reflections
May 10th, 2007 Celtics Extend Doc Rivers

The Boston Celtics and head coach Doc Rivers have agreed to a 1-year contract extension. The terms of the deal are as follows: Rivers will continue to get $5 million per year throughout this extension, which will run until the end of the 2008-2009 season, and the deal also includes a second year option.

My thoughts: I am not the happiest fan in the world, but at the same time, we all saw this coming. At the least, I am relieved that it was only a 1-year deal. However, I most certainly think that not contacting either Rick Carlisle, Rick Adleman, or Paul Silas was a bad move by the organization. I was pulling for the organization to either fire him this summer or at least let him run through the last year of his contract as a “lame duck” coach. The injury excuse is valid and understandable, but healthy or not, Doc Rivers does not make good in-game coaching decisions. He’s a great guy, he’s a great practice coach, and he is an outstanding motivator that gets his players to play hard at all times, but his in-game coaching skills are questionable at best.

If they really wanted to keep him around to see how he can do with a healthy roster and new additions, then they could have done that without shelling out an extra $5 million. If they truly want to see what he can do, then they should have lame ducked him to see how this team performs next year before they give him an extension. That is the biggest reason I’m unhappy, they gave him an extension without seeing what he can do with a healthy/new roster. I’m not a very happy camper right now.

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