Re: NBA coach needed

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

This game didn't bother me as much as most other games we lost. I don't
like Pitino's coaching philosophy and teachings. He's been here 3 years and
I don't see any improvement other than some new personnel. Is he capable of
coaching a team rebuilding? At least to get the best out of them? Someone's
not teaching defense on the coaching staff. Have you ever seen so many
layups and easy lay ins by the opposition on any other team? Are these guys
just plain dumb? Walker is a horror on defense. The League in general is so
much better than us, you need 8-9 good players these days, we have 5 when
their healthy. 

At 11:22 PM 12/17/99 EST, you 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'm probably speaking out of frustration of watching the Celtics-
>> Spurs game, but I feel that its time for a change. I don't buy the 
>> excuse that we have a lot of injuries--at least we should be 
>> competitive. ML Carr's teams had about the same talent level as 
>> this current Pierce-less, Potapenko-less team, but they competed 
>> so much more. I thought Rick was supposed to be this brilliant 
>> head coach, even called the best coach in the business. If so, 
>> where's the results? I'm sure that someone like DJ or Ainge could 
>> do a better job. Rick should go back to college.
>> 
>> -David
>> 
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