Re: It Wouldn't Surprise Me To See...

["Lance Jacobson" <lancejacob@xxxxxxxxx>]

I like Pat Croce, but I don't know that he'd fit in here.  He worked his way
up from being a physical therapist to owning the team.  Has a real Philly
connection; you think he could relate here?

After all, Gaston was conspicuously absent and any new owners who care to be
around the team should have a decent chance to gain some rapport and
respect, if only by contrast.
----- Original Message -----
From: "James A. Hill" <jahill@leasingservice.com>
To: "Celtics (E-mail)" <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: It Wouldn't Surprise Me To See...


> Actually the guy I think they should add is Pat Croce (sp) who was the
> president of the 76's.
>
> This guy is a class act and will put in some of his own money so he isn't
> playing with just OPM.
>
> What they need is a respected, professional basketball manager that knows
> how to work with the investors, fans, community, players and other
> owners/managements.
>
> Croce is a win-win-win-win-win situation for this team.   He would bring
> instant basketball credibility to the new owners and if he could get
through
> to Iverson then he would be a good fit for our players growth.
>
> <Jim
>
> - Thge new owners regret not bringing in Larry Bird. Since they've put
> up a small
> amount of their own funds in the purchase price of the team, and need to
> attract other
> investors and garner bank loans, having Bird on board would have been a
> financial slam dunk. Nothing attracts rich jock sniffing investors than
> a living
> sports legend.
> Ray