Re: Pitino Going To...

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

The situation and rumors, even in print is getting ugly. Pitino should for
the betterment of the Celtic organization remove himself from the premises.
He has lost most of his credibility with players and a lot in the League in
general. He can't be a lame duck coach because things will deteriorate next
season further..

It's too bad his theory, gamble and experiments didn't work out. The NBA
has been built on solid thinking and not tinkering. You build a team with
solid defense, at least a basically defensive one.

At 11:34 AM 4/4/00 -0400, you wrote:
>No, he's definitely gone and should be. You can't have a lame duck-
>type coaching the team, and that's what Pitino is, after his various
>past pronouncements, which only encourages those players who dislike him
>to play bad, so they can get rid of him.
>
>As far as ex-Celtics/future Celtic coaches go: Dave Cowens is a
>winner; Bill Fitch is old reliable who always knew talent and how
>to use big men; Danny Ainge would be good after he gets tired of
>family life; DJ might be worth a shot; Chris Ford is too much
>of a retread; ML is good if you're into tanking and wasting a
>season; Bird hates the Gastons; Silas is somewhat of a retread...
>
>Forget the coach - The most important thing is a top flight GM -
>That should be Gaston's and Pond's first priority. 
>
>Elgin W Booth wrote:
>> 
>> I think you will see him here one more year then leave for college after
>> next year (Tubby leaves after son Saul graduates) or North Carolina
>> (Guthridge retires). It is somewhat unlikely but possibly also UNLV, I
>> know he loves to turn around a once perrenial power-type program that has
>> been down for some time.
>> 
>> I am expecting him here another year, then I agree that I would like to
>> see an ex-Celtic (Bird, Johnson, Ainge, Silas) coach the team.
>> 
>> On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Way Of The Ray wrote:
>> 
>> > Back from the hospital, I see reports eminating out
>> > of Channel 7 in Boston about various college programs making
>> > contact with Il Duce. The latest is UNLV. Slick Rick would
>> > fit in poorly there, not cosmopolitan enough for his liking,
>> > although they could wow him with the biggest pay check in
>> > College Basketball and looser standards than other programs.
>> >
>> > Kentucky got a mention a few day's back and I can definitely see
>> > Pitino returning there, if Tubby Smith moves on to the NBA.
>> > Ironic wouldn't it be, if Tubby came to the Celtics and Pitino
>> > went to Kentucky... Not going to happen though, the Tubby part that
>> > is...
>> >
>> > North Carolina was also mentioned as a program that contacted Pitino,
>> > presumbably before Bill Guthridge took them to the Final Four.
>> >
>> > I'm sure as the day's dwindle down to the end of the season and
>> > Pitino's tenure with the Celtics, more colleges will join the
>> > fray...
>> > Ray
>> >
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