One Down, How Many to Go?
While we all pray for Danny Ainge's job (i.e, landing Oden which would be the only way to salvage this ship), we also have to take into account what one more year of the Danny and Doc Show is costing us. In discussing possible new head coaches, Rick Adelman was one of the more popular suggestions by Celtics' fans. He's reportedly going to become the next head coach of the Houston Rockets come tomorrow. As for the next GM, Sam Presti of the San Antonio Spurs is one of the top young execs and also hails from Concord, Mass. He would be an ideal choice to re-build the Celtics but the odds of him being available next year might be slim-to-none as he is the top candidate for almost every open GM job out there.
While it might be fair to give Danny one more year, this is exactly why I said before that being fair isn't good business. The team is in disarray and we are sticking with the status quo while losing out on the people who might be able to right this ship.
And as for Durant, whom I left out of my earlier sentence regarding saviors, I think that drafting him could mean the end of the Pierce Era in Boston and I'd really rather not think about what crap deal Danny would make for our captain.
