Ainge Expects Entire Coaching Staff to Return

Post #1 » by **canman1971** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:49 pm

Not much has been reported about this, which maybe is a good thing. But here is a little info on the coaching staff in today's Globe.

Ainge's next order of business will be to settle the contract situations of Rivers and assistants Kevin Eastman, Armond Hill, Mike Longabardi, Clifford Ray, and Tom Thibodeau. Ainge said the entire coaching staff is expected to return.

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball ... o_jump_in/

Athanacropolis · Post #2 » by **Athanacropolis** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:52 pm

Good news, especially regarding Thibodeau. Boy, was I worried he'd bolt to a head coaching gig earlier this offseason.

Barry Lird · Post #3 » by **Barry Lird** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:09 pm

canman1971 wrote:...
Ainge's next order of business will be to settle the contract situations of Rivers and assistants Kevin Eastman, Armond Hill, Mike Longabardi, Clifford Ray, and Tom Thibodeau. Ainge said the entire coaching staff is expected to return.

That's welcome news. I don't really know what Eastman, Hill, and Longabardi do, but I'll sure be glad to bring back Clifford Ray for our bigs, and Thibodeau for our stellar defense.

Post #4 » by **canman1971** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:38 pm

Barry Lird wrote:
canman1971 wrote:...
Ainge's next order of business will be to settle the contract situations of Rivers and assistants Kevin Eastman, Armond Hill, Mike Longabardi, Clifford Ray, and Tom Thibodeau. Ainge said the entire coaching staff is expected to return.

That's welcome news. I don't really know what Eastman, Hill, and Longabardi do, but I'll sure be glad to bring back Clifford Ray for our bigs, and Thibodeau for our stellar defense.

I believe Eastman is our shooting coach and I'm sure about the other two's specific roles.

Dogen · Post #5 » by **Dogen** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:06 pm

Bringing back Thibodeau is more important than Posey was. I'd like to keep as much of our successful recipe together as possible.

MVP16 · Post #6 » by **MVP16** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:28 pm

I think Hill is in charge of the offense. I've never heard of Longabardi before and he's not even listed as part of the coaching staff on celtics.com...I would guess he's the head video coordinator/scout.

Prophet_C · Post #7 » by **Prophet_C** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:16 pm

Great news.

It's a good thing we won this year because if we would have been bounced early in the playoffs, then I'm pretty damn confident that Tibbs would get a starting job someplace else.

Celtic Esquire · Post #8 » by **Celtic Esquire** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:41 pm

YES! I'm so happy that TT is returning.

Our defense will continue to be stellar hopefully.

campybatman · Post #9 » by **campybatman** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:30 pm

canman1971 wrote:Not much has been reported about this, which maybe is a good thing. But here is a little info on the coaching staff in today's Globe.

Ainge's next order of business will be to settle the contract situations of Rivers and assistants Kevin Eastman, Armond Hill, Mike Longabardi, Clifford Ray, and Tom Thibodeau. Ainge said the entire coaching staff is expected to return.

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball ... o_jump_in/

Yeah, it's imperative that those two names return to the coaching staff. Especially, now that the team has O'Bryant. He'll meed all the help he can get to turn his career around for the better.

bujabra · Post #10 » by **bujabra** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:26 am

I'd like to give some credit to Eastman with his incredible job with Rondo's improved jumper last season. Can't wait to see where Rondo starts shooting from this season... 4 pt shots!?!

Also exicted about Cliffy and TT returning next season. Ainge is on a roll...