Re: BILL FITCH

["JLyell" <jlyell@concentric.net>]

> >A good college coach not does not necessarily make a good NBA coach.
> 

This is correct, just as a good NBA player does not always make a good
coach or G.M.  Some of the worst G.M's I can recall were Bill Russell in
Sacramento, & currently Elgin Baylor with the Clippers, Willis Reed with
New Jersey, with Whoa Nellie coming up fast on the outside  !!!!..






> Excellent point. Remember Jerry Tarkanian's 21 game horror with the
Spurs?
> Remember PJ Carlesimo on the hot seat for most of his coaching tenure?
> 

On the hot seat but the blazers are much improved even with some of the
worst attitudes (Robinson, Rider) in the league.


> However, Pitino is an exception. He was an NBA coach, and a successful
one at that. It is known that he would again make a successful NBA coach,
but I
> just don't see him dropping Kentucky this year. Given the option to teach
> rather than babysit seems a bit more appealing to him now. However, I
figure
> he will leave the Bluegrass state soon.
> 
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