Fw: Bird Manager of Year

["Greg Odegaard" <gmodegaa@longvred.rmc.com>]

You by no means answered my question.  Why if you don't kneel at Mr. Bird,
AND he is your all time favorite sports hero, do you so lovingly trash him
with no reservation?  I would sure hate to see what you say about your
mother around the Sunday dinner table.  With this kind of outporing of
affection, I hope you are man enough to take the backlash your boorish
posts have been receiving over the last few months.

I am assuming that the only feet you kneel at are those in front of a
mirror.

I remember when I had my first beer,
Greg

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> From: Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
> To: Greg Odegaard <gmodegaa@longvred.rmc.com>
> Subject: Re: Bird Manager of Year
> Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 4:02 PM
> 
> You may be amusing, don't know. Bird is my all time favorite sports
> individual, I just don't kneel to him. IMHO.
> 
> At 07:50 AM 5/12/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >You know I have wondered for some time what is up with this Dan's take
on
> >Bird.  What hasn't he done, heck he was even featured in SI's Father's
Day
> >issue, along with our own Minor, a few weeks ago.  Larry must have run
over
> >Dan's dog or worse.  For all of who read your posts on your contempt for
> >LB, do us the favor, in 50 words or less, and come clean on your serious
> >anti-Bird attitude.  At worst it might make for some hilarities on this
> >another significant milestone in his HOF career.
> >
> >I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused,
> >Greg
> >
> >----------
> >> From: Warwick Janetzki <giants@eisa.net.au>
> >> To: Dan Forant <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>
> >> Subject: Re: Bird Manager of Year
> >> Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 6:48 AM
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Dan Forant wrote:
> >> 
> >> > Happy to see Bird manager of the year. Does he deserve it? Probably
> >not.
> >> > With the team he has you and I could get them this far. Is it good
for
> >> > basketball, yes, without a doubt. Will Bird be happy with this
honor?
> >If
> >> > past performances are a clue, he won't celebrate.
> >> 
> >> It wasn't manager of the year, it was coach of the year..
> >> 
> >> As for the accomplishment being small, it is VERY BIG.. They had
> >basically
> >> the same team (except Mullin for Dampier + Ferrell, while Haywoode
> >Workman
> >> was on the sidelines with a knee injury all season), this team DID NOT
> >make
> >> the playoffs last year with that team...
> >> 
> >> You and I COULD NOT coach this team to where it is now, so that is a
BIG
> >> inaccuracy there.
> >> 
> >> Congrats Larry!
> >> 
> >> Cheers,
> >> 
> >> Warwick
> >> 
> >> 
> >
> >