Re: Pitino haters alert

["Simon Kean" <simon@jkean.freeserve.co.uk>]

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From: "OzerskyJA" <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>

> I just can't summon up any loathing of the players
> or "today's NBA" because the players quit on Pitino.
> They gave him their all for three whole seasons, without
> any success.  Magic Johnson submarined Paul Westhead,
> and Bird pushed Jimmy Rodgers off the window.  It happens
> with the best, it happens with the rest.  If Red Auerbach
> were coaching today, he would be doing that too -- that's
> just how he handled Russell, in fact.  He used to tell him ahead
> of time that he was going to yell at him at practice, for appearance'
> sake.  At this point in Celtics' history, I can't brook any ill-will
> against the team because they didn't kill themselves for Pitino.
> The hell with him.  There's something to be said for soft soap,
> after all.
>
> Josh Ozersky

The didn't just quit on Pitino. They quit on you, me and everyone else on
the list, in the Fleet Centre and watching/listening to the broadcasts. If
they didn't give their all in games because they hated Pitino - which in my
opinion is the case, then I feel cheated, and so should any Celtics fan.
Your problems with your coach shouldn't transcend onto the court. If you
hate the coach, ask for a trade, go public with it. Hell, it worked even for
Kenny Anderson, who didn't want a bar of Toronto.

There is a massive difference in relation to the Magic/Larry problems
compared to the current batch of Celtics. Larry Bird may not have liked his
coach, but do you think he'd sacrifice his team's chances of winning games
to spite him? Would Magic do the same? Would Michael Jordan not give his
best because he didn't like Doug Collins?

The chances are one of our Celtics has a big mouth and the truth may well
come out one day on what actually happened. I look forward to hearing that
story.

Just my 2 pence,

Simon
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