Re: Is anyone out there

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

Is that our Boston Celtics who are currently tied for the 8th spot in the
Eastern Conference??

Cecil






----- Original Message -----
From: "Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>
To: "R. Bentz Kirby" <bocelts@usit.net>; "bostonceltics"
<bostonceltics@yahoogroups.com>; "Celtics Mail List" <celtics@igtc.com>;
"Celtic Pride" <Celtic_Pride@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: Is anyone out there


> Yes Bentz, there are people here.  You are waiting for individuals to show
> some enthusiasm for the way the C's are playing.  Some of us do, but there
> are some who justifiably feel they have a right to be cynical even though
> Pitino is gone.
>
> You'd never know it though from all the references to him.  I would advise
> those who hate to hear a coach yell out instructions not to listen to the
> EEI feed because Max mentions it all the time.  Regardless of what Moiso
> said, Obie does his share of yapdoggin' to use Joe's vernacular.
>
> That is the way most coaches are and you don't win a championship because
> your coach is either calm or a windbag.  You win when you buy into the
> strategy that the coaching staff implores.  Don't have to like it, but you
> do it because he/she is the coach and it is his/her job to teach the
> strategy which will enable the team to be most successful.
>
> I believe that one thing which contributed to Pitino's downfall was the
fact
> that he was making so much money that he felt he had to win now to justify
> the expense.  I also wonder if someone like...say...Paul Pierce/Antoine
> Walker were jealous that the coach was making all this money when it was
> them who had to go out there and compete night in and night out?  But you
> can't blame Pitino for Gaston's idiocy.  I would really like to know how
> those negotiations went though.  Did he hold out for more money or did
> Gaston through a bagload on the table from the very beginning?  Oh well.
>
> Some stats from the last 14 games A.P.:
>
> We have scored 1322 points: 94.4 ppg
> We have allowed 1288 points: 92 ppg
>
> In our 9 wins, we averaged 96.1 ppg
> In our 9 wins, we allowed 90 ppg
>
> In our 5 losses, we averaged 91.4 ppg
> In our 5 losses, we allowed 101.2 ppg
>
> It's the defense folks.  We can talk about scoring all we want but if we
> hold the opposition to around 90 or thereabouts, we SHOULD win.  Walker
and
> Pierce have been good for 52.3 ppg as a duo grabbing a combined 16.3
boards
> while dishing out 10.2 assists.
>
> So if we can get an average of 45 points from the rest, we stand a great
> chance of winning.  Can we expect 10 from VP?  Or 10 from Kenny?  How bout
> 10 from Stith?  That would bring us to 82.  Leaving Blount, Brown, and the
> soon to be recovered Battie with 5 each, for a total of 97.  I gotta tell
> ya, if we are able to get 20 ppg out of VP, Battie and Blount, I would be
> ecstatic.
>
> Cecil
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R. Bentz Kirby" <bocelts@usit.net>
> To: "bostonceltics" <bostonceltics@yahoogroups.com>; "Celtics Mail List"
> <celtics@igtc.com>; "Celtic Pride" <Celtic_Pride@egroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 6:27 AM
> Subject: Is anyone out there
>
>
> > Is anyone out there?  I have gotten no mail from any of the three Celtic
> > Groups, despite the fact we won on the road last night.  Is it just my
> > mail server, or is this something going around?
> >
> > --
> > R. Bentz Kirby
> > bocelts@usit.net
> > http://www.public.usit.net/bocelts
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Christianlit
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/voodoochile
> >
> >
>