Re: post mortem quotes

[Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

It seems to me successful teams of the past allowed key players to hang
around till the 4th foul. I am speaking of 2nd half play. However it does
take a little inteligence for a player to hang foul trouble. 

At 12:20 PM 2/19/00 -0500, you wrote:
>>>``What we didn't understand was what to do when we got in foul trouble,''
>Pitino said. ``We got all out of whack. We tried to stay out of serious foul
>trouble instead of playing hard defense. If we did, we would have won the
>game.''<<
>http://www.bostonherald.com/bostonherald/sport/cs02192000.htm
>
>When will Pitino realize that although he ASKS his players to play hard
>defense, his ACTIONS - which speak louder - contradict him: he pulls the
>players when/if they get fouls contesting shots, preventing easy lay-ups
>etc. This is only exacerbated when we play "the headless chicken D". The
>players who stay on the floor are the ones who rarely take a foul for the
>benefit of the team (primarily Twon and Waltah - only, I imagine, because
>they've learned to dissociate words from actions after playing under Pitino
>so long).
>
>For example: am I alone in wondering why Pierce began the second half on the
>bench? Well, here's the answer:
>
>>>Paul Pierce spent the first 5:38 of the third quarter on the bench with
>three fouls. He did get back into the game, but he never got back into the
>flow. And he wasn't alone among those wearing green.<< [same article]
>
>Doesn't Coach P realize that we get 6 fouls in the pros? (Okay, a cheap shot
>I'll admit, but I need to let off steam when I read quotes from the coach
>blaming the players - again - when he doesn't even allow them to stay in the
>game.)
>
>Well, I guess at least Bob Ryan's happy. . .
>
>Arrgghh -TomM
>
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