I think I was prophetic in this old email, saying ...
"Maybe Sam is a facilitator of team rebuilding. There may be method
in Bryan's madness, in keeping the award winning "worst" coach in the
league!!!"

--- In rappak@yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <lumberkingmike@...> wrote:
>
> Did you realize this weekend is the last chance to decide to
> withdraw from the NBA draft. Some guys have no game, and might as
> well go back to school, but after this weekend the die is cast, and
> we arm-shair GM's will know our options.
>
> Did you see in the paper "Former Toronto Raptors head coach
Kevin
> O'Neill is returning to his alma mater to host a basketball clinic
> at McGill University on Saturday.
>
> The 49-year-old O'Neill, a native of Chateaugay in upstate New
York,
> is an assistant coach to Rick Carlisle with the Indiana Pacers. He
> coached the Raptors in 2003-04 but was fired at the end of the
> season when the team finished 33-49 and missed the playoffs.
>
> O'Neill was an assistant to Carlisle with the Detroit Pistons in
> 2001-03 and to Jeff Van Gundy with the New York Knicks in 2000-01.
>
> O'Neill was a point guard for the McGill Redmen from 1975 to '78,
> garnering the nickname Mad Dog. He helped the Redmen reach the CIS
> national championship tournament in 1977-78 when the team went a
> school record 28-5 for the season.
>
> O'Neill joined the NBA coaching ranks in 2000 after 20 seasons as a
> coach at the collegiate level.
>
> I bet if we stuck with O'Neil we wouldn't be 1-14 at the end of
this
> season ... and would've exceeded 1-15 to start it, for that
> matter ... but we might not have won the lottery with KO.
>
> Maybe Sam is a facilitator of team rebuilding. There may be method
> in Bryan's madness, in keeping the award winning "worst" coach in
> the league. Maybe we need to target last place to draft the super-
> center from Buffalo, NY who'll go #1 a year from now!!!
>