RE: dear god

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

It doesn't matter.  Even if Jackson did get more titles, Red BUILT those
teams, and 7 other championship squads besides.  On top of which, he
coached the Celtics to something like ten regular-season-best records, 
which is really more of an achievement for a dynasty like that.  Jackson
does deserve some special credit, however, for getting the most out of 
players who he had very little power over in terms of money / job security.
Auerbach coached in the Lombardi-era, when you could fire anybody you
that didn't jump the way you wanted.

-----Original Message-----
From: Georgek27@AOL.com [mailto:Georgek27@AOL.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 9:31 AM
To: celtics@igtc.com
Subject: Re: dear god


In a message dated 6/21/01 4:52:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
j.hironaka@unesco.org writes: 




When I read that Phil Jackson is now 
only one ring away from tying Red Auerbach's career total, I woke up and 
realized we really ARE on a "Mission from God" to prevent this. ;-) 




Red could have got many more if he kept coaching and also didn't have to go 
out and find another loaded team in order to add to his total. 

George