Pot's Boiling

[Daniel Forant Sr <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

Mutiny, the ship's sinking and it's time to throw the responsible crew
overboard. Because this season may be going down, hope Pitino doesn't lose
control. These are fragile ego's. How can anyone complain about a rookie,
well I guess we did run Billup's out of town. Paul Pierce is not the
problem, but the press put the burden after a few games of him bringing us
up a level, since then he has not been healthy, and to make matters worse,
the rest of the team plays horribly. Well, look at the loses, the close
ones, Walker, Mercer and Anderson lost those games for us, not the rookie.
My insight of how this team will progress in the future is very blurry now.

Questions??? Can Walker play the 4, or possibly the 3 effectively? Can
Mercer become a consistent player? Can Anderson (he can't) be our point
guard? Will Pierce flourish in the Celtic environment? Yeeeessssssssss.
Pitino will have very hard decisions to make this summer.  

>From: damekmo@teleport.com
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>me suggest one thing about Pierce...and I could be wrong, but what the
>hell. I'm going to guess that Pitino talked about putting him on IR because
>he wanted to motivate him. In other words, if Pierce is playing like crap,
>with no intensity, because of his ankle, then he sits down. If his ankle is
>not a problem...then wake up and stop feeling sorry for yourself - crying -
>and start playing. This "crying" thing is a little disconcerting. I could
>say that after Vince Carter wiped the floor with him he's tanked it because
>the entire motivation for Pierce's early season, let's say exhuberant and
>energetic play, was Rookie of the Year "I'll show them" honors...not about
>getting wins. Or maybe the Carter outburst had nothing in particular to do
>with it...and it's as simple as the losing streak. When the losses piled
>up...he couldn't handle it because Pitino made it clear he didn't give a
>crap about the "Rookie of The Month." Very quickly because I have to
>go...There was a quote in today's...was it the Globe?...from Pitino who
>said something about seeing who handles the losses, how well they handle
>the losses and who can't. The first person I thought of was Pierce. Nice
>post Joe. I was thinking the exact same things you were. Come on
>guys...it's obvious...the signs are there...Pierce needs to grow up...stop
>thinking about his stats and becoming "Rookie of the Year"...stop crying
>about constructive criticism....and toughen up. But...I'll at least admit
>that....I could be wrong. maybe it's Walker's fault. He just needs to pass
>the ball. Oh...in the second and third quarters...Mercer goes 3-9, yes? I
>wasn't going to check his trurnovers over that time...too painful. Walker
>needs to pass the ball to Mercer...and watch him score those tough critical
>baskets. It's spring in the northwest and Greg and I are wondering where
>all this light outside came from. I'm outside before it starts raining
>again.
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>Paul M.
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