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

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

Lady,

I think Pitino is trying to show his players that he has confidence in them.
By him not calling a time out is telling Kenny and the rest of the team that
he knows he can make the right decision.  That does not mean they will not
make mistakes.  Kenny overruled Pitino a few weeks ago and he won the game
for them singlehandedly.   It's sometimes painful to see a young team grow,
but calling time outs all the time is not always the best choice (IMO)
because it can change the flow of the game especially if the momentum is
already in their favor.

Anne

----- Original Message -----
From: LadyNada <ladynada@mediaone.net>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 10:35 AM
Subject: RE: Sports (NBA) - Pitino gives Beantown an earful after loss -
3/2/00


>
> I am also a Celtic fan forever.  I still maintain that Pitino needs to go.
> For example in last night's game, after the raptors made two free throws,
> they were 33 seconds left in the game.  I was sure that Rick Pitino was
the
> call a team timeout.  But instead the Celtics just took the ball in out of
> bounds and luckily Anderson made a basket and we were ahead by one point.
> Now for those of you who have the game on tape look at this part.  You
will
> see that what Pitino appears to be signaling to come over to the bench as
> though he is calling a timeout.  Could it  be that Kenny Anderson ignored
> Pitino's call for timeout with 33 seconds left?  Either way the team shall
> have taken a time out with 33 seconds left and being down one point.  So
> either Pitino doesn't know enough out of college at a time like that or
the
> team is ignoring him take your pick.
>
>
> Ladynada
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com]  On Behalf Of
> Anne Cankosyan
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 8:34 AM
> To: Cecil Wright; celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: Sports (NBA) - Pitino gives Beantown an earful after loss -
> 3/2/00
>
> 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)
>
>
>