Larry Bird was often a jerk with teammates, and had that famous postgame statement after the blowout loss to the Lakers in the finals: “we played like a bunch of women tonight “. The team responded with McHale's famous clothesline of Rambis in a win. In today’s media, and PC environment, Bird would have gotten crucified for that statement.
Don't mistake being a jerk for leadership, that comment turned the series around.
Great players demand excellence from their teammates, and most often they don’t do it kindly
I agree with you 100%, but I think we lack a guy who demands excellence at this time. That includes our present roster and our coach and I am a great CBS guy. It starts with demanding excellence from yourself, and right now do we truly have that? Perhaps, but if someone if doing to their team
mates I don't see the results.
Yeah this was not Ainge critiquing the players, it was Ainge taking shots at the media/fans.
I disagree, Ainge could care less about the media and the fans and what they think and guess what he did the unthinkable and traded KG and PP. He does not loose any sleep about the fans and the media.
It was totally directed at our players, who have been sulking about playing time and afraid of stepping on each other's toes. Ainge could care less what the media says and thinks or us.