Word: auerbach
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...contract, Russell ends a career in which he helped the Celtics to eleven championships in 13 seasons. Russell says he is now considering a career in "the field of entertainment." But back in Boston, they were taking it all with a grain of salt. Said Celtics General Manager Red Auerbach: "As far as I'm concerned, Bill Russell will be retired only if he doesn't show up on the first day of camp...
Samuel P. Huntington, Chairman of Harvard's Department of Government, will serve as one of three Chairmen of the committee. His co-leaders are Paul Seabury, Professor of Political Science at Berkeley, and Carl A. Auerbach, Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota...
...last note: The Faculty has approved the proposed department of Sports Folklore and Mythology. The demand for this field has long been apparent -- most specifically in the consistently over-subscribed Celtic 10ab, which studies Red Auerbach's two decades of coaching. And now that Arthur Daly has accepted the new Folklore chair, the department ought to be an overwhelming success next fall. After all, there are as many April Fools in athletics as anywhere...
Russell is, in fact, his own best player -a defensive genius who is averaging 21.9 rebounds and 14.2 points per game, despite the fact that he has been playing with two sprained fingers and a torn hamstring muscle in his thigh. If anything, says former Celtics Coach Red Auerbach, now the club's general manager, coaching has improved the quality of Bill's play. "He never had to consider the feelings of other players before," explains Auerbach. "Now that he does have to think of others, he has grown as a person and gained added motivation...
Busy Thinkers. Under Russell, the Celtics are basically the same ball club they were under Auerbach. They use the same seven set plays (plus about 25 options), depend as always on a tight, pressing defense and a run-and-shoot offense to win their games. But now they are more of a thinking team-because Russell encourages them to be. "We're all invited to participate," says Guard Jones. "We help him keep track of team fouls and individual fouls. We keep our eyes open for switches the other team might make." Not that Russell necessarily accepts the advice...