Re: NBA coach needed

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

Loyalty and courage are nice but don't forget to ad in reality. Celt's are
now fighting for 9 place in a weak Eastern Conference. We had to assume
with this awful bench we have, injuries were going to play an important
role in our demise some where along the line. The Houston game was a good
example, they have injury problems also but they have better shooters,
better defenders, and more athletic players than we do. We also have a
coach that continues to practice bad habits. We have blown our chances to
get a running head start so we can absorb some losses from the better
teams. We had to get off to a good start with a cushion. 5 losses in a row
with another likely Monday will really set us back as far as looking for a
playoff spot. January looks like a 500 month (dreaming). The box score
looks pretty good except for the foul shooting. If you saw the game you
would understand why we lost, check out the paint area under the net, the
dunks, fast breaks and layins against us. This hasn't changed one bit from
last season, in fact it may be worse. 

At 08:13 AM 12/19/99 -0400, you wrote:
>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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