RE: Pitino pushing the right buttons

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

Resolved,
that further discussion of Pitino and whether the team "tanked" on him
be declared a huge BUZZ-KILL,
and a waste of time and happiness.

(FWIW, I don't believe they deliberately laid down, but who cares 
anyway?)

This is a new team, born again hard!
Wait until they start getting Vitaly involved in pick-and-rolls (and pick-
and-pops) with Antoine and Pierce!  That's what I'm excited about.

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Simon Kean [SMTP:simon@jkean.freeserve.co.uk]
> Sent:	Friday, February 09, 2001 2:23 PM
> To:	celtics@igtc.com
> Subject:	Re: Pitino pushing the right buttons
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>
> 
> 
> > Can someone explain to me how this team can win 7 of our last 8 and
> there
> is
> > still concern about the former coach?
> >
> > Who cares about Pitino's motivation skills?  We have the 8th playoff
> spot
> > RIGHT NOW!!  We are getting healthy.  We are playing better defense and
> our
> > 2 scorers are scoring.  Yet, this discussion is about Pitino?  I don't
> get
> > it.
> >
> > Not knocking Jamey or anyone else but I would think there would be more
> > pertinent things to discuss right now than the former coach.  Like
> Dorine
> > says, he's gone.
> 
> If the price for the C's playing hard and trying to win games is to cheat
> your fans and tank games to get rid of your coach, then I can't get
> excited
> about this team. I question the ethics of the team and won't be surprised
> to
> see problems of the same sort either this season or next. What happens if
> they lose a couple of games, and Obie gets on their case? Do they tank
> again
> and get rid of him? What happens if they appoint a coach in the off season
> who the players aren't 100% behind? The turn around these guys have made
> is
> too good to be true. How many times have you seen the
> Clippers/Warriors/Griz/Raptors win 30% of their games, and then come out
> like contenders?
> 
> Don't get me wrong, I love to see my Celtics winning, and I agree that it
> was time for Pitino to leave. But I feel cheated by a team that quit
> because
> something wasn't to their liking. Millionaire crybabies. By doing so they
> quit on their fans also. As far as I'm concerned, that kind of behaviour
> is
> unethical and disgraceful.
> 
> I have the same level of respect for this team, as the 1997 team that
> tanked
> the season to go after Duncan. See where that kind of behaviour gets you.
> 
> Simon
> 
>