Re: Thinking about Warwick and Tricky Rick

[Neal R Hoffman <nealh@umich.edu>]

I think if he has not been disenchanted thus far with Walker then he is
going to stick with him in the long run.

But what is the deal with the smokescreen?



On Sat, 10 Jul 1999, Warwick wrote:

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> 
> Neal R Hoffman wrote:
> 
> > The more I think about it, the more I tend to believe that Rick is the
> > mastermind behind the current Antwoine issue.
> > 1. I don't think Pitino could be suprised about the condition of a player,
> > whereas he is a control freak and now that he can talk to his own players
> > he knows what is going on.
> > 2. Why would Holley cross Pitino?
> > 3. From Ricks mouth to Jersey Red's pen.
> >
> > The only question I have is why is he bothering to do all this?  Take the
> > heat of the mercer deal?  Really trade walker?  Smokescreen what he and
> > wallace have cooking?
> >
> > WHY?
> 
> What I wrote yesterday is what I believe. I dont think that Antoine Walker
> will leave Boston. Another reason which I didn't think of yesterday when I
> wrote my post; Why would Rick Pitino, the coach who publically slammed all
> Boston fans for abusing Antoine Walker last season end up trading him? I
> firmly believe that Rick Pitino could *NEVER* live something like that down
> again and would quite probably be ran out of town.
> 
> To abuse *HIS* fans for abusing *HIS* player and then trading *HIS* player
> just does not make sense to me.... Does it to you???
> 
> Warwick
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