Re: Antoine on 'EEI

["John Lyell" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

Yeah so much for our leader & captain ! Welcome to the world of pro sports.
Half the rumors are pure BS anyway. With AW's contract he, like Iverson
probably are not going anywhere this year.

At least he realizes he gets his ass kicked in the low post, but thinks he
can play the 3 spot.  Shawn Kemp and Oliver Miller probably still do too !



----- Original Message -----
From: <jmc@ptc.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Cc: <jmc@luzon.ptc.com>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: Antoine on 'EEI


> My 2 cents on these Antoine issues:
>
> 1) Doesn't Antoine realize that EVERYONE on the team is being frequently
>    mentioned in trade proposals, as both the Celtics and other teams
>    "test the waters" with ridiculous offers to see if there are any
nibbles
>    of interest out there.  The problem is that the press reports anything
>    involving Antoine, as it's likely to sell well, so it seems like
Antoine's
>    being shopped more than others, even if Pitino has no real intention to
>    trade Antoine.
>
> 2) Rick Pitino should show some guts and enforce some penalties for not
>    being in shape, and enforce them uniformly for everyone.  If Pitino
>    lets Antoine get away with breaking his rules, then Pitino will lose
>    control of his team.  Everyone will start breaking rules, and Pitino
>    will be forced to either punish everyone or lose all credibility by
>    punishing unevenly.  Red Sox manager Jimy Williams enforces his rules
>    firmly and fairly, even when it's at the expense of Pedro Martinez or
>    Carl Everett, and gets those star players mad at Jimy... but those star
>    players respect him all the more for it, and the role players do, too.
>    There's plenty more unity and loyalty on the Red Sox than on the
Celtics.
>
>    Pitino should keep Antoine out of the starting lineup until Antoine is
>    in shape.  I'd say he should keep him out of games altogether, but then
>    Antoine would lose out on conditioning time.  I suppose for
non-starters,
>    this rule wouldn't affect them much, so maybe Pitino does need to just
>    say, "Antoine, you're not playing in real games until you're in shape."
>    Antoine will whine and complain, but in the end he'll get in shape and
>    the rest of the team will follow Pitino's rules from then on.
>
> Jon Mc
>
>