Re: Larry's done.

[Dan Forant Sr <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>]

Larry belongs in the front office, coaching sucks, plain and simple. Trying
to get these nerds to play basketball is for ass kissers. Bird is way above
that. 

At 01:38 PM 6/6/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Steve Bulpett postulated at one time that Larry Bird would be coaching
>the Celtics post-Pitino.  That would be like going from the frying pan
>to
>the fire.  Yup, it's time for Birdy to step down and find a nice GM
>position somewhere, since he's apparently a decent judge of talent,
>i.e. Jalen Rose.  Next C's GM: Okay by me.
>Ray
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>> Subject: Larry's done.
>> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 09:56:03 -0300
>> From: damekmo@teleport.com
>> To: celtics@igtc.com
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>> >This Pacer team is far from a Championship team anyway with
>> >Smits ailing and Miller sulking, let the Knicks annoy them. Since the
Celts
>> >aren't in it I figure an East Coast, West Coast take all series is better
>> >off for basketball.
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>> This Pacer team has been underachieving all year long. To continue the "Is
>> it my imagination?" theme: Is it my imagination, or have the Pacers had a
>> hard time holding on to a lead all year long? Even with Smits hurt, there's
>> no reason the Pacers should be losing to the Knicks. They're clearly the
>> better team. In any case, Smits played well enough yesterday. The
>> bottom-line, I'm afraid, is that VanGundy is clearly the better coach in
>> this series, and that's making a huge difference. Bird is leaving, if the
>> reports are correct, at the right time. There's no way he could ever coach
>> a youthful, rebuilding team. An "X's and O's Man," he's not.  And if the
>> Pacers don't get to the finals this year, it could be time for them to
>> start over.
>> 
>> Paul M.
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