Re: Hanging out with ML

[bocelts@scsn.net (R. Bentz Kirby)]

Nobody's perfect.

Jim Meninno wrote:

> It would have been nice if he could have "done his job" without signing
> Dee Brown, Pervis Ellison, Greg Minor and Dana Barros to contracts that
> were in excess of their worth, making them untradable (although they got
> very lucky with Dee).  I suppose that was their reward for staying with
> the team while it was tanking seasons.
>
> Jim
>
> >Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:15:15 -0500
> >From: bocelts@scsn.net (R. Bentz Kirby)
> >To: Theresa Lee <tjoyce@mit.edu>
> >CC: celtics@igtc.com
> >Subject: Re: Hanging out with ML
> >
> >
> >> 3. When I told him that I even watched the Celtics during the 15 win
> >> season, he said, "but that was by design." For what, I asked?  "To
> get
> >> Timmy."  Then I asked him if he had heard about Duncan's disparaging
> >> remarks....he had. I told him to give Duncan a hard time next time
> he's in
> >> town.
> >>
> >
> >And this was what I said many times when the press and fans were
> trashing ML.
> >He was just doing his job.  That was all.  Too bad it didn't work out.
> And
> >that was one reason he got to go to the lottery pick.  He did his job
> just as
> >he was asked.  He took the heat for the Celtics.
> >
>
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Bentz Kirby
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