Re: What's going on??

["JLyell" <jlyell@concentric.net>]

Pitino backed off because the Celtic front office is so screwed up and no
top notch coach wants to come into a job where someone else is calling the
shots..  They need a major overhaul & lose Auerbach & Volk, & send M.L. to
P.R.  

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> From: DJessen33@aol.com
> To: celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: What's going on??
> Date: Tuesday, April 29, 1997 3:51 PM
> 
> I wonder if the Celtics are now backing away from Bird because he
basically
> screwed up the job of getting Pitino by his negative comments he made
about
> the Celtic front office.The marriage may have set a year ago with ML
trying
> to put the Kentucky type defense and uptempo offense but then when Bird
went
> to finallize the wedding, basically told Pitino that he really shouldn't
> marry the Celtics because of the Bird's percieved front office
problems.....
> 
> I also wonder what Red meant when he said the front office needs to be
> cleaned up. This gets real confusing now it looks like Bird is leaving.
> Usually you hire the GM first and then he hires the coach. With coaching
> interviewing going on and Bird apparently leaving, it appears that ML is
the
> GM to stay....