Quote Originally Posted by George Anderson View Post
Bird has made more more goofs than just the Harrington trade. Bird to the Pacers is similar to Dan O'Brien and Dick Wagner to the Reds, just not a good judge of talent.

The reality is as ho hum a pick that O'Brien is, he is the best coach the Pacers could get. What quality coach in his right mind would want to walk in to the situation Bird has put the Pacers in???
Obviously no one wanted it. I bet Bird thinks he found his man to reshape the Pacers in the mold of the Suns...

I really stopped following the Pacers when Reggie retired. Hopefully they'll get back to respectability, but I have my doubts.