arguing over who's hotter Gisele or Heidi. Schlerith completely ignored the fact that he was part of a "mini-dynasty" whose coach, Mike Shanahan, was quoted in a Rick Reilly Sports Illustrated article as saying;

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