Re: Michael Holley On NECN

[Georgek27@aol.com]

<< >- Holley said, Pitino needs someone who can tell him "no".
 >Pitino is too much of a gambler as a GM, and right now he's
 >down 50.
 
 >- Holley says of Chauncey Billups: Pitino believed at the time he was a
 >shooting guard, but was convinced by his staff that he was a point guard.
 > >>

These statements seem a little contradictory to me.  In the first Holley says 
Pitino needs someone to overule his decisions.  In the second Holley 
criticizes him for being overuled.
Is Holley applying for this all-knowing position?  What are HIS 
qualifications?  If Pitino started off on a losing streak (as a GM/Personnel 
Man) I'd say that he's turned it around this season with the Battie trade and 
the Potapenko trade.  The other moves - Riley, Schintzius, Garnett - are 
throwaways anyhow.  That's what you get when you try to find gold in the 
scrap yard.  The Popeye signing & McCarty extension don't mean a thing 
(except to Gaston) since we are too far over the cap now anyway.  If either 
player does prove valuable at any time in the future, however, they can be 
traded for an equal amount of salary. (Stranger things have happened - both 
Minor & Barros look tradeable now).

As for those who still criticize trading our pick along with DeClercq for 
Potapenko,  I'd trade next year's pick away along with Anderson if I could 
make the same degree of improvement at point guard as well.

George