Re: Meeting Russ

["Tom Titus" <ttitus@mindspring.com>]

the measure of success was different then in the eyes of the players than it
is now.
staying 4 years of college & having preparation & an understanding of the
game enhanced the game. now we play for stuffs & hig fives & $$$. maybe as a
veteran figires it out, he may be more motivated toward winning, but it take
a whole team. TT
-----Original Message-----
From: R. Bentz Kirby <bocelts@usit.net>
To: Celtics <celtics@igtc.com>
Date: Saturday, April 15, 2000 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: Meeting Russ


>Peter:
>
>Thanks for this fine report.  And what you say about Battie goes for the
>team.  Even these guys could be successful if they played with the passion
>that those Russ and those teams did.  But, it has to consume you.  In
>public, I don't see any of the Celtics who are consumed like that.  They
may
>be in private.  But, I don't see any leaders like Russell, or Havlicek, or
>Bird, or even Reggie when he was there.  He had that fire.  I would like to
>see it in Toine, Paul Pierce, Fortson, Battie and Anderson every night.  We
>could have won 10 more games with that fire.  I miss the pride in Green.
>
>
>Peter Delevett wrote:
>
>> You just can't come away from this film without being deeply impressed
>> by Russell's ability, intellect, dignity and sense of humor. You also
>> feel both incredibly proud to be a Celtics fan, and sad as hell to look
>> at the past decade. You wonder what Tony Battie's game might be like if
>> he played with half of Russell's passion and ferocity. And you realize
>> just how good the Celtics have had it.
>
>--
>
>Bentz Kirby
>bocelts@usit.net
>http://www.public.usit.net/bocelts/
>
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