If Doc leaves, Pierce to retire

Celts09 · Post #1 » by **Celts09** » Mon Mar 2, 2009 4:01 pm

Celtics forward Paul Pierce expressed his loyalty to head coach Doc Rivers on Sunday during a taped ABC interview with Magic Johnson.

"Coach Rivers, I don't want to play for anybody else," Pierce said. "If he goes, then I think I'm ready to retire. I mean, he's a player's coach. He understands the guys, he understands situations, and he's been through struggles."

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/57638/20090302/pierce_if_doc_rivers_goes_ill_retire/

DieselCeltic · Post #2 » by **DieselCeltic** » Mon Mar 2, 2009 4:08 pm

he will retire in a few years anyways...

celticfan42487 · Post #3 » by **celticfan42487** » Mon Mar 2, 2009 5:01 pm

lol, teh jokes.

Doc's contract won't be up untill about the time Pierce should retire.

Bad-Thoma · Post #4 » by **Bad-Thoma** » Mon Mar 2, 2009 5:02 pm

I feel pretty safe that neither Pierce nor Rivers is going anywhere. Things like this are nice to hear though, it's good to see evidence that the overall chemistry of the organization is as good as it appears. Remember the days when Doc first came here and Pierce and he were barking at each other in the middle of a game? Things have come a long ways.

celt4ever · Post #5 » by **celt4ever** » Mon Mar 2, 2009 7:12 pm

he will retire

yeahhh right

campybatman · Post #6 » by **campybatman** » Mon Mar 2, 2009 7:27 pm

How ironic if you think back when Rivers initially wanted to see Pierce traded.

Excellence · Post #7 » by **Excellence** » Tue Mar 3, 2009 4:03 am

Actually it's a stupid thing to say. You retire when you lose your love for the game or when you simply can't keep up with it anymore, not because you have a man-crush on your coach. You quit before your time, and you end up trying to make a comeback like Jordan or allegedly Jason Williams - and Pierce is no Michael Jordan - so he's going to fail and look ridiculous doing it.

mr_sunshine · Post #8 » by **mr_sunshine** » Tue Mar 3, 2009 4:26 am

Excellence wrote:Actually it's a stupid thing to say. You retire when you lose your love for the game or when you simply can't keep up with it anymore, not because you have a man-crush on your coach. You quit before your time, and you end up trying to make a comeback like Jordan or allegedly Jason Williams - and Pierce is no Michael Jordan - so he's going to fail and look ridiculous doing it.

You'd know a lot about man-crushes having the RuPaul of big men on your team eh? :roll:

Excellence · Post #9 » by **Excellence** » Tue Mar 3, 2009 4:57 am

mr_sunshine wrote:
Excellence wrote:Actually it's a stupid thing to say. You retire when you lose your love for the game or when you simply can't keep up with it anymore, not because you have a man-crush on your coach. You quit before your time, and you end up trying to make a comeback like Jordan or allegedly Jason Williams - and Pierce is no Michael Jordan - so he's going to fail and look ridiculous doing it.

You'd know a lot about man-crushes having the RuPaul of big men on your team eh?

How does turning this into a Bosh topic help you at all? You think I'm just a Raptors fan trying to trash talk the Celtics...I'm going to say the same thing about any player who thinks about retiring just because their coach quits. If Kobe says he'll retire when Phil Jackson leaves, I'll say the same thing. If Tim Duncan, my favourite player, says he'll retire when Gregg Popovich leaves, I'll say the same thing. If Bosh says he'll retire when Jay Triano leaves, I'll say the same thing. Get over yourself.

Joekickass2008 · Post #10 » by **Joekickass2008** » Tue Mar 3, 2009 7:49 am

Pierce may retire...but the TRUTH will live forever!!!!!!!

Al-Haqq · Post #11 » by **Al-Haqq** » Tue Mar 3, 2009 8:03 am

I get that he's a player's coach, but do the players realise some of the really bad rotation moves he pulls form time to time?

Don't get me wrong, I like Doc.