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Re: bye Rick.
I agree. This guy although maybe the best motivator
could not motivate this team. This team just plain is not up for competing even
in the middle echelon of teams. His personnel decisions though have led to his
demise. Other then Paul Pierce falling into his lap none of them
have improved this team.
Unlike some people who continue to want to give
this team a few more years, you have to realize Antoine Walker is not a leader,
he is a gunner concerned only with himself and will never lead this team. You
need a 4 that is going to play physical in the low post not one that wants to
stay outside launching 3's. A few years ago everyone was whining on how
much press Kobe Bryant was getting. I don't hear it now. Mercer & Billups
were not the answer.
Time for Wallace and Pitino to move on. I am not
sure who would be a good replacement . Krzyzewski is a great leader
who is able to get players to play for him. But the NBA is a different game with
a bunch of overpaid underachievers on 95% of the teams. I would love to get Mike
Dunleavy Jr.
Cowens would have been great. Other Candidates
might be Ainge, Carlisle, Krzyzewski, John Thompson, Mike Jarvis, Paul
Westphal
Time for a major house cleaning, unfortunately we
may not be able to jettison the likes of Williams, Anderson, Battie,
Potapenko. Walker should bring some value, how much is not
known.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 9:22
AM
Subject: bye Rick.
With Rick Pitino expected to resign on Monday, I
for one, aren't happy about the situation. Not because I want the guy to stay
- let me make that clear. I'm not happy to see a guy who obviously is so
passionate about what he does, fail. I just wish his players would contribute
half the amount of effort into what they do, as their coach does. While he has
undisputedly made some bad GM moves, and his coaching methods at times,
questionable - I feel bad for the guy.
Sure the guy has made bundles of cash, and isn't
exactly going to be out of job for long, but to see someone so committed to
what they do fail pretty miserably doesn't sit right with me. His loyalty and
"unwillingness" to bench our so-called stars I think contributed to his
downfall, just as much as his bad GM decisions along the way. Just hope the
guy kicks some butt at whatever college he ends up at.
Please let the next coach not take any Sh*t from
his players. My personal preference (everyone has their own, I'm sure) at this
point would be Doug Collins. Something about the guy's approach I like. He's
also tough as nails. I'm dreading the rumour mill names listing retreads
like Del Harris, Bob Hill, Brendan Malone, Stu Jackson, etc.
Whomever it is, the first thing they should do is
sign a Xavier McDaniel type as an assistant coach, specialising in defense. I
remember getting to see a couple of Nets practice sessions when X was there as
a 12th man/Assistant Coach, a couple of years ago. The guy was beating the
hell out of guys in practice. My kinda guy.
Just my 2 pence.
Simon
- References:
- bye Rick.
- From: "Simon Kean" <simon@jkean.freeserve.co.uk>