Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V8 #284

["j.hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

That's true and a fair point Dan (I didn't see the Philly game). As for the 
Bulls, I don't recall seeing Tim Floyd's team ever NOT posing problems for 
Pitino's Celtics over the past three years. But that wasn't my point either.

The question is still out there..Do you guys care if the players "tanked" 
on Pitino after 3+ years? I've seen the boxscores and the quotes of the 
players and yeah they don't convince me that's what really happened (see 
for yourselves), but even if this were the case I just can't build up any 
righteous feeling of outrage like some of you.

Like Paul M. once said, how many times did Pitinochio threaten to "quit" on 
his team? What about the "three years" pledge for that matter? Spintino 
could have handled it honorably and handed over the reigns before the 
season started, instead of going into his used-car salesman mode. It just 
shows you that you reap what you sow. His headless chickens came home to roost.


At 09:03 08/08/01 -0400, you wrote:
>On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 13:35:37 +0200
> > From: "j.hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>
> > Subject: Re: Trying to make up my mind...
>
> > At 13:26 07/08/01 -0400, Berry, Mark  S wrote:
> > >I can see both sides of it, but I refuse to be blind to the negative about
> > >this team anymore. I used to be, but reality hit hard in a tank job at 
> home
> > >against the Sixers last year.
> >
> > Mark, a lot of teams "tanked" against the Sixers defense last season. If
> > there was a clear pattern of tanking by our two stars, I'd have 
> highlighted
> > it to demonstrate that our players were in fact acting rationally (and 
> thus
> > doing fans a favor). I'd be pleased to demonstrate this trend.
>
>Did you see the game?  "Tanked" is definitely the right word.  And if you
>think it can be justified because the Sixers were a good team then look at
>the similar mail-in job the team did against Chicago, which was something
>like a 19 point blowout in the Fleet.
>
>Dan