Re: Has anyone heard about this incident?

[Josh Ozersky <josh_ozersky@yahoo.com>]

Something just doesn't ring true about these
"incidents."  For one thing, I really find it hard to
imagine Pitino chewing guys in public, if at all -- he
who is so slick and manipulative and smart. Even if he
did do it, what is with these players all being
reduced to tears by criticism of their games?  Is this
the NBA or some kind of new-age encounter seminar?  I
tend to doubt that Rick Pitino doesn't know how to
handle Ron Mercer by now.  (On the other hand, I do
find it easy to believe that Mercer is tired of
Pitino's coaching style, especially with Master P
whispering in his ear that he could be the Man
somewhere.


--- Thomas Murphy <tfmiii@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> I just saw this item in an article by "Boston sports
> guy"
>
http://home.digitalcity.com/boston/sportsguy/main.dci?page=sg060399
> and was wondering if any of you had heard anything
> about it before. This is
> the first I've heard of it. 
> 
> >>
> * Out of anyone on the team, Mercer seemed the most
> unhappy last season,
> especially as the losses mounted. Insiders claim
> he's tiring of Pitino's
> act after four years (two at Kentucky, two in
> Boston); some say Mercer has
> never forgiven Pitino for upbraiding him for poor
> play on a team flight in
> front of his teammates (it happened after a game in
> Phoenix during Mercer's
> rookie season -- apparently, the coach was so harsh
> that Mercer almost
> broke into tears).<<
> 
> And BTW, FWIW if the Knicks were robbed in game two,
> then game three was
> "payback" because that 4-point 'continuation' was
> absolutely the worst call
> I've seen since Hue Hollins whistled Pippen during
> MJ's (first) retirement.
> 
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> -Tom Murphy
> 
> 

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