Re: amazing what three games can do

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

I haven't seen Pitino con anyone yet. Consider that many other coaches may
have done more than Pitino with the draft choices he's had. Pitino's
mediocre at coaching and management at best, in the NBA.

At 07:41 PM 1/28/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com> said:
>> It is inevitable, we must trade some of our value for the positions we are
>> weak in. I think Pitino has been conned a few times. Let's see if he's
>> learned anything. Like I said before, it's much harder building an NBA club
>> than a college one. He hasn't built anything in the NBA yet.
>
>If a Pitino deal doesn't work out I don't think it's because he's "conned", 
>it's because he made a misjudgement.  Being conned implies he believes what 
>other GMs are saying about a player, and Pitino's not gullible enough to do 
>that.  He makes his decisions based on input from his staff and his own 
>opinion, and that's it.  In fact, if anything, Pitino cons others GMs. 
>
>Sometimes Pitino makes mistakes, but he cuts his losses quickly, and 
>mostly I believe Pitino has made good moves which "build value" as he says
it. 
>Consider where he was with his hands being tied by the salary cap when he
came, 
>and consider how far he's come from that team in less than 3 years, in terms 
>of the quality and depth of the team's talent. 
>
>Jon Mc
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