Re: Trade now? No!

["Simon Kean" <simon@jkean.freeserve.co.uk>]

Another point I see people mention is that they'd like a coach with NBA
experience, when comparing to Pitino. Now I think he needs to go as well,
but people forget that he coached in the NBA for 2 years and made the
playoffs, albeit 10 years ago.

Simon
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>
To: "Juddy" <norine@together.net>; "celts" <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 1:23 AM
Subject: Re: Trade now? No!


> Most of us are in no position to compare with that of an NBA coach so that
> does not compute.
>
> I know you don't like Pitino, Dorine, and I respect that.  But this team
> will not turn it around just because there is a new coach, one with NBA
> experience.  And I can give you an example.
>
> Paul Westphal was canned in Seattle, replaced by Nate McMillan, who has no
> previous head coaching experience.  But the players seem to be playing
> better now than they did with Westy at the helm.  Do you believe that it
was
> all his fault, or do the players bear the brunt of the responsibility?
When
> Gary Payton gets suspended, then the team retracts the suspension,
followed
> by canning the coach, I am not sure that the coach is the largest problem
> they have.
>
> Clearly we have issues but they are not gonna be solved by dismissing
> Pitino, who by the way, is hardly the only NBA coach who screams that way
> during games.
>
> Cecil
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Juddy" <norine@together.net>
> To: "celts" <celtics@igtc.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 1:06 PM
> Subject: Trade now? No!
>
>
> > I agree that to trade anyone now is foolish.  The thing that needs to
> happen is to get a new coach, an NBA coach, even a former player.  I bet
> we'd all be surprised at what he could get out of this team.  We don't
know
> what's going on behind the scenes.  With this list, it's always "trade" to
> get things better.  I don't see that happening at this stage of the
season.,
> except to ruin whatever chemistry there is.  If you traded Paul, which I
> don't want to happen, he'd only help another team.
> >
> > I said something like this before - but if I worked under someone with
> Pitino's vocal barrage I'd quit, too, and before I did that, I'd tune him
> out.  The attitude of these players and the way they don't perform is the
> fault of the coach, mostly.  He obviously can pick a successful college
> team, but it's a far different scene in college.  Bring in a real NBA
coach
> and see what he can do before you break up the team.  This is RP's fourth
> year, for Pete's sake.  How many years do most of us get with constant
> failure on the job before we get axed?
> > Dorine
> >
>
>