Re: Rick won't deviate from course

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

Baloney, If the Celts don't make the playoffs this year so long as the
season progresses better than the last 2, Pitino and team have nothing to
worry about. It's all for hype. What's so great about the 8th spot, though
I wouldn't mind it, it's no great achievement. What experience would come
from it, we'd lose in 3 and go home sorry and the Boston Press would say
anyone can make the 8th spot. Give Pitino a chance to build a team if it
takes 4-5 years, from an awful mess.

At 07:57 AM 10/5/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Thanks Jose Ogando who wrote:
>> 
>>cut
>> 
>> If the Celtics aren't playing after the regular season ends next
>> spring, the coach/president and the club will have failed.
>> 
>> And he knows it.
>> 
>> ``Actually, when I made the original statement, it was before the
>> draft,'' Pitino said, recalling the impetus for his optimism. ``At
>> that point, I thought I was going to have either (Tim) Duncan or
>> (Keith) Van Horn, and maybe even both. So it wasn't really
>> (over)stepping to say what I said.
>cut