Re: Piston game

[Daniel Forant Sr <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

Well said, Pitino's coaching is suspicious at times. If we can pick up in
his inadequacies, others coaches must be chomping at the bit to play us.
It's really ridiculous losing these games. It seems Pitino's worth minus
5-10 points a game for us at times, before he catches on what's going on.
Where are all his skills?

At 10:04 PM 4/27/99 EDT, you wrote:
>We lost this game, I believe, on coaching mistakes. The Celts fell back on 
>some old bad ways by totally relying on Mercer to go one-on-one on his
player 
>or to shoot off the curl. It took the rest of the team out of the up-tempo 
>offense. Barros began to walk the ball up. Pitino took Jones out way too 
>early at the start of the 4th for Barros who played the rest of the game. 
>Also, I didn't like the fact the Pitino didn't play Battie and VP at the
same 
>time, instead going using Walter at power forward (ugh). Walter had a nice 
>game, for him, but couldn't keep Williams from looking like an All-Star. 
>Battie would have been alot more effective on the boards. Instead he was
VP's 
>relief...The C's also stopped going to VP offensively. I think VP is losing 
>his confidence because of his funk at the free throw line. However, it sure 
>nice to have a inside player who can get the other team's center in foul 
>trouble consistantly. VP will have to work on his hands and free throw 
>shooting this summer...Instead of going to Mercer, the Celts should have 
>isolated Pierce in the post and played through him. In one play, I saw Dana 
>with the ball in the wing with Pierce posting up. Dana looked at Pierce
for a 
>moment and then looked toward the other side where Mercer was coming on a 
>curl. Dana then passed it to him who then shot at the top of the key, almost 
>a three. It was a rushed shot and like most rushed shots crossing the
basket, 
>a miss. It was obvious that the game plan was not to go to Pierce but rather 
>to Mercer, regardless of the situation. This is a coaching error; IMO, one
of 
>the main things that has hurt us throughout the season...A thing that has 
>really irritated me the last few games is that Walter has refused to give
the 
>ball up to the point guard and electing to bring it up himself and start the 
>offense. At least once a game, he gets the ball stolen from him resultingly. 
>This is just plain stupid and should be corrected by the coach...I have to 
>throw Dana a bone. He is at least playing as well as Anderson was...
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