RE: New coach speculation?

["LadyNada" <ladynada@mediaone.net>]

While watching the Cavs game, I could hear Rick Pitino on the sidelines.  I
CAN NOT believe that Rick Pitino actually screams specific commands for
specific players to perform while they are on the court.
How can  a player concentrate on the game and working well with his
teammates when the coach is screaming for him to pass the ball to someone
specific, WHOM, the opponents also can hear and know that he is the target
of the next pass?  What up with that?  How can Rick yell out go go go,
meaning for the Celtic with the ball to go drive to the basket?  I heard
Rick yell, give it to Paul.  I heard him yell Dana, Dana, Dana (meaning pass
it to Dana).  This is embarrassing.   Its belittling.  For this reason
alone, I would remove Rick Pitino.  I don't see how the players can stand
it.

LadyNada


 -----Original Message-----
From: 	owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com]  On Behalf Of
Berry, Mark  S
Sent:	Monday, April 03, 2000 9:30 AM
To:	'damekmo@teleport.com'; 'celtics@igtc.com'
Subject:	Re: New coach speculation?

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