Former Celtic GM & Coach to enter the Hall of Fame

[Moranis]

Of course I mean Pitino, but I couldn't very well post that in the thread title.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9137005/rick-pitino-gains-election-basketball-hall-fame-source-says

[KGs Knee]

Argh, a curse upon your house.

'Pitino' should be a banned word on this forum, and all threads referencing him should be summarily locked.

As if living through those years wasn't bad enough.  Even as I college coach, I loathe him (although mainly due to him coaching for the "evil" basketball programs-Kentucky/Louisville...yuck!).

I need a shower now.

[NocturnalRebel]

I like Gary Payton's entrance better.

[Moranis]

Argh, a curse upon your house.

'Pitino' should be a banned word on this forum, and all threads referencing him should be summarily locked.

As if living through those years wasn't bad enough.  Even as I college coach, I loathe him (although mainly due to him coaching for the "evil" basketball programs-Kentucky/Louisville...yuck!).

I need a shower now.

Paul Pierce came to Boston under Pitino.  Just saying.

[kgfor3]

Argh, a curse upon your house.

'Pitino' should be a banned word on this forum, and all threads referencing him should be summarily locked.

As if living through those years wasn't bad enough.  Even as I college coach, I loathe him (although mainly due to him coaching for the "evil" basketball programs-Kentucky/Louisville...yuck!).

I need a shower now.

As a Louisville/Celtics fan (Odd combo I know) why would you consider Louisville an "evil" program? Kentucky has considerably more checkered past and their fans are unbearable.

[Donoghus]

Argh, a curse upon your house.

'Pitino' should be a banned word on this forum, and all threads referencing him should be summarily locked.

As if living through those years wasn't bad enough.  Even as I college coach, I loathe him (although mainly due to him coaching for the "evil" basketball programs-Kentucky/Louisville...yuck!).

I need a shower now.

Paul Pierce came to Boston under Pitino.  Just saying.

Paul Pierce fell onto Pitino's lap.

[Moranis]

Argh, a curse upon your house.

'Pitino' should be a banned word on this forum, and all threads referencing him should be summarily locked.

As if living through those years wasn't bad enough.  Even as I college coach, I loathe him (although mainly due to him coaching for the "evil" basketball programs-Kentucky/Louisville...yuck!).

I need a shower now.

Paul Pierce came to Boston under Pitino.  Just saying.

Paul Pierce fell onto Pitino's lap.

True, but he also left Boston with 2 additional first round picks and the foundation (outside of Toine) of the early 2000's playoff runs (Pierce, Anderson, Battie, and Potapenko were all brought in by Pitino).  It also isn't his fault Wallace took the Denver pick too early and then blew it on Kedrick Brown (had he waited a year that could have been Amare or Nene or 2 years it could have been Melo, Wade or Bosh).

[CelticConcourse]

I like Gary Payton's entrance better.

Agreed

[Eja117]

I respect almost everyone in the sports world more than Pitino. All the steroids guys. Kobe. Bron. Lance Armstrong.  I suppose I respect him more than Rae Carruth but only just barely. I want to throw up every time I think about him

[Roy H.]

For his role as a college coach, he deserves it.

[Donoghus]

For his role as a college coach, he deserves it.

This I agree with. 

[Fafnir]

Argh, a curse upon your house.

'Pitino' should be a banned word on this forum, and all threads referencing him should be summarily locked.

As if living through those years wasn't bad enough.  Even as I college coach, I loathe him (although mainly due to him coaching for the "evil" basketball programs-Kentucky/Louisville...yuck!).

I need a shower now.

Paul Pierce came to Boston under Pitino.  Just saying.

Paul Pierce fell onto Pitino's lap.

True, but he also left Boston with 2 additional first round picks and the foundation (outside of Toine) of the early 2000's playoff runs (Pierce, Anderson, Battie, and Potapenko were all brought in by Pitino).  It also isn't his fault Wallace took the Denver pick too early and then blew it on Kedrick Brown (had he waited a year that could have been Amare or Nene or 2 years it could have been Melo, Wade or Bosh).

He trashed the team, did a terrible coaching job, showed no patience for the long term.

Terrible pro coach and GM. The fact that the Cs were bad and had future picks and eventually got better isn't a credit to him.

[Roy H.]

Argh, a curse upon your house.

'Pitino' should be a banned word on this forum, and all threads referencing him should be summarily locked.

As if living through those years wasn't bad enough.  Even as I college coach, I loathe him (although mainly due to him coaching for the "evil" basketball programs-Kentucky/Louisville...yuck!).

I need a shower now.

Paul Pierce came to Boston under Pitino.  Just saying.

Paul Pierce fell onto Pitino's lap.

