Mike Gorman – Farewell Season, 2023-24
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Mike Gorman – Farewell Season, 2023-24
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Mike Gorman – Farewell Season, 2023-24
I was so excited to hear this during the game and it was great to see how much it meant to Mike. Of course he handled it like always, with grace and gave the credit to others. He also said if being in gives him a voice he's going to do what he can to see that Tommy becomes the first person in as a player, coach, and broadcaster.
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Wait, really? That’s awesome!
I love Mike. So glad to hear this, and a nice uptick for what I’m sure has been a very hard year.
I love Mike. So glad to hear this, and a nice uptick for what I’m sure has been a very hard year.
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I didn't know either. Obviously 100% deserved. This man is a class act.
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awesome! congrats to Mike, well deserved.
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https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/celtics/mike-gorman-enter-hall-fame-2021-curt-gowdy-award-recipient
"It’s funny, I spent 39 years talking about what’s going on in front of me, not what’s going on in my head. I decided this year -- Teri said to me, ‘You’re crazy,’ I said, ‘No, it’ll be fine' -- I decided this year that I was going to just say what I think a lot more.
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"Then with the passing of Tommy, he would want me to say more. So I say more and this happens. So I should have said more 10 years ago, maybe it would have happened sooner.”
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Fencer reregistered wrote:https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/celtics/mike-gorman-enter-hall-fame-2021-curt-gowdy-award-recipient"It’s funny, I spent 39 years talking about what’s going on in front of me, not what’s going on in my head. I decided this year -- Teri said to me, ‘You’re crazy,’ I said, ‘No, it’ll be fine' -- I decided this year that I was going to just say what I think a lot more.
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"Then with the passing of Tommy, he would want me to say more. So I say more and this happens. So I should have said more 10 years ago, maybe it would have happened sooner.”
Mike is a study in humility, to the point of it being almost painfully so. Almost a study in New England Puritanicalism.
While it would be a fitting tribute to Tommy, I’m surprised to hear that Mike thinks he’s been “saying what he thinks” more this year — it’s hard to pick up on. I guess he’s mentioned “disappointment” more often. There were the Tatum/Brown leadership comments. Do others think he’s been more opinionated this year, and/or have any examples of such?
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Nice article from 2019. https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2019/05/01/got-the-winding-improbable-journey-celtics-voice-mike-gorman/Y1CBHdQymaFwCqF5mzFkoM/story.html
Tidbits:
-- He used to live in Manhattan and commute for gamedays.
-- When he was in the Navy he used to airdrop Playboy magazines to Russian submarines.
Tidbits:
-- He used to live in Manhattan and commute for gamedays.
-- When he was in the Navy he used to airdrop Playboy magazines to Russian submarines.
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Fencer reregistered wrote:Nice article from 2019. https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2019/05/01/got-the-winding-improbable-journey-celtics-voice-mike-gorman/Y1CBHdQymaFwCqF5mzFkoM/story.html
Tidbits:
-- He used to live in Manhattan and commute for gamedays.
-- When he was in the Navy he used to airdrop Playboy magazines to Russian submarines.
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Legend.. GOAT.
Congrats. It's an honor to have this man do our games. Just a fantastic human and professional.
Congrats. It's an honor to have this man do our games. Just a fantastic human and professional.
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Mike should tell the same anecdote that Tommy did, including cranking up the middle finger.
Spoiler:
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31to6 wrote:Mike should tell the same anecdote that Tommy did, including cranking up the middle finger.Spoiler:
Per the link above, Mike DOES swear at Patrick Ewing every time he sees him.
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By the way, I've always thought Gorman was very comparable to Breen, so it's fitting that they go into the HoF in consecutive years.
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Well deserved, question for the hall...
Tommy Heinsohn wrote:The game is not over until they look you in the face and start crying.
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Well deserved!!
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Gorman has been brilliant for a long time, am ecstatic for him.
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Gorman has been brilliant for a long time, am ecstatic for him.
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Bad-Thoma wrote:I was so excited to hear this during the game and it was great to see how much it meant to Mike. Of course he handled it like always, with grace and gave the credit to others. He also said if being in gives him a voice he's going to do what he can to see that Tommy becomes the first person is as a player, coach, and broadcaster.
Tommy should become the first 3-time Hall of Famer.
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Well deserved. Mike is the best and if it helps Tommy get in 3x all the better.
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Great to see! I'll miss him when Mike walks away from the mic.