Re: please, please don't let this same bunch come back next year

[rottman <rottie@pworld.net.ph>]

great post.  regarding paul being average, all i can say is this, he
dropped 10 places in last years draft i guess the other nine teams felt
that he is average.  but don't get me wrong, i believe he can be a star
down the road.  he just needs more seasoning.  yes we need a point guard
and center.........but pitino has to go for this team to move to the next
level...till next year guy's..... later.


At 04:22 PM 4/21/00 -0400, Berry, Mark  S wrote:
>I sincerely hope Pitino is just blowing smoke when claiming "the answer is
>in this lockerroom." Please tell me he doesn't believe this team is capable
>of anything more than, at best, breaking even. The only way things improve
>for the Celts is with drastic changes or incredible luck in the lottery.
>We're weak at PG, SF and C, and average at SG (I'll probably get killed for
>calling St. Paul average, but I can name 15 better players at that position)
>and PF. Toine still has the potential to be better than that, but right now,
>he's average. The bench is pathetic. There is no young player ready to
>mature into a contributor. The cap exceptions will not offer the answer.
>
>So why would anyone think this team, as constituted, can make any kind of
>drastic improvement? It can't. Not next year, or the year after, of five
>years from now. The longer we wait to tear this thing down and build new,
>the longer it will take to get where we want to be. 
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>Pitino needs to be honest in his evaluation of this team and do what's best
>for its future. This team played together all year, wasn't really bothered
>by serious injuries, and still missed the playoffs by, what... 7-8 games? It
>isn't going to work. Change it until we find a combination that does.
>
>Mark 
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