Re: box score

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

I just don't see these questions coming up in the League about other
coaches mismanaging their team. Pitino's coaching has been questionable
since he's been here. Maybe, he has a plan for moving KA and doesn't want
to sit him when it may be obvious he should because it would hurt his
value. This team will win games despite Pitino and KA, but would be better
off without them.

Dan

At 07:15 AM 11/6/00 EST, you wrote:
>A few notes:
>I don't know how Pitino can Battie to make his play consistant when he 
>doesn't play him consistantly. He was doing everything Pitino asked in the 
>Cleveland game but Pitino was trying to get VP out of his funk, I guess. He 
>still should have went back to him earlier in the fourth quarter....I was 
>thinking that Pitino stayed with the starters way too much in the first
half. 
>They really needed a spark and without Herron, the only place that comes is 
>with defense and the second unit of Stith, Brown, Griffen. I also thought 
>Pitino should have went with Brown at the end of the game (last two
minutes). 
>He was continueing to make his jumper and was really disrupting the Cavs 
>offensive flow. (They got the lead back with a Miller layup/fast break.) 
>Pitino had to choose between winning the game or maintaining Kenny's fragile 
>ego and he chose Kenny...Moiso may be totally lost out there but showed 
>something offensively that I didn't think he had. He showed a first step off 
>the dribble that a guy his size shouldn't have. Instead of trying to take
his 
>guy off the post, use his height and throw the hook, he blew by him him on 
>the dribble for a jumper. This opens up a whole new range of possiblilites 
>for this kid. The upside on him is tremendous. However, upside can be 
>overrated.Upside means you ain't puttin out right now...Part of the way you 
>win games is stopping the other team from scoring, especially at the end of 
>the game. That means a liberal dose of Griffen, Stith and Brown. Add these
to 
>Pierce, Walker and Battie and you got six guys that should get most of the 
>minutes. Anything else and you are just hurting the team...
>
>DJessen33
>