Re: On Bird and Gaston, et al.

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

Lets leave race out of this.  Whether its Dave gavitt, K.C Jones, Jimmy
Roberts, Chris Ford or M.L Carr , Dee Brown, Eric Montross, Acie Earl, or
Steve hamer  they are all the same  They suck big time !!!  Bring in some
real coaching talent not Larry or D.J., but Pitino. Haven't we learned from
enough from coaches with no previous coaching experience ?    Pitino proved
what he can do in New York, and at took a screwed up Kentucky program and
returned it to the top.  Why has he won at Kentucky ?  Because he has been
able to get recruits to go there.  The same could be true with some top
notch free agents for Boston. M.L gets us a washed up Wilkins & Brickowski
!

Yes Dave  Gavitt's regime stunk, but at least we won 20 games !  You seem
to have forgotten this is the worst season in franchise history, and we are
worse than the Clippers !  How did Carr get the G.M & coaching job anyway ?
 What previous experience did he have ?  Zilch !  He has had his run and
made his money, lets get rid of his sorry ass.






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> From: damekmo@teleport.com
> To: celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: On Bird and Gaston, et al.
> Date: Thursday, March 27, 1997 5:55 PM
> 
> 
> Josh, you opened the lions den...so let's walk in. When talking about the
> Celtics and Boston, race is always a factor. For example, free agents.
Now,
> I know that Peter May thinks no one is interested in the Celtics because
of
> Carr and Gaston. This could very well be part of it, but let's be frank:
> Boston is percieved throughout the country as a vehemently racist city.
> When he left, Robert Parish didn't have particularly nice things to say
> about life in Boston. Sure everybody wants to win, but they also would
> rather not raise a family in the middle of all the racist bs that goes on
> in Boston. Gaston and Carr could leave tomorrow, but "the bigoted fans"
as
> Josh correctly calls them are there to stay. Now I'm not saying that the
> people in the front office of the Celtics are racists, but like it or
not,
> the perception is that race is a factor in decision making, because of
the
> community. And to be honest, I'm not so sure it wouldn't be if Carr were
> simply fired and replaced by Bird and Pitino with DJ just sitting there.
> You can bet that players around the league would think, in the words of
our
> former deranged president, "There they go again."
> 
> >As far as race, it's not an issue.  It's a matter of talent and ability.
> 
> I"m not sure who wrote that, but it seems to be the concensus on Carr.
> OK...talent and ability is the reason they kept Gavitt around for so
long?
> Talent and ability are the first words that come to mind when you hear
the
> name Chris Ford? Someone else wrote that Bird could do no worse than
> Carr...yes? Jesus, you know, I remember when Carr took over that's
exactly
> what people said about him in relation to Gavitt...right? No, damn
it...I'm
> wrong...on day one they began with the towel waving unqualified stuff and
> now it seems that idiot is the adjective of the day. Gavitt's tenure was
a
> complete failure guys. He gave us Dee Brown and we watched the team get
old
> and shrivel up while he did nothing. Carr's made mistakes....but he's
also
> given the Celtics a future. Opie, I mean Gomer...ahh, Larry wants in, now
> that the team has two high draft picks and a few young players with
ability
> and promise. Why is it that Carr was an idiot from day one and Larry and
a
> college coach are considered saviours? You don't think race would have
> anything to do with it...huh? Just a question.
> 
> >I don't think race has anything to do with it.Wake up & look at our
> >record!We are terrible & Carr is the one that put us there!
> 
> Just once more...please, Carr was supposed to tank this season.
> Convenient?...sure. But I'm beginning to question the faith Bob Ryan had
in
> the Boston fans when he said something about them being intelligent
enough
> to understand that the team had to have a really bad season in order to
> begin rebuilding. What was it McHale said...reach high, aim low. Please,
> the guy's record indicates nothing this year. Carr has given you all
> Duncan. Look guys, Carr is not Jerry West or Pat Riley, but he deserves
> better than being replaced by some guy who spent the last few years
living
> like my grandfather after retirement. How about this, ML moves back
> upstairs, DJ becomes the coach, and Larry joins KC as assistant coach. He
> could probably actually go to some college games when the team was on the
> road. And as for Pitino?..are you sure he's better than Chris Ford.
> Wait...how 'bout Pat Summitt of the Lady Vols at UT...she's won more than
> Big Rick.
> 
> Paul M.
> 
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