B757 FLC INITIATES SPD REDUCTION TO STABILIZE ACFT PRIOR TO INFORMING DEN OF ACTION REQUIRED TO STABILIZE APCH CONFIGN.

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EXPECTING VISUAL APCH TO RWY 16. APCH CTLR WORKING 2 OR MORE FREQS. WHILE IMC; WE WERE VECTORED TO BASE LEG WITH NO NOTICE OF TFC SEQUENCE. WE COULD SEE THAT WE WOULD BE HIGH AS WE WERE ASSIGNED 180 KIAS AND HAD A 31 KT TAILWIND AS WE TURNED FINAL. MY FO COULD NOT BREAK IN TO ADVISE THAT WE WERE SLOWING TO 160 KIAS; TURNING AN 8 MI FINAL SO WE COULD BE STABILIZED BY 500 FT AGL. WHEN WE FINALLY GOT ATC'S ATTN; THE CTLR CHIDED US FOR NOT TELLING HIM SOONER OF THE SPD CHANGE NECESSARY FOR SAFE FLT. THIS CTLR HAD POOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS FOR 3 REASONS 1) NO NOTICE OF BASE TURN SO WE COULD BE IN A REASONABLE POS FOR THIS VISUAL APCH. 2) CTLR TOO BUSY WORKING AT LEAST 2 APCH SECTORS. WE COULD NOT TELL WHEN OTHER ACFT WERE XMITTING ON OTHER FREQS. 3) DUE TO FACTOR #2; ABOVE CTLR DID NOT UNDERSTAND OR CARE ABOUT AN APCH WHERE A PLANE IS HIGH ON BASE LEG AND TURNING FINAL WITH A 30 KT TAILWIND -- YIELDING A GND SPD OF 237 KTS UNTIL A 4.5 MI APCH POINT. (CTLR ASSIGNED US 180 KIAS UNTIL THE OM.) ALL IN ALL; THIS PARTICULAR CTLR NEEDS TO SPEND SOME TIME IN A JET AIRLINER COCKPIT.