How I loved it. Ah, the joys of athletics. This New Year's Eve, the prospects of coaching in the new century and the new millennium are overwhelming. I am in awe, really, that I have traveled this far with a game that used to pause at each made basket and move to the center circle for a jump ball. Athletes are bigger and stronger than they once were.
Scores are higher, and, in general, the games have become much more exciting.
I have desires for some as the year 2000 becomes reality after years of seeing it in our futures. For beleaguered former Golden State Warriors coach, P.J. Carlesimo, I wish a return to a nice, quiet college job, where his brand of basketball, which includes personal discipline on and off the floor, suits him. To Rick Pitino, another struggling NBA boss, a brief press conference and a move away from the Celtics to greener pastures of college coaching, too, or perhaps just retirement. For University of Maine men's basketball coach, John Giannini, that coveted America East title, which propels the Black Bears into the NCAA championships. 2000 could indeed be the year of the Black Bear.