Dave D'Alessandro's knock on Pitino

["J. Mark Estepp" <esteppjm@conrad.appstate.edu>]

This guy is surely no fan of Pitino.  Anyone know if they have a history?

Dave D'Alessandro said in TSN:

>Disappointing executive of the year. We
>               won't bother to debate the merits of Rick
>               Pitino's latest trade -- though surrendering a
>               vastly improved Chauncey Billups for a
>               defensively challenged Kenny Anderson is
>               astonishing to us -- but he had better start
>               thinking about where all this compulsive roster
>               tinkering could lead. 
>
>               Whether he knows it, Pitino already has a
>               reputation as someone whose words do not ring
>               entirely true, particularly those about his
>               devotion to a certain player, and how fans must
>               be patient with Boston's players. 
>
>               One coach, who like everyone respects Ricky's
>               coaching acumen, put it this way: "I understand
>               his urgency to improve the roster, but you
>               know, sometimes that really backfires on you.
>               You end up with a roster full of kids who don't
>               know whether they're coming or going, who feel
>               like at any moment you might give up on them.
>               And then all those speeches we give about
>               'loyalty' come out sounding very shallow." 



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