RE: Trade now? No!

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

I think Paul Pierce needs to go, if we can get an equal talent for him.
He's not the Havlicek-like player we thought he was; he's sulky and 
soft, and doesn't play up to his ability.  We need guys with what Tommy
Heinsohn calls "fire in the belly," and we need them now.

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Simon Kean [SMTP:simon@jkean.freeserve.co.uk]
> Sent:	Monday, December 18, 2000 4:36 PM
> To:	celts
> Subject:	Re: Trade now?  No!
> 
> 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
> > >
> >
> >