True, but he also left Boston with 2 additional first round picks and the foundation (outside of Toine) of the early 2000's playoff runs (Pierce, Anderson, Battie, and Potapenko were all brought in by Pitino).  It also isn't his fault Wallace took the Denver pick too early and then blew it on Kedrick Brown (had he waited a year that could have been Amare or Nene or 2 years it could have been Melo, Wade or Bosh).

Getting Battie for Travis Knight was a good move (although signing Knight was a bad deal in the first place).

I can't get behind the moves for Anderson or Potapenko.  We could have had a core of Billups-Pierce-Marion (along with Antoine and Mercer or, in an ideal world, Tmac), and Pitino's impatience killed that.

[Moranis]

Argh, a curse upon your house.

'Pitino' should be a banned word on this forum, and all threads referencing him should be summarily locked.

As if living through those years wasn't bad enough.  Even as I college coach, I loathe him (although mainly due to him coaching for the "evil" basketball programs-Kentucky/Louisville...yuck!).

I need a shower now.

Paul Pierce came to Boston under Pitino.  Just saying.

Paul Pierce fell onto Pitino's lap.

True, but he also left Boston with 2 additional first round picks and the foundation (outside of Toine) of the early 2000's playoff runs (Pierce, Anderson, Battie, and Potapenko were all brought in by Pitino).  It also isn't his fault Wallace took the Denver pick too early and then blew it on Kedrick Brown (had he waited a year that could have been Amare or Nene or 2 years it could have been Melo, Wade or Bosh).

Getting Battie for Travis Knight was a good move (although signing Knight was a bad deal in the first place).

I can't get behind the moves for Anderson or Potapenko.  We could have had a core of Billups-Pierce-Marion (along with Antoine and Mercer or, in an ideal world, Tmac), and Pitino's impatience killed that.

Yeah, but he traded Mercer, Popeye Jones, and Schintzius for Eric Williams, Danny Fortson, and Denver's 1st (the one Wallace stupidly used in the 2001 draft and then took Brown).  He then traded Fortson and Barros for Robert Pack, Hot Rod Williams, and a 1st (which was stupidly used on Forte by Wallace).

So if Wallace was a bit better about using the draft picks, Boston could have had Walker, Pierce, Joe Johnson, Tony Parker (instead of Forte), and Amare, Melo, Wade or Bosh (instead of Kedrick Brown).  Pitino left the team in a pretty good position i.e. Pierce, Walker, Battie, Anderson, McCarty, and Potapenko as well as 2 additional first round picks, one of which was incredibly valuable (the Denver pick).

[CelticConcourse]

Argh, a curse upon your house.

'Pitino' should be a banned word on this forum, and all threads referencing him should be summarily locked.

As if living through those years wasn't bad enough.  Even as I college coach, I loathe him (although mainly due to him coaching for the "evil" basketball programs-Kentucky/Louisville...yuck!).

I need a shower now.

Paul Pierce came to Boston under Pitino.  Just saying.

Paul Pierce fell onto Pitino's lap.

True, but he also left Boston with 2 additional first round picks and the foundation (outside of Toine) of the early 2000's playoff runs (Pierce, Anderson, Battie, and Potapenko were all brought in by Pitino).  It also isn't his fault Wallace took the Denver pick too early and then blew it on Kedrick Brown (had he waited a year that could have been Amare or Nene or 2 years it could have been Melo, Wade or Bosh).

Getting Battie for Travis Knight was a good move (although signing Knight was a bad deal in the first place).

I can't get behind the moves for Anderson or Potapenko.  We could have had a core of Billups-Pierce-Marion (along with Antoine and Mercer or, in an ideal world, Tmac), and Pitino's impatience killed that.

Yeah, but he traded Mercer, Popeye Jones, and Schintzius for Eric Williams, Danny Fortson, and Denver's 1st (the one Wallace stupidly used in the 2001 draft and then took Brown).  He then traded Fortson and Barros for Robert Pack, Hot Rod Williams, and a 1st (which was stupidly used on Forte by Wallace).

So if Wallace was a bit better about using the draft picks, Boston could have had Walker, Pierce, Joe Johnson, Tony Parker (instead of Forte), and Amare, Melo, Wade or Bosh (instead of Kedrick Brown).  Pitino left the team in a pretty good position i.e. Pierce, Walker, Battie, Anderson, McCarty, and Potapenko as well as 2 additional first round picks, one of which was incredibly valuable (the Denver pick).

These mean nothing. If we had late first-round picks and a second rounder every year from 2001-2005, we'd have Tony Parker, Tayshaun Prince, Carlos Boozer, Luis Scola, David West, Mo Williams, Anderson Varejao, David Lee, Marcin Gortat, Monta Ellis, Ersan Ilyosova, Lou Williams, Jameer Nelson, Kevin Martin, JR Smith, Joe Johnson, Danny Granger, this list goes on...

you could almost always have picked a better player when you're in the late first round or second round