Re:

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

Well Tim Hardaway is hardly the poster boy for effort and decorum himself.
He is a guy who has had similar attitudinal questions asked and is not the
glowing example of a guy who gets along swimingly with his peers either.
He's been accused on more than one occasion of making sure he gets his
shots, and not having the best demeanor.  He who casts stones ....

Cecil

----- Original Message -----
From: Berry, Mark S <berrym@BATTELLE.ORG>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 5:36 PM


> Jim Meninno wrote:
>
> "I was trying to think of some curse to wish on Dave D'Alessandro for the
> worst piece of hack journalism I've read this century, but he already
works
> in Newark, and I couldn't think of anything worse. What an ass."
>
> I've come around on Toine and recognize the strides he's made this season,
> but I wouldn't call this story a "hack" piece. A lot of what he says is
> true. Toine remains exasperatingly inconsistent and you'd be hard-pressed
to
> make a compelling argument that he hasn't contributed as much as anyone to
> hindering the progress of this team to this point. Pitino has made Toine
the
> foundation of the Celts and, up to now, it's been a shaky foundation. At
the
> same time, we've been caught in the unenviable position of being virtually
> unable to trade him, either by rule (base year) or by principle (you just
> can't get equal value for him because of his perception around the
league).
> Pitino has been held hostage by Walker. Luckily, he finally seems to be
> making real progress.
>
> I don't see D'Alessandro's piece as being grossly unfair. I think, looking
> at it with a less biased perspective from the outside, he reached a fair
> conclusion. But, I also think we've weathered the worst of Toine and soon
> will start reaping the rewards of Pitino's patience (at least I hope).
>
> Mark Berry
> (614) 424-3531
> berrym@battelle.org <mailto:berrym@battelle.org>
>
>
>
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