Re: RED ALERT: BIRD BASHES GASTON, DEFENDS PITINO, WANTS TO BUY THE CELTS

[Josh Farber <joshfarber@home.com>]

This sort of thing would have to happen after the season, right?

It couldn't happen in the middle because Bird is still coaching the
Pacers!

Josh

Way Of The Ray wrote:
> 
> In a very interesting column in tomorrow's Globe, Larry Bird professes
> to Peter May, his interest in owning the Celtics. He
> could "'get people together to buy the team (Celtics) in a day,'"
> and  could "'get it done tomorrow." Bird further states: "'Let's get
> the ball rolling.'" He says he would have no problem selling off
> his stake in the Pacers and sees himself as an active owner like
> Jordan.
> 
> Defending Pitino and Blasting Gaston:
> 
> Bird says: "'What kills me... is that (Rick) Pitino is taking all the
> hits there. yeah, he's made some moves that didn't work out. But the
> reason they're in the state they're in is because of the owner. He's the
> one who put M.L. (Carr) in there. When we has a championship team
> in 1984, those owners {Gaston's father and two other} did only one thing
> over the next five years - they brought in DJ... They got Bill Walton,
> too, but he called them. They knew what was going on."
> 
> Bird says that Gaston "continually ignored" his advice and suggestions.
> Bird also laughingly derides Gaston's approach at making the team
> competetive while running it like a business:
> 
> "'That sounds like the Clippers to me...'" and that Gaston's Celtics
> have "'been a cash cow there for years. He wants people to buy tickets,
> get good crowds, and make $8 million - $10 million a year....
> 
> "'I always thought that the owner of the Celtics wanted to win a
> championship, not just to be competitive. Tell him I'm ready to
> buy.'"
> 
> Very very interesting. As Jean Luc Picard, would frequently say,
> while at the helm of the Enterprise: "Make it so."
> Ray