Re: Renouncing free agents

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

Yeah right , why don't we also give him a pat on the back for those
brilliant long term contracts of  Radja, Barros,  Ellison & Minor which
basically cost us Fox & Wesley due to cap limits.

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> From: Ronald H. Evans <ronald_evans@pipeline.com>
> To: celtics@igtc.COM
> Subject: Re: Renouncing free agents
> Date: Friday, July 11, 1997 9:05 AM
> 
> >Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 08:00:25 -0400
> >To: Michael Murray <michaelm@flex.com.au>
> >From: "Ronald H. Evans" <ronald_evans@pipeline.com>
> >Subject: Re: Renouncing free agents
> >
> >At 12:36 PM 7/11/97 +1000, you wrote:
> >>Yeah, that's right. Despite what people may have thought about him on
this
> >>list, there is no question that he is a Celtic through and through. I
bet
> >>that if you cut him in two, he would have green blood. He was the
media's
> >>whipping boy throughout last season, but through all of that, he still
had
> >>a smile on his face, as demonstrated by his deed in that cafe. I just
hope
> >>that when, in the next few years, we are a title threat, you will all
thank
> >>M.L., for he has gotten us to this point, for he will have deserved it.
> >
> >I agree. We, as celtics fans, owe ML an apology. As player, his
defensive
> efforts were for the good of the team, not individual accolade. As a GM
and
> coach, he did the same thing. After his initial, well-meaning
> mistakes(pervis, dominique[I think these are ML signees]) he record is
> commendable. He got us an all-star(Barros although he didn't work
out),got
> rid of Sherman's large contract facilitating Wesley's development at the
> same time, got us Antoine and Ron at the neglible expense of Montross,
and
> most of all tried to get us Duncan by losing. For his efforts he was
> unremmitantly lambasted by us and the press. We called him an "idiot", a
> "loser" but he persevered, with a smile on his face.Even history will not
> vindicate him because Pitino will get all the credit for turning the
celtics
> around(much of it deserved). ML set himself up to be our scapegoat, fully
> realizing what would happen, but discarded his own personal interest for
> that of the team. 
> >        On that note, I would like for us to write ML, Wesley, Fox and
> Conlon apologies for their treatment by the celtics and letters thanking
> them for their contributions. Then everyone on the list who wanted too
could
> sign them. Any takers?
> >
> >responses welcomed 
> >
> >Noah
> >
> >
>