RE: Aaagh, the Sequel

["Sampath, Venkatesh" <Venkatesh.Sampath@microcell.ca>]

Errr...ahh...., don't know about the 10-day moratarium. I was away for
the past two weeks and just before I left, the Celts were actually a
game above .500!
I return and find we are a stinking 8-15 and getting blown out by
Cleveland, not to mention Chicago. What the hell's going on? With the
trade that took place when I was away, I thought we had the "banger" we
needed on the inside. 
I sincerely hope we are not going back to the ML Carr saga when we were
tanking games in a desperate attempt to get Duncan .....

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>From: 	peter delevett[SMTP:pdelevett@amcity.com]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, March 24, 1999 2:24 PM
>To: 	Celtics
>Subject: 	Aaagh, the Sequel
>
>I had promised myself, after checking in on the game midway through the 3rd
>last night and seeing we were down by 16, that I wasn't going to read the box
>score today, wasn't going to read the Celtics digest. It was all going to be
>more of the same, just too depressing ... Unfortunately, I'm more addicted to
>the team in green than I'd realized. And considering I spend close to every
>waking moment thinking of them ("what did you say, honey?..."), that's quite
>a statement.
>
>Well, I guess misery loves company, so I love you guys. I don't even know
>where to start here. It can't be the players, there is just too much talent
>to
>be getting killed like this. I never thought I would sour on Pitino, but just
>like Paul M, I found myself wondering yesterday afternoon (before the latest
>massacre) whether Gaston could/would do anything to shake up the coaching
>staff. I don't really know what to make of Pitino's dressing down his players
>publicly ... I feel he's gotta look in the mirror and ask whether his "we
>won't make the playoffs this year" pronouncement of a week ago didn't help
>spark this avalanche. Then Vitaly's saying, "We just kept letting them blow
>in
>for layups ..." Story of the season. I thought having a big enforcer like VP
>was supposed to stop that stuff, but maybe DJennsen's post was right on the
>money: our halfcourt defensive schemes are so bad that our centers are
>constantly out of position. What has happened to our bench, to Mercer? And
>what to make of Paul Pierce? Is he a hungry, driven, player who demands the
>ball because he wants to win, a la Bird & Jordan, or is he the next Jerry
>Stackhouse?
>
>I see the talent on this team and I think: The Three J's. Or for an even more
>recent example, the New Jersey Nets. I don't think the answer is to ship off
>players. I have been a loud proponent of the give-them-time gospel. But why
>the quitting?? I'm considering a 10-day moratorium on the Celtics; maybe the
>next time i check the paper, they'll be winning.
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