Re: NBA coach needed

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

I admire your courage and loyalty.  You would make a fine teammate.

Cecil

----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 3:52 AM
Subject: Re: NBA coach needed


> John Lyell writes:
>
> > 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
full
> > of crappy players. We have not even hit the tough Western teams yet
with.
>
> OK, this is the last time I repeat this.
>
> First, if the team wins 25 this season, then I'm all for firing
> Pitino. As far as I can see, that hasn't happened yet nor is it some
> kind of sure thing. If you think it is, I'm willing to bet you as much
> as you want right now that the team wins more than 25. So until then,
> let's see what the team can do over the course of a full season.
>
> Second, if the team can't compete with mid-echelon teams, why has it
> beaten Miami, Indiana, Charlotte, Toronto, and New York?
>
> Third, if Pitino is a crappy coach and the team is full of crappy players,
> how come they are 10-13? If his team is full of such crappy players, then
> isn't Pitino doing a good job coaching them to a better-than-crappy
> record?
>
> > I not necessarily saying it is all Pitino's fault, but with the
exception of
> > Barros & Ellison, he built this team, so don't make any excuses for him.
He
> > 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
?
>
> Better teams will lose to worse teams on any given night. If this
> wasn't the case, sports wouldn't be too interesting, would they? Isn't
> Miami having a four game losing streak including a loss to the lowly
> Warriors? Fire Pat Riley! Why bother evaluating him over a season or
> over his career when you can have a knee-jerk reaction over a week's
> worth of play?
>
> Alex
>
>
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