Anyone here discrediting Lacerte is just taking a total 100% complete factless guess at this situation.
No one here can say Lacerte mishandled injuries, you have literally no idea what you are talking about. You are just guessing because your favorite player got hurt. It's laughable that anyone in this thread is taking such a stance against these individuals while having ZERO knowledge of the situation.
Unless some players and owners come out and say they thought themselves or their players were mishandled by Lacerte, then you will have a right to say 'good riddance' to a real person who put his entire career and the prime of his life into keeping the Celtics players healthy.
Show some respect and don't act so petty.
First, I would tend to defer to Roy who probably knows recent C's history as well as anyone on this board!!
Second, Roy or anyone else has a right to express his or her opinion as long as he or she does so in a respectful fashion (I know Roy, funny coming from me:-))!! Matter of fact, Roy probably has a right to express his opinion more than anyone except for perhaps the revered Jeff Clark!!
Third, Roy was in NO WAY petty. He expressed his opinion and then back up his opinion with three SPECIFIC examples.
Thanks so much for your years of service and I wish you nothing but the best as our Celtics move in a new direction.
Smitty77
P.S. Sorry for speaking for you Roy, but that sort of got under my skin.
You know, I would tend to agree with you, except for the fact that I found Roy's original post to be disrespectful and without any supporting information ("good riddance"). He has provided support for his opinion post-hoc so I guess that's ok, but this is an example of how such posts can get blown up.
I mean, you're all entitled to your opinions. It cracks me up that some folks think I come to my opinions without any basis, though, or because my favorite players got hurt.
A lot of our guys have returned much more slowly than anticipated from injury. KG. Big Al. Wally. Shaq. AB. Players have missed publicly released time tables by several months. That at least raises concerns, especially with our All-NBA player currently in need of rehab.
I myself am a bit glad that Lacerte is going to be replaced - and I can admit that this is just based on being on the outside looking in, not knowing any of the true details behind the injuries each of those players suffered. How much blame Lacerte truly deserves is unknown. No two injuries are exactly the same.
What I'm wondering is how much blame Dr. Brian McKeon, the team physician (orthepedic surgeon, specializing in joint areas according to his profile at New England Baptist hospital) deserves, particularly with KG's injury. Supposedly the team knew about KG's bone spurs before 2009 started. And while the injury that KG suffered is relatively rare for a basketball player, it's the team physician's job to decide on the best way to manage the problem. If the surgery had been done in the 2008 offseason, would we be looking at another banner or two? With regard to letting KG play again about a month later after getting injured in Utah, that's probably a major mistake on the part of the physical therapists (Lacerte and crew) and Dr. McKeon as well.
And shoutout to Vitor Faverani, another case that was botched by our medical staff, having arthroscopic surgery
a full month after the initial injury to finally diagnose a torn meniscus. About 7 months later, he had to have another surgery on that same knee - this after being deemed "healthy" and good to go for training camp - because he experienced knee pain and inflammation after working out in the first day of practice. Not a good look for Dr. McKeon and the rest of our medical personnel.
Perhaps we need not just new physical therapists, but a new team surgeon.