Re: Knight/Bird/Pacers

["Cecil Wright" <cecil@hfx.eastlink.ca>]

Will Zeke bring Colonel Knight onboard the Pacer Express?

Cecil


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From: Your Friend <yourfriend333@hotmail.com>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 5:24 PM
Subject: Knight/Bird/Pacers


> Relugated to sneaking in. Hard to imagine Paul should care, given the
> absolute lack of input from anyone. Isn't progress special?
>
> Here is what I sent earlier from Mark's ealier note, which he responded
to,
> thank you Mark.  Though I still remember the scenario different.
Interesting
> that Mark's comments were censored as well, as they included my original
> email.
>
> No doubt the apocalypse is around the corner as Thomas is now considering
> bringing Knight to the Pacers. I wonder how crybaby whiner Jermaine O'neal
> will take to this idea. Also curious to see the Hoosier players "laying
down
> the law" so to speak. Imagine the fun. Not unlike the reaction to the
> Clemson FB coach getting the sack in the 80's when the rioting student mob
> almost burnt down the Pres's house.
>
> Have a nice one folks, PLU,
> Greg
>
> >From earlier:
> My remembrances are that Bird was harassed by the center (was it Kent
> Benson?) and his hanger-ons.  I've read somewhere that Bird loved to paste
> his team in the NBA whenever they played because of it.
>
>
>
>
> At 06:08 AM 9/11/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >Anyone think LB might be interested in going to IU?  It could be a way
for
> >Larry to rub it in the face of Knight and the others who ran him out of
IU
> >20 year ago...
> >J. Mark Estepp
> >Chair, Department of Technology
> >Appalachian State University
> >esteppjm@appstate.edu
> >http://www.acs.appstate.edu/dept/tech/
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >
> >Who are these folks who ran LB off 25 years ago? He left because he was
> >home sick, away from for the first time for more than a week, and
couldn't
> >handle the size of the campus etc. Sure Knight could have been a little
> >more open, but from everything I have ever read, other than being
> >recruited, mainly by assistants,  and a few passing meetings the 2 had
> >virtually no contact to each other. Ask Larry, he was run by his own
> >insecurities, not Knight or his staff.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Greg
>
> J. Mark Estepp
> Chair, Department of Technology
> Appalachian State University
> esteppjm@appstate.edu
> http://www.acs.appstate.edu/dept/tech/
>
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