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

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

As if you couldn't see this coming. It's just the beginning. The coach and
players can have all the fun they want. But the owner wants results and
earnings. 

At 01:31 PM 1/15/00 -0800, you wrote:
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>
>> 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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