FW: Just sit back, enjoy Celtics double feature

[JB <james.metz@verizon.net>]

   Awesome post Snoopy.
    JB

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> From: snoopy1@pig.net
> Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 17:04:17 -0400
> To: Celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: Just sit back, enjoy Celtics double feature
> 
> At 01:47 PM 5/9/02 -0400, Dan Forant wrote:
>> Bird owes Boston everything. He could make an appearance for the troops.
>> They paid him well for his services. He performed well. Bird is not what you
>> would call an ambassador for basketball. He's had this complex all his life
>> over something....I didn't believe it back
>> when, but now after the dust has settled, Magic was better than Bird.
>    
        Dan  

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> And Bird GAVE Boston everything.  I clearly remember exhibition games where
> he was diving for loose balls.  It's not like he was fighting for a spot on
> the roster.  As a player he put everything he had on the floor, arriving
> early to warm up before games, and working tirelessly in the
> offseasons.  He made it clear that any season where the Celtics didn't win
> it all might as well be a losing season.
> 
> He only retired when his back problems wouldn't let him play the way he
> felt the game should be played--all out.  Then, he moved to a nebulous
> "front office" position with the Celtics, where it became clear Gaston paid
> lip service to taking any of Bird's contributions seriously.  When it came
> to coaching, Boston had it's chance to get Bird for the head job, and
> Indiana made him a better offer--not just because he grew up there--heck if
> that was his main reason, he'd have been traded to the Pacers as a
> player.  But Out-of Gaston had no problem giving Rick Pitiful anything he
> wanted--including forcing Red to step aside from day to day
> operations.  Tell me you believe Bird would have done that, and I'll be
> happy to offer some land here in Florida, cheap.
> 
> Bird promptly coached in Indiana the way he wanted to in Boston, and did
> everything but take the court himself to get the Pacers a
> championship.  Simultaneously, ML Carr Crash and Ricky Retarded managed to
> do what even the rightly despised John Y. Brown couldn't do--he made the
> Celtics a joke in the NBA.
> 
> Then, when Bird headed up a group to buy the Celtics, he practically handed
> Gaston a blank check, but Gaston didn't want to sell to Larry.  So Larry
> decided he was doing just fine living as a retiree in Naples, Florida.  He
> doesn't have heart palpitations anymore, he doesn't bang heads with Gaston,
> and he plays golf when he likes.
> 
> You want to damn him for not visiting Boston?  Feh.  If I'd given as much
> to the team as he did, and was treated like that in return, I'd have
> publicly told Gaston where to go and what to do when he got there.  Larry's
> got too much class for that, lucky bum that Gaston is.
> 
> I think "thanksdad" ought to try thanking Larry for what he's done, and
> apologize for the shabby treatment he gave Larry.  Perhaps that might
> encourage the Legend to pay a visit to the Celtics.
> 
> Snoopy the Celtics Beagle