Re: The Boston Celtics Mailing List Digest V4 #358

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>Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 7:17:36 EST
>From: John Shepherd <shepherd@hpwarmn.an.hp.com>
>Subject: Re: Rick's Seltix
>
>Here is some food for thought.
>Rick Pitino is the President of the Boston Celtics for one reason.
>He will make money for the owners.  That he could put a championship
>team on the floor is a byproduct.  If the team wins, but management
>loses money, how long will RP be around?  Think about it.  It is a
>business.  RP only promised Entertainment.  I do not recall hearing 
>him say we WILL have a championship in 3, 4 or even 5 years.  What 
>he has done, is gotten rid of the expensive baggage from M L Carr, 
>except for Barros and Brown, and is going to make a name for himself 
>as a fine horse trader. He will keep a competitive and entertaining 
>product on the floor, and money in the bank. As for the rooks, they 
>are some of the finest very young talent I have seen.  However, the 
>barrier from the athelitic to the professional is HUGE.  In 3 years, 
>could you imagine Billups play his rookie counterpart?  So in 3 
>years Pitino can make some money. Purveyor of fine young studs to 
>the NBA.  How long would it take for fans to burn down Fenway if 
>management traded everyone but Vaughn and Wakefield and brought up 
>Pawtucket?  The spin doctors would say we are putting the best team 
>on the field, but would it be an accidental byproduct that they 
>could profit from such a move?  The truth is, it is what they are 
>doing, but covertly.  What makes it hard to see is a Nomar 
>Garciaparra comes along and blinds us from the truth.  Like Antoine 
>Walker.  He makes you want to believe and you do because you want 
>them to win so very much.  New York, Atlanta, Chicago, San Antonio 
>have bought the best.  You can hope for the rest, but you got the 
>jest.  I'm a cynic you say?  You are right, but so am I.

	But you've overlooked the fact that shoots this theory down.  Pitino 
wants to win more than anything, Pitino is tring to put the best team 
on the floor that HE CAN. Yes, there are teams much better than 
Boston right now, but Boston has great potental that will eventualy 
come around. Remember, Pitino didn't come in to the Celtics 
orginization with a Championship calaber team, so why could we 
possibly expect such any sooner than a few years? Pitino wants to 
win, and he will eventualy, but I can't think of a season he has 
coached a team with a sub .500 record. Even his 1st year at Kentucky 
when they were under probation he coached them to a .500 season.

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