Re: "to be liked is a choice"

["Thomas Murphy" <tfmiii@worldnet.att.net>]

Jim,

I apologize if I read what you wrote the wrong way. I realize that you're
not Rick's A-number-1-fan and that the whole issue began with a discussion
of specific instances but it seemed to me that things were headed in
another direction. Maybe I should have paid closer attention to the entire
thread, but it honestly seemed to me that you were going that way. All in
all, I think you'll agree we've all probably wasted enough of our time
writing and reading about this issue since it seems - whether we love him
or hate him - we all agree in wanting to be fair in our assessments of
Pitinocchio ;)

-TomM
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> From: Jim Meninno <jim_meninno@hotmail.com>
> To: tfmiii@worldnet.att.net; awang@mit.edu; celtics@igtc.com
> Cc: jmurphy@cytologix.com
> Subject: Re: "to be liked is a choice"
> Date: Thursday, February 17, 2000 3:00 PM
> 
> >From: "Thomas Murphy" <tfmiii@worldnet.att.net>
> 
> >But it was not me but Jim who upped the stakes. He went from disputing
the 
> >interpretation of a particular set of statements to claiming that 
> >dissatisfaction or distrust of Pitino was rooted in dislike (and then - 
> >comically - he followed it up by spinning a scenario that was even more 
> >Machiavellian than what he was contesting with Joe!).
> 
> Thomas,
> 
> I'm starting to see where you got yourself so confused.  You seem to
somehow 
> have read into my statements that all criticism of Pitino is based in a 
> dislike of him, which is not true, and certainly not what I said.  I was 
> responding to SPECIFIC INSTANCES of that happening, though.  I'll repeat 
> this because you seem to have missed it the first few times I've said it;
I 
> myself feel that Pinito has done only a mediocre job so far, which is not

> good enough considering his salary.  I'd stop short of pressing the eject

> button at this stage, though.  I feel a lot better now.
> 
> As far as the devious trade scenerio goes, I don't actually think it's
what 
> happened, but I sort of wish it was.  Wouldn't it be nice to be the team 
> pulling one over on someone again.  If it turned out it was true, it
would 
> actually enhance my opinion of Pitino.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
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