Re: NBA coach needed

["Troy Hash" <troyhash@kih.net>]

The answer to your sporadic play question is very simple:  other than
Pierce, Walker, & Anderson we have VERY average players and average players
play sporadically.  Also, the fact the Walker has been up and down causes
even more problems.  Pitino's problem is this:  he is expecting/playing big
minutes out of the 8-12 spots and in this league playing those guys that
many minutes will get you beat more often than not as our record indicates.
To much talent in this league to play your bench players, ALL OF THEM, big
minutes,  can't do it.  Thats why you have a 6th man and don't mass sub.  RP
refuses to acknowledge this.  Until he does, we can expect more of the same.
Troy

----- Original Message -----
From: John Lyell <Jlyell@concentric.net>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 7:37 PM
Subject: RE: NBA coach needed


> I am not saying Pitino should be canned. The coach can not go out and play
> for these guys. But when he has the control of player decisions like he
has,
> he will get more blame than other that do not.  They brough him in to
> rebuild this team.
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> The great Celtic teams had bench players that could really step up and
play
> consistently at a competitive level, I do not see this with this team. I
am
> just wondering why all of this teams players fluctuate so much,  a great
> game one night, than 2-13 the next ? I know you can't be on every night,
but
> the play of most, even Paul Pierce, has been real sporadic. Is it just
lack
> of preparation ?
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> I guess it really depends if Gaston an co. are satisfied find with 30-40
> wins.
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> I am not sure as far as Pierce and Fortson. It has yet to be shown what
> Fortson will provides us, will it be a Oakley, Rodman like
> rebounder/enforcer, or another Popeye Jones ?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cecil Wright [mailto:cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca]
> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 4:10 AM
> To: John Lyell; 'Alex Wang'; celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: NBA coach needed
>
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> 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
>
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> > 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.
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> >
> > 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
?
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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.
> >
> > 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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