Re: Walker & Pitino

[Peter Delevett <pdelevett@sjbj.com>]

         Reply to:   Re: Walker & Pitino
you're absolutely right about the last point. But I think and hope the team should make EVERY effort to sign Walker before the situation becomes untenable and a trade is the only possibility. To jettison a player of Walker's manifold talents just because he is a bit of a management problem (and let's face it, he's no Derrick Coleman, Rider or Iverson) is incredible short sighted if they really want to win a title. Seems to me the Bulls have done quite well despite Jordan's public dislike of Krause, Pippen's public feuds with Jackson and the whole Rodman situation.

Rohan Prashad wrote:
>I see what you are saying, and no I have never actually been in a room >together with Walker & Pitino.  But sometimes you just have to read between the >lines.  Before Pitino ever came here Walker was saying how he didn't think Pitino >would be right for the Celtics, and that we should retain M.L. Carr. M.L. Carr!  And >this offseason has been much
>worse with the missed practice session, the quotes from Walker about being >a veteran All-Star, and the entire Nazi Mohammed debacle.  Not to blame it >entirely on Antoine, I think it's a power struggle between both men.  It's no big >secret that a main reason Antoine left Kentucky is to avoid Pitino's harping and firm >hand.  Neither one is going to
>say this to the media of course, because it would look bad upon his >character.  Especially not Pitino, the media relations darling.
>The rift is not unmanageable one, but their conflicting personalities just >don't mix, and with the Walker contract situation we have to look at possible >trade options before Walker becomes a free agent.