Re: New coach speculation?

["Jaime Salud Castillo, Jr." <jaims@philonline.com>]

I'd rather have Lenny Wilkens than a college coach.

----- Original Message -----
From: Berry, Mark S <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <damekmo@teleport.com>; <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 9:29 PM
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
>
>