RE: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V5 #165

[John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>]

I agree. I would give up Walker & Mercer for Duncan.  He is a class act and a great player.



On Friday, May 01, 1998 6:40 AM, Greg Odegaard [SMTP:gmodegaa@longvred.rmc.com] wrote:
> Duncan 99 times out of 100.  Great players are themselves the best coaches
> on the floor.  I like RP a whole lot, but this Duncan kid is the real deal.
>  Even the great coaches say, the guys on the floor win the games.
> 
> With this Duncan subject brought up, I will now return to my prescription
> meds to deal with the near 12 months of depression over loosing this guy.
> 
> I don't want to go to school today mommy, I have a tummy ache.
> 
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> > From: Patrick Goggin <gogginpd@email.uc.edu>
> > To: Celtics@igtc.COM
> > Subject: Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V5 #165
> > Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 7:03 AM
> > 
> > I've got an interesting question that my wife and I have been going back
> > and forth on.  I was ecstatic when the Celts signed Pitino last
> off-season
> > and crestfallen when we didn't get Duncan.  I said I would rather have
> > Duncan as a player than Pitino as a coach if given the choice.  Throw
> > everything else out the window (What if he didn't resign?  What if he got
> > injured?  What if we got Riley and Duncan?) and just answer the question:
> > If you had a choice between hiring Pitino and drafting Duncan, what would
> > you do?
> > 
> > Goggin in Cincinnati
> > 
> >