Re: Bulpett Says Bye Bye Birdy

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I understand your position and respect your opinion. Let's see how it plays
out. I really hope I'm wrong. We all want what's best for the Celts.

DanF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lance Jacobson" <lancejacob@attbi.com>
To: "Dan Forant" <dforant1@nycap.rr.com>; "Celtics Emai List"
<Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: Bulpett Says Bye Bye Birdy


> Distancing himself from the Celts was cowardly. Just because Larry
couldn't
> have it his way he took his marbles and went home. I loved Larry as a
> player, my favorite. As a coach he pissed me off with his attitude in the
> Garden. Larry Bird has some issues. And you can't live on your laurels
> forever if your getting back into the game. I wish him well.>>DanF
>
> Cowardly?  Where does that come from?  He just wouldn't go to games when
the team was
> supposed to lose, and he knew that Pitino was only out for Pitino--at the
salary he
> got, he strangled Gaston from making any other investments.  It's not like
the guy
> never paid for anything at all since owning the team.  Nothing wrong with
Bird staying
> away. . there's life after Boston.
>
> Bird certainly didn't live on his laurels.  He had plenty of money, and
wanted to try
> coaching.  No one says he did less than an excellent job at it, and burned
no bridges.
> You may not like his attitude in the Garden, and that was because Gaston
was insulting
> the game of basketball and insulting Red by allowing Pitino to boot him
out.
>
> You're not rational about this, Dan.  The "CELTICS" he distanced himself
from were the
> non-fans who sold out for the hype and the ratings.  Sold out for one-man
teams with
> guys like Dominique hired to fill the seats and teach no one how to play
together.
> You miss Eric Riley and Dwayne Schintzius?  Dontae Jones?  Chris Herron?
How about
> Pervis "yawn" Ellison.
>
> These aren't Celtics that Larry could respect.  From the top to the
bottom.  Dumping
> Red, Jan, Dave Gavitt, Fox, Wesley and even Sherman Douglas.   Why should
he watch the
> team?  Nobody else did.