Red Auerbach RIP

[Michael_ Gee]

One more note for the tombstone.
Red Auerbach was the first man to put five black guys on the court in an NBA game. He was the last man to put five white guys on the court, too,
Red was the Reader's Digest version of Adam Smith, Enlighened self-interest, baby!

 

[Bubbler]

My headline:
Close, but no cigar. Red's dead.

Not funny, and I don't mean that in a take-offense context. I mean it just isn't funny.

 

[EStreetJoe]

So it's too soon to make Red Auerbach jokes? ;D : :

The truly awful poor taste headline would have been if someone had written: "Up in a puff of smoke: Red's dead"

 

[Michael_ Gee]

I ordinarily would never go to a big-time sports funeral, This is Red. I gotta.
I'm not sure I'm making my point here. Red was my childhood enemy. Now my childhood is gone,

 

[Angola!]

I ordinarily would never go to a big-time sports funeral, This is Red. I gotta.
I'm not sure I'm making my point here. Red was my childhood enemy. Now my childhood is gone,

I'm confused.

 

[Angola!]

Well, ESPN has now pulled USC as its main item and put Auerbach there. I think the significance of Auerbach is lost on the younger generation of NBA fans (all 10 of them).

 

[Michael_ Gee]

When an enemy dies, Angola, part of yourself dies as well.
That was my typographically errrored point meant.

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

My headline:
Close, but no cigar. Red's dead.

Not funny, and I don't mean that in a take-offense context. I mean it just isn't funny.

I concur.

Also agree.

 

[Frylock]

Lighten up.
Seriously.
I'm not glad he's dead. Save me the self-righteous indignation horse----.

 

[Angola!]

Lighten up.
Seriously.
I'm not glad he's dead. Save me the self-righteous indignation horse----.

I don't think he needs to lighten up, you just needed to come up with a better joke.

 

[BYH]

Bummer. I never liked the Celtics but loved the Lakers, which put me in the distinct minority in New England in the mid-80s, but Memorial Day always conjures up memories of the sweltering Celtics-Lakers games at the Gahhden. But you gotta love the guy's competitiveness.

And Red was the Celtics. I wonder if we'll ever see a person who so symbolizes a franchise for so long ever again. RIP.

 

[shotglass]

I'm not so sure it's not an A1 option for everyone.

RIP.

It's going inside here. We have too much local today.

That's a shame. A legend. The Michael Jordan of coaching.

It has to go inside here, too. We'll give it a nice refer on the front, and blow it out on the back page.

If it happens Monday, it goes out front. Hell, even if it happens tomorrow, it goes out front. But not today. Sadly.

Actually, we wound up with it on our Page 6.

It was pointed out to me that the below-35 crowd really doesn't have any connect with Red.

 

[wickedwritah]

I wish we would throw it on our A1. Reacted to Red's death, and the slot was like, "Who's that?"

And by the way, Wilkens passing Red on the wins list was bull****. ******* took twice as long to get within sniffing distance.

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

Lighten up.
Seriously.
I'm not glad he's dead. Save me the self-righteous indignation horse----.

I don't think he needs to lighten up, you just needed to come up with a better joke.

Yep, bad joke and even worse headline.

 

[Frylock]

This business sure isn't hurting for a-holes, is it?
I think it's funny. It got a laugh from my co-workers.
The rest of you can think what you want.

 

[DyePack]

How about "Better Dead Than Red"?

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

This business sure isn't hurting for a-holes, is it?
I think it's funny. It got a laugh from my co-workers.
The rest of you can think what you want.

This business also has some hacks in it.

Journalistically, that headline tells you nothing about what the story is about.

 

[patchs]

Maybe the greatest competitor the NBA will ever know.
I bet the pick-up games in Heaven just picked up in intensity now.
Red is coaching Len Bias and I'll take that combo against anyone.
RIP, Red.
And, God how I wish Tony K. had a show on Monday, 'cause I would pay to hear Bob Ryan and Jr. Feinstein pay homage to Red.

 

[Montezuma's Revenge]

This business sure isn't hurting for a-holes, is it?
I think it's funny. It got a laugh from my co-workers.
The rest of you can think what you want.

It ain't funny, Frylock. If your co-workers think it's funny, they're idiots. Not because it's distasteful, or any PC nonsense. It's ... just ... not ... funny.

 

[Chi City 81]

This business sure isn't hurting for a-holes, is it?
I think it's funny. It got a laugh from my co-workers.
The rest of you can think what you want.

It ain't funny, Frylock. If your co-workers think it's funny, they're idiots. Not because it's distasteful, or any PC nonsense. It's ... just ... not ... funny.

Late to the party, but I concur.