Pitino wants some help.

[damekmo@teleport.com]

><P>''What I'm saying is, I'm for the Celtics winning,'' Pitino said. ''And
>if I wasn't getting the job done, I'd bring in anybody, it wouldn't matter
>who, if I felt that person could get the job done.

I suggest Peter, Mark, or Joe. Joe could probably do a better job working
off ole videotapes and phoning in instructions from his neighborhood cafe
while guzzling espresso and smoking those stinky Euro cigarettes.

Paul M.









 That's my only message. When it's all said and done, I'll bring in anyone.
The whole point was just about the Celtics winning. It was, if somewhere
down the road, if they want a Celtics legend, I'll do that.''<P>
><P>Pitino said if it doesn't work out here, he will try and get another
>pro coaching job. ''I came to this level to win a championship,'' he
>said.<P>
><P>And how long did he think he could stick around as an executive after
>hiring his successor, if it came to that?<P>
><P>''I'll cross that bridge when I come to it,'' he said. ''But I could
>[stay] for a year, maybe. But coaching is in my blood. That's what I do.
>Right now, I don't even want to think about that. I want to do what is
>best for the Boston Celtics. But I also have a responsibility to do the
>best thing for the organization and if I don't see improvement from the
>basketball team, I would not hold up anybody. That is not my nature.''<P>
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