Re: Pitino the Dictator-YES (or simple solutions for simple minds)

[Sherry & Hart <hartleyo@ix.netcom.com>]

KK wrote:
> 
> Sherry & Hart wrote:
> >
> > I don't know who the clown was that wrote that Pitino is too
> > authoritarian, but the truth of the matter is that the players are 
> > like children under 18 years of age, they have zero rights.
> 
> I was that clown - thanks for the kind words. The players have zero rights,
> hmm? Sounds like slavery to me. I'm sure the players would be amused by your
> description of their station in life.

A slave at an average of 3 mill a year. Please spare us this Bull----.
 
> > All a coach owes
> > a player is respect, other than that he has to be the dictator in
> > complete control, especially with young players. Remember, Larry Bird's
> > first coach in the pro's was Bill Fitch, not exactly Mr Nice Guy
> > (McHales favorite coach). Bird said on many occasions that Fitch was a
> > great coach who ran the team with an iron fist and that the team was
> > better for it. He made Parrish, Tiny, Ford all winners who all came from
> > losing teams to win a championship. If a coach wants to win, it cannot
> > be a democracy, he must be in total control.
 
> Yeah, not just the Celtics, but this whole great country of ours would
> benefit from being ruled with an iron fist!! Gordon Liddy for President! (Or
> least for coach of the Boston Celtics - Pitino is too damn liberal. Yeah,
> that's the problem!) Whip out the rattan

What the hell does this diatribe have to do with running a Basketball
team?