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RE: [Celtic_Pride] The Truth about Cats and Pitinos
I see mark's point, but there are several teams that flounder
for a few years and then get better relatively quickly. The Lakers
struggled for several years before breaking through, as did the Sixers
and the Mavs, and probably a few other teams that I can't think of
at the moment. What I remember is that for us to get our 37 wins
last year we needed to really disintergrate -- losing ten in a row, losing
at home to Chicago, etc. I feel like if this team can keep its head above
water and stay at or near the .500 mark (not as hard as it sounds if we
keep playing solid ball on the road and pick up wins against weaker teams.
I really believe that if this team could get four or five wins in a row,
they would
be mentally in a much better position to execute, communicate on D, and
bounce
back from missed shots/missed defensive assignments. They still don't
really
believe in themselves, and we don't either. but that can change.
Josh Ozersky
Marketing Communications Specialist
Corning Museum of Glass
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Berry, Mark S [SMTP:berrym@BATTELLE.ORG]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 3:40 PM
> To: 'Celtic_Pride@egroups.com'
> Cc: Boston Celtics
> Subject: RE: [Celtic_Pride] The Truth about Cats and Pitinos
>
> I've been quiet lately because no one likes to hear negativity (which is
> all
> I really have for this team right now), but I have to ask you Cecil, where
> are you seeing progress? We saw progress Pitino's first season (he had
> nowhere to go but up), but have stagnated since. If we had built on that
> in
> Pitino Year 2, and built a little more last year--say to 40 wins--I think
> we'd all feel like progress was being made. And this season, even though
> Ray
> can be incredibly grating, he's right. The schedule has been as easy as we
> could possibly imagine and the Celts blew it. I was looking at the
> schedule
> the rest of the way and came up with 35 total wins. Is that progress? Now,
> maybe this team will come together like you say it will and surprise me
> with
> a great second half, but I've seen no evidence of it. In fact, I think
> it's
> much more likely the team goes the other way and completely disintegrates
> as
> Pitino starts plotting his exit.
>
> The worst thing about all this is Pitino seems determined to maintain this
> roster and let the next guy do what he wants. That just slows down the
> rebuilding process. Golden State gave up a high lottery pick at the
> deadline
> last year for Larry Hughes. That's the kind of move the Celts need to
> explore--picking up draft picks, dumping salary, adding players with
> potential. In short, they need to build for the future. Instead, they're
> chasing windmills while Pitino plays out the string.
>
> Philly showed steady progress. Jordan's Bulls showed steady progress. The
> Celts have shown consistent mediocrity.
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cecil Wright [mailto:cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 7:29 PM
> To: Celtic_Pride@egroups.com
> Cc: Boston Celtics
> Subject: Re: [Celtic_Pride] The Truth about Cats and Pitinos
>
>
> Who is the we you are referring to? I can't blame anyone for the injuries
> suffered by Kenny, Herren or Brown. I think the team is quite fortunate
> to
> have Pierce able to play at this level since, from initial reports, he may
> not have been able to play at all this year after his stabbing.
>
> The problem is that some of us (you know who you are) want this team to
> come
> together suddenly and do not appear to be willing to wait for the team to
> become a cohesive unit. If it were that easy, it would not have taken the
> Bulls into Jordan's 6th year to win. Or the great Sixers teams of the
> past.
> Some Celtic fans want instant gratification and anything less will not
> whet
> their appetite.
>
> There are things about this team which need to be improved and there are
> some things they do very well. But no amount of incessant whining, no
> matter how free the speech, is gonna help them win any faster.
>
> Either accept that gradual progress is being made or complain.
>
> Cecil
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W" <titans@ihug.com.au>
> To: "Celtic Pride" <celtic_pride@egroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 8:40 AM
> Subject: [Celtic_Pride] The Truth about Cats and Pitinos
>
>
> > I'll let you all in on something.
> >
> > This team really blows.
> >
> > Our best ball handler is our power forward.
> >
> > Our best inside scorer is our small forward
> >
> > Our best defender is a bench scrub who consistently gets injured
> >
> > We consistently lose to teams with equal or better records
> >
> > We've had a very easy start to the season and yet we cant even break
> > .500
> >
> > We're a month into the season, yet we've already had SIX different
> > players play point guard (Anderson, Overton, Brown, Herren, Brunson,
> > Palacio).
> >
> > We're consistently swapping Potapenko and Battie from the starting
> > lineup hoping and praying they find that something extra.
> >
> > We're also hoping that a CBA player can come back to be among our top
> > four or five players and to get back to the level that he displayed for
> > exactly ONE month last season, a month in which he had to perform or
> > else most likely he wouldn't be in the league anymore.
> >
> > Our most likely second unit (Potapenko, Williams, Brown, Carr, McCarty)
> > combine for a pathetic 24.9ppg - and that includes the 18 total games in
> > which one of them has started (well, some may have started on the same
> > night)
> >
> > We also hope that our lottery pick, Jerome Moiso can gain some weight,
> > find a work ethic and most important of all actually learn to play the
> > game of basketball at a recreational league standard.
> >
> > We pray that Antoine Walker finally gets it, loses weight, stops being a
> > grade-one jerk and ballhog and becomes the captain that Poultrino
> > believes that he can be.
> >
> > We hope that our best player, Paul Pierce stops being a whiney little
> > brat and gets back on defense before the ball gets back to our offensive
> > end on the next offensive set play after yet again another poorly
> > executed headless chicken outbreak defensive play.
> >
> > We pray that our coach decides that enough is enough and walks outta
> > town.
> >
> > All of the above reasons is why this team blows and writing this has
> > made me feel like a certified journalist for one of the Boston
> > newspapers..
> >
> > Yours sincerely,
> >
> > I'm a Boston Basketball Journalist.
> >
> >
> >
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