Re: Pitino and Cousy

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

C'mon Cous openly negatively discussed on the air Pitino's coaching habits.
Like Cous was a good coach. Cous bit the hand that fed him. Enjoy his 10
games this season. This is his swan song.

At 03:44 PM 8/30/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I agree with those people who question this "Pitino vs. Cousy" angle. My
>impression is that both Tommy and Cousy have a lot of respect for Pitino.
>Cousy seems to mainly complain when the point guard makes a poor decision,
>which is definitely understandable.
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>Late last season when both Walker and Mercer were out, Pierce was carrying 
>the team and scoring a lot of points. Tommy was talking about how scoring
>thirty points might be a big deal for Pierce and give him a lot of 
>confidence. I think he asked Cousy how he felt when he first scored thirty
>and he said something like, "It felt good. I thought, why am I passing to
>these bozos?" It was really funny coming from him.
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>Alex
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