06-19-2021, 04:02 PM
I’m a Hoosier. I was in Indy during the 90s when RC joined Larry Bird’s staff as lead assistant. He ran the offense.
I’m an RC fan. He was highly regarded in Indy, both as an assistant and as HC. The knock on him was not playing young guys or giving them a fair chance to play/grow. Same knock that was purportedly the reason they ran him out of Detroit despite his coach-of-the-year win. Lots of debate in Indy over whether that knock was justified. Same debates as here.
Don’t recall anyone ever saying what a nice guy he is. Ever. Lots of praise for lots of other things. Plays nicely with others not among them.
I’m no expert, and none of my info is first hand. Just relaying my sense of the reporting of his time in Indy.
I’m an RC fan. He was highly regarded in Indy, both as an assistant and as HC. The knock on him was not playing young guys or giving them a fair chance to play/grow. Same knock that was purportedly the reason they ran him out of Detroit despite his coach-of-the-year win. Lots of debate in Indy over whether that knock was justified. Same debates as here.
Don’t recall anyone ever saying what a nice guy he is. Ever. Lots of praise for lots of other things. Plays nicely with others not among them.
I’m no expert, and none of my info is first hand. Just relaying my sense of the reporting of his time in Indy.