Re: Philly game

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

My expectations are the 8th spot, anything above a bonus. I am personally
too competitive to take the type of losses we have had lying down. If it's
your cup of tea fine. Maybe Mr. Brown wasn't quite as inadequate as Pitino,
therefore the win.

At 04:40 PM 12/5/99 EST, you wrote:
>First of all, 6 days of practice evidently did get enough of a message
>through for us to thoroughly beat Miami. Second, if Mr. Brown is such
>a great coach, how come Philly "tried to give the game away with
>offensive miscues"? Isn't that a function of coaching too? The truth
>is that Larry Brown also has a fairly young team that makes its share
>of mistakes, despite his coaching. 
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>What exactly are your expectations of this team? They must be pretty
>high for you to be so negative and critical after an 8-8 start. Did
>you predict 60 wins or something?  Because based on your criticism of
>practically every single loss, you'd think the Celtics would be 13-3
>or something if it weren't for that loser Pitino wrecking them with
>his poor coaching.
>
>Dan F writes:
>> Sure, 6 days of practice evidently didn't get any messages through. Well,
>> Philly tried to give the game away with offensive miscues but their defense
>> shut us down repeatedly. How much older are they, or does Mr. Brown have
>> anything to do with it? 
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