RE: BSG: Pitino Gone By Christmas

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

You know, this rock-bottom stuff may be getting a bit out of hand.
I was as discouraged as anybody (well, mostly anybody) by these
back to back blowouts.  But if we win a couple of games against
Houston and Vancouver we're back at .500 and talking upbeat 
again.  Unfortunately, teams are never totally bad or totally good in
the NBA, and I tend to doubt these guys are consciously girding 
themselves for 70-odd games of abuse, defeat, and embarassment.
We'll see a few more very bad games.  We may not even make the 
playoffs.  But you won't see games like Monday night's very often,
any more than you will see the Celts blowing anybody out very often.
I will throttle back on my optimism, but it's too early to quit on any team
at this point.

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Berry, Mark  S [SMTP:berrym@BATTELLE.ORG]
> Sent:	Wednesday, November 22, 2000 2:17 PM
> To:	'kai_brunnen_g@ix.netcom.com'; 'celtics@igtc.com'
> Subject:	Re: BSG: Pitino Gone By Christmas
> 
> I hope the Boston Sports Guy's summary of the Philly game helps to explain
> my utter disgust after watching that performance. It wasn't just me. That
> game was rock bottom. The players are quitting. If Pitino manages to win
> 35
> games with this bunch, the way they're going, he should get plenty of
> Coach
> of the Year votes. Usually in these situations, when a coach just
> completely
> loses his players, it goes the other way. I could see this team not even
> reaching 30 wins.
> 
> Ray is right about big moves during the season. I don't know what I'm
> hoping
> for--Pitino to break them up now, or just ride it out and let the new
> regime
> make the moves. I worried about this happening, but I'm stunned it
> happened
> so soon. I just can't believe how screwed up this whole thing is.
> 
> Mark