Re: Coaching

["R. Bentz Kirby" <bocelts@usit.net>]

I am saying Pitino is a good coach, has won in the pros and college, that his
assistants work in his program and that he is a better coach than any member of
this list.  I get tired of hearing Walker and Pitino criticized by the list.  I
am saying that the Celtics would have won the game even if Pitino would have
been on the bench.  And that we can not coach as well as Pitino, even though we
think we can.

What I am venting about is the continuous stream of negative comments, even when
we win!!!  This is a young team.  They are not ready for prime time but are on
their way.  And when Pitino gets there right pieces, which includes Walker, they
will win and win big.  Maybe even the championship.  And when the do win, this
list will be saying, well, we could have beat the Lakers by 20 instead of 10 if
only Pitino had done ......

That's what gets old.  How about, hey we beat the Heat, damn good!!  A positive
vibe or two would do.

Back to lurk mode!


"Jaime Salud Castillo, Jr." wrote:

> So are you saying that if Pitino didn't get tossed out, that he would have
> done the same substitution patterns as what his assistant did???  Well, I
> don't think so.  Of course, Pitino has his inputs and instructions to his
> assistant coaches but I think these assistants have their own instincts too.
> That's why they're there is to add inputs and even oppose and know what's
> better.
>
> We are just saying that Pitino should learn about instincts and not be so
> technical and robotic about substitutions.  Well, definitely, players get
> tired, but you don't put down your guard because you are leading and winning
> at the moment.  Sure, you have to bring in fresh legs to hustle but do it
> one by one or slowly not changing players by battalions.
>
> Anyways, I am glad that you got to vent your anger out.  Hey, we won!  Be
> happy.
>
> Nice to chat about this things, huh.  Thanks.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: R. Bentz Kirby <bocelts@usit.net>
> To: Celtics <celtics@igtc.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 12:45 AM
> Subject: Coaching
>
> > Coaching is a hell of a lot more than just guiding a team through one
> > part of one game.  There are not many coaches who could get what Pitino
> > is getting out of this team.  O'Brien couldn't do it if he had all the
> > responsibility.
> >
> > As for substitutions, this has always been Pitino's theory.  That is
> > keep fresh troops coming at them until you overwhelm them.  Sometimes it
> > works, and this list was falling all over itself talking about how smart
> > Pitino was to leave the second team in and keep Toine and others on the
> > bench.  Sometimes it doesn't.  But to think that the assistant is a
> > better coach because he was doing what Pitino told him to do is absurd
> > and a fantasy.  (That's why we are called fans btw.)
> >
> > Get real folks.  There is an old saying, "Even a blind hog finds an
> > acorn once in a while."
> >
> > Do you really think that Pitino was not directing the assistants?  Do
> > you really think they got together and said, "Let's do just the opposite
> > of what Rick wants us to do?"
> >
> > We get carried away sometimes, but this line of thought is absurd at
> > best.  Let's see, and when KC played the starters too much it was, damn
> > you gotta substitute, you are wearing them out, they'll get injured.
> > Now that we sustitute, it is play the starters 48 minutes a game.  I
> > mean, they only have about 67 games to go!
> >
> > If only we could tell Pitino how to run this team.  Damn, I bet we'd
> > have Hughes and DNP Ratliff instead of toine and be playing them 46
> > minutes a game and have a 15-0 record!
> >
> > Sorry, but I just had to vent that.  I feel better now.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Bentz Kirby
> > bocelts@usit.net
> > http://www.public.usit.net/bocelts/
> >
> >
> >

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