Holley: C's Front Office In Shambles - Things Will Get Worse

[Bigfoot Cryptozoology <bigfoot_cryptozoology@yahoo.com>]

> Look for Michael Holley to have a column about
> the C's
> front office chaos in tomorrow's Globe. Before
> I touch on Holley's
> piece, I'll mention that Mike Fine in today's
> Patriot Ledger reports
> there was shouting coming out of the Celtics
> locker room
> after the Minnesota game.....
> 
> As far as what Holley will say:
> 
> - Pitino found out a half-hour before, about
> the firing of C's executive
> Joe DiLorenzo, who was instrumental in the
> building of the new Celtics
> practice facility and the naming-rights deal
> for the facility. 
> 
> - Pitino clarifies his role with the Celtics:
> He's the President of
> Basketball
> Operations, not president of the team. He's
> therefor third in line
> behind
> Gaston and Richard Pond, the team's Chief
> Operating Officer and Chief
> Financial Officer. 
>   
> - It was Pond who put the hit on DiLorenzo,
> whom Pitino liked and will
> say
> "He did a wonderful job for us."
> 
> - The C's are being both frugal and extravagant
> in their front office
> dealings.
> They had employees hand-deliver ornaments to
> their business patrons,
> because they didn't want to pay extra postage
> costs,
> while at the same time, they've built
> ML Carr an office in Woburn seperate from the
> Merrimac Street
> facilities. Apparently because, he criticized
> the team last season.
> 
> - Holley will say these front office events are
> those that happen 
> to businesses in transition and that there will
> be more off season
> upheaval.  
> 
> - There are several Celtic employees who figure
> they'll
> be the next to be fired.
> 
> - Holley will say that Pitino doesn't have the
> budget he want and that
> he
> has had conflicts with Gaston and Pond. 
>  
> - Pitino will say that despite the problems, he
> won't feel comfortable
> leaving an incomplete Celtics team.
> 
> - Holley will say there's a lot wrong with the
> Celtics and things are
> going
> to get worse before they get better.
> Ray
> 
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