May 12, 2011 - The big news two days ago was, after an exhausting five minute meeting, Indiana Pacers Herb Simon decided to retain Larry Bird as president of the organization.
This face-to-face sit down happened after weeks of speculation that Bird was on his way out, including a very credible report from Adrian Wojnarowski at Yahoo! Sports that Pacers executive Jim Morris contacted the San Antonio Spurs about hiring Dennis Lindsey to run Indiana's front office. Also mixed into this was the very public media slap fight between Bird and Simon, where Bird openly questioned Simon's willingness to spend money on the team, and Simon responding afterward that he was 'disappointed' in Bird's comments.
After all that, a five minute meeting places the Pacers and Bird back in the same place they were at the start of last season. Five minutes. I mean, why even meet in person? Simon could have just phoned Bird, told him he'd be retained year-to-year, and that's it. Why all the drama if the outcome was so 'meh'?
The more one looks at this, the more it seems that Simon and the Pacers don't know what to do with themselves.
Link- http://indiana.sbnation.com/indiana-pac ... -as-pacers
This guy definitely makes a good case for his argument.
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