Re: New coach speculation?

["Berry, Mark S" <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>]

I think Pitino's gone, and I'm disappointed about that. You bring in a new
guy and you start completely from scratch, and who's to say the new guy has
the answers? Pitino has seen this team for three years now and it seems to
me he should be the most qualified person to design a strategy for the
future. He knows, for instance, that we need interior defense at the PF
and/or C spots. He knows that we need a bigger, defensive-minded point
guard. He knows what he's going to get from Toine and Pierce. Paul's right -
we need a plan for long-term success.

But, Pitino probably is gone. So, who's next? There will be a push for Bird
to come back, but I don't see it happening with the animosity between he and
Gaston. Cowens? Maybe, but does he really get you excited? Lenny Wilkens?
Seems to be fine with veteran teams, but we're not one. Mike Fratello? I
hope not. You keep hearing that Red's ties to Mike Jarvis might lure him to
Boston, but he's a college coach. If we're considering college coaches, I'll
throw a name out there: Rick Majerus. The guy has an NBA background and
still follows the NBA. In fact, he's made no secret of the fact that he'd
eventually like to return to the NBA in the right situation. Is it Boston? I
don't know. I just don't see any more attractive candidates out there than
the guy we have on the sideline now.

Mark