Re: NBA coach needed

["David" <dajubo@earthlink.net>]

On 17 Dec 99, at 23:22, Alex Wang wrote:

> I wish that people would actually wait a whole season before 
> calling for the coach's head. I mean, what did you expect from
> watching this game? The Spurs were 10-1 at home, we are missing
> most of our big man depth and our top player, they are the 
> defending champs, we are in the middle of a grueling stretch
> of games mostly on the road. 
> 
> It's like one of us having a bad week at work because of some
> sort of outside circumstances - say illness or a death in the
> family - and getting fired because of it. Let's let the coach
> show what he can do over the course of an entire season instead
> of over a single injury-plagued stretch against tough teams 
> on the road.
> 
> Alex
> 


I understand what you are saying and to some extent agree; 
however, we've seen the results of the past two seasons and they 
haven't been very good. I guess if the Celtics were coached by an 
"average" NBA coach, I might not feel this way. My whole point is 
that Pitino--the $7,000,000/year Pitino--is supposed to be a special 
coach. As a result, I hold him to a higher standard, just as Antoine 
is held to a higher standard as opposed to someone like McCarty 
or Overton.

-David