Re: Pitino Going To...

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

Well Dan, you have your way of looking at it.  That's fine.  Fact is you
know about as much of what you're talking about as I do about what it is
like to walk on the moon.  No team out there is saying we suck but nice
effort.  No team who sucks could have beaten some of the teams we have
defeated this year.  No team who sucks could have had the terrible
misfortune to lose several games on buzzer-beaters to teams you would call
"good" as we have.  Perhaps it is your interpretation, but there are players
and coaches who have praised our effort.  Who are you to say that they are
merely paying lip service?  It's easy to kick them in the nuts when they are
down, and, as others have pointed out on this list in the past, you seem to
take pleasure in their ineptitude, though you will deny it to Hosanna in the
highest.  I am NOT looking to start a flame war, just pointing out the
facts.  I guess there are some on the list who like your style though, so
keep on keepin' on.

We play sporadic defense and do not move the ball like I would prefer and
are a woeful crunchtime free throw shooting team, but above all else, our
primary weakness is our youth, like it or not, and it can only be remedied
in 2 ways, neither of which I think would appeal to you.

Cecil


----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: Pitino Going To...


> C'mon that's like charity. What team would say such things if we beat
them?
> In plain English their saying we *suck* but nice effort. I'm sure the
Celts
> feel much better knowing that other teams think they put out. Yeah sure.
In
> fact I don't think I saw 10 good mentally played games this season let
> alone physically.
>
>
> At 07:52 PM 4/7/00 -0300, you wrote:
> >Which players has he lost credibility with or is that just speculation?
> >Each team I hear speak about us after a game commends the C's for their
> >effot.  But it could just be communitst propaganda I suppose.
> >
> >Cecil
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
> >To: <celtics@igtc.com>
> >Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 2:39 PM
> >Subject: Re: Pitino Going To...
> >
> >
> >> 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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