Leon Powe Hired to Celtics Front Office

[SCeltic34]

Good for Leon.  He is one of my alltime favorite Celtics.

Seconded.  Absolutely love this guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db1UnoY3rIo

[clover]

Love it. Leon is one of my favorite Celtics of the past decade. Great, hard-working guy who left everything he had on the floor. Even though it was clear his knees were shot, I always felt bad that he got shipped out of town the way he did. Classy move by Danny to make space for him in the organization.

Agreed. And IIRC it was after Powe's rookie year that he reportedly gave hand-written thank you notes to even most lowly of Celtics employees that he encountered at work through the year.

[hwangjini_1]

best news i have had in days. like everyone else here i loved powe as a celtic. so happy he is back and so proud that the celtics brought him back.

[LooseCannon]

Well, Mormons often abstain from caffeine, so his job probably isn't going to be fetching coffee for Danny Ainge.

[Redz]

Welcome back Leon.

I wonder what the Celts have against Robert Parish that they never offered him as much as they now have for Powe though.  Is he that much of a knucklehead? It can't just be the pot, right?  Chief has made it pretty clear that he'd like to be involved.

[LooseCannon]

Parish wants a coaching job that pays well, not something like this:

The Celtics hired him in 2004 for public relations work, but Parish found the $80,000 salary too low. “I want to make it clear, I’m not whining, and the Celtics owe me nothing. But having said that, you would think at least I would have a conversation about a coaching job, since that’s what I want to do.”

[SHAQATTACK]

Hire da. Chief....!

[Redz]

Parish wants a coaching job that pays well, not something like this:

The Celtics hired him in 2004 for public relations work, but Parish found the $80,000 salary too low. “I want to make it clear, I’m not whining, and the Celtics owe me nothing. But having said that, you would think at least I would have a conversation about a coaching job, since that’s what I want to do.”

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[Beat LA]

Yay for Leon!!!  Who doesn't love the guy?  I hope that, even though his position hasn't been specified to the fans as of yet, he can teach Sullinger how to draw fouls.  Leon was awesome at getting to the line, and I'm sure that I'm not the only one who would rather have Sully attempting 6-8 free throws a game instead of 3-5 3s.

Side bar - I don't think it would necessarily be a good idea to have Parish and Sullinger together,in any capacity, because of the Chief's history of domestic violence.  I don't even know where I stand in regards to Parish anymore.  Marijuana is one thing (I don't like it, but it's not unforgivable, and, if we're being honest with ourselves, it could have been a lot worse, like with Bias and Reggie, so, yeah...), but, as with Sullinger, you can't simply ignore domestic violence, no matter how great of a player 00 was.