Re: Bird the Hick

["John & Nancy Blackburn" <blackbur@snowhill.com>]

Dear Dan

  I am also a "Hick from Indiana", and very proud of it.  Why don't you give me a break and accept the fact that Larry Joe Bird is one of the greatest players to ever play the game.  You need to look uo what the meaning of a "Hick" is.   You say that you do not like his   arrogance.  It sounds like to me that you are the arrogant one to me. You also say that " At present, living off his past laurels, he is popular because he has been out of site for awhile.  I believe that Larry ois becoming a very good coach and that he is popular, because people remember what he did not only for the C's, but what he did for the game of roundball.

Just call me the: Indiana Kid

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> Larry Bird is still a hick. The hick from Indiana still hasn't learned how
> to get along with the world off the basketball court. At present, living
> off his past laurels, he is popular because he has been out of site for
> awhile. He has inherited a team that will be a contender at best for the
> 2-5 spots in the NBA for a year or two. Why because they are getting older.
> Let's see what happens when they start the rebuilding phase. My bone with
> Larry is his arrogance. Did he give the Celts or Pitino any credit for
> gains we have made as a team? Haven't seen any remarks from him. Oh yes he
> said "Definitely my biggest win since I've been coaching" Down deep he
> feels the Celts organization let him down, by letting him go. Only a big
> hug with Miller after the game, as if it were the 7th game of the playoffs.
> Bird's statement about the All Star game "I have no desire to coach an All
> Star game" and "I have no desire to go to an All Star game" Just who the
> hell does he think he is? No wonder he never really got along w/McHale.
> Another quote "I have no ties to this building, I loved that place next
> door" You just know anybody else would have said something nice about the
> new facility and the new Celtic start. He's living in the past. After the
> way the Celts gave him and his team the run around Sunday I think the
> Pacers are a little overblown, even though their #2 in the Eastern
> Conference. He could be a great promoter of the NBA, but he isn't. He
> should realize the applause will start to fade as time moves on. Love ya
> Larry, but your still a hick.
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