Re: Rick Fox

[rottie@webquest.com]

I agree shut-up, listen and learn (kinda harsh, but this line came from a
favorite movie of mine).  Anyway, the C's sucked for the last few years and
it's time for a change.  Sure I hated to see RF leave but hey we need young
players with potential, size and the right attitude.  How can you call
Pitino and idiot look what he did for Providence, the Knicks and Kentucky
(soon the Celt's).  

rottie

At 01:43 PM 7/12/97 -0400, Timothy Jordan wrote:
>Oh just shut up, this is the offseason.  We have definitely improved.  We
>can't judge ditto until the season starts.  He has a master plan.  Don't
>call Rick an idiot because he's only been here for 3 months.  I think he
>has improved this team so far.  These are just minor moves preparing for
>the big one.
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>> Okay, I hear a bunch of you hinting at it, but I want to be the first to
>> say it.  RICK PITINO IS AN IDIOT!!!!  He's a moron!  He knows nothing
>> about basketball! He couldn't carry ML's gym bag! How could he let Rick
>> Fox, the heart and soul of this team go?!?!  A guy who gave his all
>> every game, even when it didn't count for anything, who competed just to
>> compete, who epitomized all that is good and right and holy in athletic
>> competition!?!?
>> 
>> I also want to introduce the first derisive nickname for Pitino:
>> STUPITINO! 
>> 
>> First the Radja deal, where he got bamboozled by Larry Brown, then the
>> Pippen mortgaging the future fiasco, then the give Travis Knight the
>> keys to the store and lose Rick Fox in the bargain Travis-ty.  Now,
>> field the only all-rookie all-unproven team in NBA history!   
>> 
>> Okay, I hope all realize that I'm just kidding ( at least partly ).  The
>> only real problem I have with Pitino is the loss of Rick Fox, one of the
>> few real class players around.  And I will wait a couple of years to see
>> whether he can make something of this VERY young group or not before I
>> really criticize.  But I think it's interesting to note that we have
>> gone from almost annointing Pitino ( also unproven ) as the second
>> coming of Red Auerbach in his prime to saying "Personally, I think what
>> he did was nuts, but I'm willing to trust that he knows what he's doing
>> because he's a basketball genius."  Now, whether he's nuts or a genius
>> will depend on how well the team does next year.  
>> 
>> I agree with those that say of last years players, "15 wins, exactly why
>> do you want ANYONE from that team back" with the exception of Rick Fox. 
>> I somehow hope he ends up back in green again someday.  He will be
>> missed.
>> 
>> Long Live Pitino!!  Long may he reign!!  
>> 
>> Dan Pelletier
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