Comments on: RIP creative genius http://before-after.com/blog3/2006/10/28/rip-creative-genius/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:29:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Jay http://before-after.com/blog3/2006/10/28/rip-creative-genius/#comment-33 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:35:13 +0000 http://before-after.com/blog3/2006/10/28/rip-creative-genius/#comment-33 Draft picks are hit and miss and Red certainly hit on Larry the Legend but the 6th man innovaton was brilliant! You forgot a few that he recycled/revived. Do the names Paul Silas and Bill Walton ring a bell? It stands to reason that if two heads are better than one, then 6 would be better than 5. What the 6th man did was open the possibility for the 7th and 8th. In essence everyone was on the team. He wove a team tapestry/chemistry that to me was like a jazzband. Everyone palyed together but they were all ready for anyone to solo and make the band look good. I'll never smell another cigar without thinking of Red blowing smoke up his compedators back side after he beat them. He surely did more for the cigar than Bill Clinton. Draft picks are hit and miss and Red certainly hit on Larry the Legend but the 6th man innovaton was brilliant! You forgot a few that he recycled/revived. Do the names Paul Silas and Bill Walton ring a bell?

It stands to reason that if two heads are better than one, then 6 would be better than 5. What the 6th man did was open the possibility for the 7th and 8th. In essence everyone was on the team. He wove a team tapestry/chemistry that to me was like a jazzband. Everyone palyed together but they were all ready for anyone to solo and make the band look good.

I’ll never smell another cigar without thinking of Red blowing smoke up his compedators back side after he beat them. He surely did more for the cigar than Bill Clinton.

]]> by: Tom Monahan http://before-after.com/blog3/2006/10/28/rip-creative-genius/#comment-31 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:35:59 +0000 http://before-after.com/blog3/2006/10/28/rip-creative-genius/#comment-31 Mr. Green, welcome to the blog.  I think I had heard that about Red. Managers take note: you want your people to step up, give them an opening. Mr. Green, welcome to the blog.  I think I had heard that about Red.

Managers take note: you want your people to step up, give them an opening.

]]> by: Fan of the Green http://before-after.com/blog3/2006/10/28/rip-creative-genius/#comment-30 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:14:37 +0000 http://before-after.com/blog3/2006/10/28/rip-creative-genius/#comment-30 I heard Havlicek interviewed once about Auerbach and he said that in critical time outs the red head, as Celtic fans loved to call him, would say, "okay, anybody got any ideas?" Here he was the genius of the hardwood and he was asking his guys what they thought. I'm not saying he shouldn't be called a genius. I'm just pointing out that he was smart enough to know that he didn't always have all the answers. He probably motivated his players big time when he did this. Many of them went on to become managers and GMs. I heard Havlicek interviewed once about Auerbach and he said that in critical time outs the red head, as Celtic fans loved to call him, would say, “okay, anybody got any ideas?” Here he was the genius of the hardwood and he was asking his guys what they thought. I’m not saying he shouldn’t be called a genius. I’m just pointing out that he was smart enough to know that he didn’t always have all the answers. He probably motivated his players big time when he did this. Many of them went on to become managers and GMs.

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