Re: Credit Pitino with the loss

[Vinny Natale <vnatale@map.com>]

Keep giving it to them!

Vinny


At 04:44 PM 12/19/99 -0500, Alex Wang wrote:
> > In other games, Pitino has played Dana a lot although he wasn't hitting 
> the
> > broad side a barn. Therefore, if it seemed as if he was hot and you 
> felt he
> > was necessary part of your team, this would be the time to play him. It is
> > true that I was basing my "hot" judgement on single jumper. However, I 
> also
> > saw the way he did it and he did it without hesitation. I would prefer 
> they
> > didn't play Dana at all. But if they had to do it, you would think this 
> would
> > be the time...
>
>This is exactly what I'm talking about. You'd be happier if Dana
>didn't play at all. But when Pitino does exactly what you ask for and
>barely plays Dana, you criticize him. Don't you think that this is
>completely unfair? Didn't Kenny have a better game than Dana? Wasn't
>it better for Kenny to get more minutes then, regardless of whether
>Dana hit a single jumper without hesitation? And Dana certainly can
>miss jumpers without hesitation too; I really doubt that you can tell
>whether a player is "hot" from how a single shot looks. The criticism
>of Pitino is really getting ridiculous; I mean, go ahead if you think
>the record is subpar, but do any of us really know so much about
>basketball that we can really second-guess details such as
>substituting "hot" players? Can any of us coach at anywhere near the
>NBA level? (If you can, you're probably in the wrong job.) I like when
>people offer their observations of how the players are doing, how the
>game went, who they like, etc. etc., but all of this writing about
>"Pitino can't coach, if only he would take my advice the Celtics would
>win" is absurd. Can you imagine if some random guy who knew pretty
>much nothing about your job was telling people how you were incompetent
>and how he could do your job better? Wouldn't you think they were a
>bit foolish?
>
>Alex
>
> >
> > DJessen33