Re: Michael Holley makes sense

[William Lee <leew@wadsworth.org>]

The 90's/00's players are so frustrating.  I'm not sure why Pitino gets all 
the blame.  Defense is part of the game and, going beyond defense to so 
many other aspects of the game, learning is part of the job.  It's should 
be all just about how much dollars, cars, sex, drugs, and video games you 
can consume, it should be about doing whatever you can to be good (not just 
look good).  It drives me crazy that players can or won't play do such 
things.  It's like I play chess but I don't move the pawns because they are 
not as cool as those horsey-thingies.  And why can't young players, the 
best athletes around learn to bunt, move a runner over, throw to the right 
base? It's not stupidity, it's obstinacy.  You just can't always blame the 
coach.

Bill




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>is team will not win now because he still doesn't know how to
>communicate with his players. He lurks on the sideline, coaching as if
>he were watching over pawns rather than players. Many of the pros who
>play for him regularly tune him out. He complains about his team's lack
>of defensive talent, even though he built the team. For three seasons,
>he has been promising a team that will defend tenaciously and play
>unselfishly. He hasn't delivered yet: The Celtics allow the highest
>field goal percentage in the league (.473).
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>
>I believe most of the time - the players tuned him out.