Re: Pitino being tuned out... finally

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

I understand to a point your reasoning. But when's the last time a team has
been thrown overboard in place of the coach. At first I wasn't sure it was
the team or Pitino's problem. I now believe the team has lost confidence in
their coach. There's no reason this coach has to micro manage this team all
nite long. He should be doing it in the pre-game instructions, time outs,
and half time and post game. Evidently he can't get the message across if
indeed there is one. The team's an insult to professionalism, the fans who
pay to advance their depressions and my $169 cable fee to watch this crap. 


At 08:43 AM 2/29/00 -0500, you wrote:
>This argument just infuriates me. Who the hell are Paul Pierce, Antoine
>Walker, Kenny Anderson or anyone else on this team? What have they ever
>done? I've said it before and I'll say it again. If I have to choose between
>siding with the players and siding with Pitino, I'll choose Pitino. The guy
>has won-and won big-everywhere he's been, until now. Trade them all. Let
>these superstars tune out another team's coach for a while.
>
>It looked to me like they did it their way in the second half last night and
>we see where it got them. I am deadly serious when I say I hope this team is
>blown up in the offseason. Let them go give half-hearted, selfish efforts
>for someone else.
>
>Pitino isn't blameless in all of this, but don't kid yourselves into
>thinking that a new coach is going to magically change the selfish,
>egotistical mindset of Pierce, Walker, Anderson, and the rest. Believe it or
>not, talented, unselfish, coachable players do still exist. We just don't
>have that combination in Boston. Here's hoping we go out and get a few.
>
>Mark 
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