Re: The Truth about Cats and Pitinos

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

By the way, WEEI played a portion of  Walter's single last night at
halftime.  The guy can sing a little.  Perhaps he can take charge of the
halftime entertainment?

Cecil :-)




----- Original Message -----
From: "Hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>
To: <celtics@igloo.igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: The Truth about Cats and Pitinos


> I agree with Cecil here. Or let me just say that it surprises me that fans
are
> eager to blame and discard the first two guys, rather than players 3
through
> 12. If we instead focused on the woeful lack of help our two captains are
> getting, we might conclude that the principle reason we are only 9-12
right now
> is because of the injuries and lack of talent in the supporting cast.
>
> Sure, I wish Toine and Pierce were different players and I wish we could
swap
> them for equally talented or better players I like. But look at the damn
makeup
> of this team, what with all the injuries on top of it. Don't blame those
two
> for where we're at right now. And I wouldn't assume you'll get an
equal-value
> trade scenario, or that NBA teams that are eventually successful typically
get
> there by flipping over their best talent when things go wrong, as opposed
to
> letting them grow around a progressively better supporting cast and in the
> right system. If the right trade comes up, do it obviously. But get real
about
> why we are 9-12. This year's consensus most valuable supporting cast
members
> are a girlie-man center, a Denver chicken McNuggett veteran reject, and
Eric
> Williams who admits he didn't pick up a ball OR exercise all summer.
McCarty
> has gradually worked his way up to double-digit minutes of playing time on
this
> roster, based on his ability to miraculously connect on one out of every
four
> shot attempts. Things are really bad right now.
>
>