Re: Now the pressure's really on Rick.

[Shailendra Mishra <shailendra_mishra@yahoo.com>]

I am waiting for the day when RP will realize that the problem is not
with his team but with that inflexible system he runs. After all, just
ask, how good a system can be, if 80% of the NBA players don't want to
be part of it.

I have been reading all these posts on trading rumours and wondering
how about doing nothin for a change. We have a pretty talented bunch of
players how about letting them play and develop some chemistry. But,
what is the chance of that happening? RP has to screw up the roster
again for the coming season. He has sown the seeds already, by siting
budget angle with the Mercer and Battie signings. 

I will bet, if Mercer and Battie are traded, the C's will aquire more
in salaries then they otherwise would, had they signed them both. In
addition we also have to hear that how the players aquired in the deal
are not in Pitino shape and they need to work harder in the off-season.


I am watching the post-season with interest and am really impressed
with the play of the Kings and the 76ers. I think the 76ers are going
to give the Pacers a run for their money. - Mishra

PS: I don't like steals, because it makes a defensive player gamble and
messes with the defensive formation.
                                        [Larry Brown]

--- damekmo@teleport.com wrote:
> So...anybody think Paul Gaston's wondering if he
> made a huge mistake hiring
> Pitino. Listen...don't think that Larry Brown's
> success this season isn't
> killing these guys. Let's review. If I understand it
> correctly, Pitino was
> offered this job, turned it down, and then when he
> heard that they were
> negotiating with Larry Brown, Pitino came back and
> accepted. This is how it
> was reported...yes? And if I remember correctly,
> Brown was only going to
> coach...yes? Anyway, let's not forget one thing
> about Pitino. This from the
> New York Times...two Sundays ago, I think:
> 
> ><p>  "Al (Bianchi) wanted to play like the Detroit
> >Pistons," Pitino said. "I wanted to play
> >like the Lakers. I knew that, and that's
> >why I left, because it was a battle I didn't want
> to fight."
> >
> ><p>   "The g.m. has to hire the coach," he
> >added. "And the way the Knicks were
> >doing it for years were hiring both simultaneously,
> independent of each
> >other. It didn't work."
> 
> There was only one way Pitino was coming to coach
> the Celtics, and that was
> if he had total control. He wasn't going to work in
> a situation where his
> judgement was questioned...ever again. And if the
> reports are true about
> Pitino and Brown, I wouldn't doubt that there were
> those in the
> organization who felt they should've stuck with
> Brown. He was willing to
> work for less money...yes? Also, Brown must've known
> that he wasn't the
> team's first choice, and yet that didn't matter. I'm
> sure somebody thought
> that meant something. But anyway, you know it's
> killing the Celtics front
> office that Pitino gave them a year of excuses about
> the schedule, nobody
> being in shape, nobody coming in for workouts, not
> enough people knowing
> the system...blah, blah, blah, and Larry Brown has
> an offense that can be
> described as "get the rebound, give the ball to one
> player, and get out of
> the way," a defense that wasn't devised by a PHD
> candidate in physics at
> MIT, and yet he takes the Sixers into the second
> round. Did you hear Brown
> last Sunday say that of all the job offers he got
> two years ago, the Sixers
> were in the worst position to succeed. Whether
> that's true or not is
> debateable, but if you hired Pitino, that comment
> hurt. George Lynch?!?
> Matt Geiger?!? Eric Snow?!? Perhaps there's somebody
> in the Celtics front
> office saying I told you so this afternoon.
> 
> Paul M.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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