Re: This "OPIE" business..

[bis@world.std.com (Adi Inbar)]

"J. Mark Estepp" <esteppjm@conrad.appstate.edu> writes:
> I for one don't like this thread of calling Bird "Opie"  The guy is not even
> officially in charge of anything, and already pot shots are being taken.  

Relax, the only person taking pot shots at Bird is M.L.'s biggest
fan.  I think Paul has gone so completely overboard in his defense of
M.L. that he's lashing out at anyone slated to replace him.

>									    IF
> Bird becomes GM, and IF he makes mistake after mistake, then some critizism
> could be justified.

I think Bird will be the the third or fourth best GM in the business,
after Jerry West, Pat Riley, and maybe Jerry Colangelo.  I'm fully
prepared to eat my words if I'm wrong.