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Re: Criticism



Hi Dorine.  I am with you and your feelings all the way.  Everything you've
said is exactly how I feel too.

Obviously, Cecil Wrigt is the guy who hates it most when we try to say "we
like the improvement now, but Pitino is still not the answer"...

Ain't this list for free speech and a place to say our views and feelings
whenever we want???
Everyone's got his/her opinions so we put it here, right?  So why the heck
does he think that putting our own opinions(especially opposed to his) about
the "system breakdown" is not welcome?

Darn it, he thinks he's so cool and beyond all of us because he has the
"patience and love for Pitino and his damned system" and we aren't because
we don't like it!  And because of this, he accuses us of not being true
Celtics fans...what a jerk.  When will he know that this list is for FREE
SPEECH!!!

----- Original Message -----
From: Juddy <norine@sover.net>
To: celts <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 11:48 AM
Subject: Criticism


> Hi, guys and gals -
>     Back on my soapbox - I'll never learn.
>     First of all, it's been a long, long, long time since the Celtlics
were a good team, not to mention a great one.  I think most of us don't dare
get our hopes up too soon - but that does NOT mean we don't take great joy
in watching the team play well - and win.  The past week or so has been alot
of fun, but you keep waiting for the axe to fall or something.  I don't dare
get too hyped because it's a long, hard fall.  All the positives are
obvious, but I want to answer the posts about how some of us feel about
Pitino - or more to the point, how I feel.
>     I never wanted Pitino to coach the Celts, everybody on this list knows
that. I don't care how successful he's been everywhere - he never coached a
young team in the NBA, just an established team.  He actually said a week or
two ago he'd never be happy behind the scenes - he has to coach.  He said
being the President just meant there was nobody above him to second guess
him.  But in getting the title of President he took it away from Red, who
was not too happy about it - and why should he be?  He made the Celtics what
they became - the most storied franchise in the history of the NBA, bar
none!  So nobody would be above Pitino, he had to have that title.  That by
itself would be enough for me, but there's much, much more - his bad deals,
long, costly contracts he can't blame on anyone else - the promises he
should never have made - the list goes on.  As for the press - he didn't
invent it, other teams use it, too.  It's part of basketball, not Pitino
ball.  And last but not!
>  least, there's his screaming all the game long.  If he's the coach he's
supposed to be, the game plan should be in place, the troups should know the
ropes and he should not have to direct every move from the bench.
>     I don't personally believe he was as much upset about the booing
(though I'm as upset about booing your own team as any of you) as he was
that he was getting the bad press.  He's not accustomed to that.  Did that
fire up the team to achieve more?  Maybe, maybe not - I don't know.  I'm
glad some-thing did.
>     I'm older than most of you - so maybe I see things differently, and
that's my privilege - but even though these players are young, they are old
enough to drink and to vote - some of them are married with children, so
they are not children and should not be treated as such.
>     I want this team to achieve, and I want them to be in the spotlight,
not the coach.  Is that wrong?  I don't think so.  The fact that they're
winning more games and are fun to watch at long last is wonderful, but it
doesn't suddenly make me forgive Pitino.  Flame me all you want, but
understand you cannot change a person's mind about something like that -
only time, if anything, can do that.  One thing that can be blamed on Gaston
is giving RP too much power.  I think a coach should coach.  Someone else
should be making other decisions, even though the coach should have a say -
just not the final one.  He's proven he's not good at some things.  End of
rant, but I think you jump too fast to condem people for not agreeing about
everything.
> Dorine
>
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