Re: Sports (NBA) - Pitino gives Beantown an earful after loss - 3/2/00

["Anne Cankosyan" <bceltics@mindspring.com>]

I don't post often, but I just have to vent.....

Ya know, Pitino may not be the perfect coach, but let's face it, he has a
point with his post-game comments.  The city of BOSTON is SPOILED, and they
are acting just like that, spoiled brats.  No one likes to lose, but when
you have to pick up the pieces after the death of Len Bias and then Reggie
Lewis, what do you expect??   I commend him for trying to keep his team
positive.  They work hard, and it just going to take longer to recover from
two major fall backs (Bias & Lewis).

The fans need to act like fans and support this team.   I love the Celtics,
but I'm embarrassed by their immaturity of the fans when it comes to
supporting this team (in good times and in bad).  I'm sorry they didn't win
a championship 3 years after Larry Bird retired.  I'm sorry the Bob Cousy
era is over.  Let's all support this young team.  It's easy to become
frustrated if they were not working hard, but I think they are working there
asses off because Pitino makes them!

Anne (a Celtic fan forever)

----- Original Message -----
From: Cecil Wright <cecilw45@hotmail.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 4:19 AM
Subject: Fwd: Sports (NBA) - Pitino gives Beantown an earful after loss -
3/2/00


> Here are Pitino's comments after the game.
>
> >--------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >PITINO FRUSTRATED IN POST-GAME COMMENTS
> >
> >(AP) - Rick Pitino's frustrations over a last-second loss to
> >Toronto came out in his postgame comments Wednesday night when he
> >criticized Boston fans for expecting too much from his young
> >team. The Celtics blew a 20-point, third-quarter lead to the
> >Dallas Mavericks on Monday and lost 96-94 on Wednesday night on
> >Vince Carter's buzzer-beating 3-pointer to drop to 23-34 for the
> >year. Asked what he said to his team after the latest loss,
> >Pitino said, "Well, we've played hard the whole year. We're going
> >to be positive every day. You are the people being negative --
> >you and the fans. Larry Bird is not walking through that door,
> >fans. Kevin McHale is not walking through that door, and Robert
> >Parish is not walking through that door," Pitino said of the Big
> >Three that won three NBA titles in the 1980s. "... The only thing
> >we can do is work hard, and all this negativity that's in this
> >town sucks."
> >
> >*** For the full story, see
> >http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564679980-86b
> >
> >
>
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