Re: NBA coach needed

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

This blame game is really getting out of hand.  Pitino said he had a 3 year
plan.  Isn't it fair to wait until the end of the season before laying
blame?  Do you really think that with Pierce and Fortson in the lineup, we
would have lost to the Rockets?  The injury factor is huge but it is one
which each team must address.

Cecil

----- Original Message -----
From: John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>
To: 'Alex Wang' <awang@mit.edu>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 2:18 AM
Subject: RE: NBA coach needed


> Yeah just wait until we win about 25 again before we do it.  It is pretty
> obvious to most that even with Pierce this team can not compete with the
> upper or even mid-echelon teams, on a nightly basis. We might get one here
> and there but with the exception of a few players, this team is really
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> of crappy players. We have not even hit the tough Western teams yet with.
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> I not necessarily saying it is all Pitino's fault, but with the exception
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> Barros & Ellison, he built this team, so don't make any excuses for him.
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> has just made some poor player decisions. Alex what is your excuse for the
> losses to the Rockets without Hakim or Barkley  and teams like the Bulls ?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com]On Behalf Of
> Alex Wang
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 8:22 PM
> To: celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: NBA coach needed
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> > 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.
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> > -David
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