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TV highlights Baseball: Red Sox-Twins r7p.m.,NESN NBA playoffs: Hawks-Bulls 8p.m.,TNT NHL playoffs: Devils-Rangers ESPN 3 1 Golf section D10 Racing D9, D13 Scoreboard D13 Classified D14 SECTION THE BOSTON GLOBE THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1997 if 11 nuns leave to Parker He'll let them know by Monday Surprise package causes wait On hockev not sure' '3ut stay tuned, because It Red Sox romp: Hatteberg hits pair of home runs as Twins fall, 11-3. D2. Daly to appear: He's scheduled to play Memorial Day pro-am. D10. For updated scores and news: Globe Online at http:www.boston.com.

Keyword: globesports. sion by Monday. The issues that prevented Parker from taking the job yesterday after his second interview for the position in eight days remain the same. After 24 years at BU, Parker has developed his college program into one of the most respected in the country. The benefits are good, the lifestyle is better, and Parker, 52, must decide if he wants to give up all that for the challenging but rough waters of BRUINS, Page D8 By Nancy L.

Marrapese GLOBE STAFF If Jack Parker wants the Bruins' head coaching job, it's his. Presidentgeneral manager Harry Sinden and assistant GM Mike O'Connell met with the Boston University coach at the Bruins' FleetCenter offices yesterday, and less than an hour later, Sinden confirmed he had made Parker an offer. Now it's up to Parker, who said he will inform the club of his deci nd oh, by the way, the Bruins named their new coach jut ft rauver uas unui iviunuct iu mull over what life and times on FleetStreet would be like if he were to take the job. It's almost as if he went shopping for an Oriental rug, found one he liked, wasn't sure he was buying, and was told he could take it home and see how it looks on the living room floor, feels beneath his feet. Now we wait.

Will Parker be the next coach? Won't he? No ON HOCKEY, Page D8 A yesterday. There's just one i mn i fiira i hitch: The new coach isn't sure he wants to be the new coach. What's going on here? We're GLOBE STAFF PHOTO BILL BRETT Jack Parker likes the offer, now he decides if he wants the lifesty le change. tirtffiiswii -rem TTjr i Gavitt was the middle man in Pitino's break PAUL GASTON 4(, deserves the thanks of every JW Celtics fan for PLAYOFFS NewYork 88 Miami 79 Knicks lead, 1-0 tjhp bringing in Kick nuno. i nai is a given.

But there was ii il S1 lid JlTI i YV Paul Gaston savs he neerwa- X. lj 2TdL tS-' I vered in his pursuit of Rick Pi- Seattle 106 Houston 101 Series tied, 1-1 More on Page D9 anomer man in volved in the deal, 1 Gaston says that he called all the shots ByWUlMcDonough GLOBE STAFF PEAYOFFS (ftrjadelphia 4 Buffalo 1 iFlyers lead, 3-0 Paul Gaston says everything hapi pening regarding the Celtics is his" call. With a little help from some; friends, Edmonton 4 Colorado 3 'Avalanche lead, 2-1 I i I 1 'More on PageD9 TheTniring of Rick Pitino as earn and basketball boss, the dis- missal of sev- It was my and without him, well, there is every likelihood Rick Pitino would today be out selling books somewhere in Kentucky, as opposed to being formally introduced as the coach and chief of basketball operations of the Boston Celtics. Simply put: no Dave Gavitt, no Rick Pitino. Dave Gavitt? Wasn't he swept out in the tide three years ago? Doesn't he have some nice cushy job with the NCAA? Sure, he's officially listed on the Celtics' masthead as a member of the board of directors (meetings held once every 10 years or so, whether they need one or not), but what does that have to do with anything, really? This wasn't a matter of titles.

It RYAN, Page D8 New coach gets right to work By Michael Madden GLOBE STAFF LEXINGTON, Ky. Most of all, said Rick Pitino of his plans for the Celtics, "you don't pay any attention to what happened yesterday. You wipe the slate clean." This player "might have faked an injury, that guy didn't work hard, this guy was selfish. What you do is forget all about it," said Pitino. "You forget about all of it and you start fresh." Take a player such as Dino Radja, said the new Celtics coach.

"Getting him to do something he hasn't done is what you want. We know what he can do score but can he rebound potentially? Then Dino has got to do it. Can he play defense? Then he's got to play defense." What he and his coaches must do, said Pitino, "is convince Dino it's in his best interests to" rebound and play defense "and we need him to do it. I think once you tell a ballplayer it's in his best interests, they do it." PITINO, Page D6 Name: Dennis Johnson Status: Assistant coach, fired after four years Name: Red Auerbach Status: No longer president, he will be given new title Name: K.C. Jones Status: Assistant coach, fired after two years assisting Carr Name: Jan Volk Status: General manager, he resigned after 26 years with Celtics responsibility to get some things done that I felt had to be done, and in doing them, I had to make a lot of tough eral veteran employees, today's announcement that Red Auerbach no longer will be club president, and yesterday's an-nouncement that former coach M.L.

Carr has stepped down as director of basketball op decisions. PAUL GASTON, Celtics owner More on the Celtics A franchise turned upside down: Before pitino even arrives, there have been passive 'changes. May, Bird on hand? He would be the perfect complement for the new boss. Shaughnessy column, D7. .1 Others fired: Non-basketball personnel fired this week include David Zuccaro in the publicity department, Amy Murray and Jo O'Connor in the marketing department and Carolyn Hughes, Jan Volk's executive assistant Name: John Kuester Status: Assistant coach, fired after seven years with team Name: Jon Jennings Status: Director of basketball development, fired after 11 years with team Name: M.L Can-Status: After two years as coach and director of basketball operations, he will move to a corporate role erations to become executive vice president of corporate development all of it is Gaston's doing.

"It was my responsibility to get some things done that I felt had to be done, and in doing them, I had to make a lot of tough decisions," said the team owner, speaking of the moves for the first time. "I talked to some friends and sought their counsel, but in the end, I had to make the decisions. "I always wanted Rick Pitino for the Celtics for the obvious reasons. Everything about him seems a per-GASTON, Page D6 Name: Rick Weitzman Status: Head scout fired after 13 years with team.