Re: Bird the Hick

[jtoney@erols.com]

Yeah, like I was going to sit and let this one fly by without a reply. 
Did you really think you could post something like this on the Boston
Celtics mailing list and get by with it...HA!

Dan wrote:
> 
> 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. 

Well I guess he could be popular because he was one of the greatest
basketball players of all time.  He is also doing pretty well as a
coach, since his team is..FIRST!! in the Eastern Conference.

> 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.

Gee that makes a lot of sense.  Did you actually think while you were
typing this?  He inherited a team that had been written off by most
people as too old and/or injury prone to do anything more then barely
make the playoffs.  He then signed Mullin who everyone thought was
washed up and couldn't play anymore.  If you ever watch any Pacer games
you will see how Bird knows how to effectively use each one of his
players.

> 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? 

I promise you don't sound arrogant in this post.  You seem to write with
your emotions and feelings more then with the facts of the matter.  Even
though you will not admit it, I am sure then you voted for Bill
Clinton.  Your the type that would like he feel good politics.

> 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.

Of course it was a big win for him.  This was his first game coaching
against the Celtics at the Boston Gar....opps the fleet center, yuck.  

> 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? 

The All Star game is just a meaningless game with a bunch of flash.  It
almost represents everything wrong with the NBA:

1.  The way the players are picked
2.  The players on opposing teams paling around
3.  The total lack of competition

> No wonder he never really got along w/McHale.
 
I don't know about this part.  It is a pretty bold statement to make.

> 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.

He doesn't have any ties to the fleet center, he never played a game
there.  You can't stand it when people tell it like it is can you.  

> 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.

They are 1st place in the Eastern Conference.  They could be overblown,
but we will see at the end of the season.

> 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.

He has been a great promoter his entire career, all he had to do was
play the game.  Are you sure you are a celtics fan?  I don't understand
how you could write about one its greatest players ever in this
fashion.  I bet that this isn't your only favorite NBA team, rather it
is just a part of your favorite team mutual fund.  Go to your other
favorite team's list and post this, but don't do it here.  I will now be
erasing your future posts without looking at them.