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From: rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher)
Newsgroups: net.sport
Subject: Re: Bill Russell being replaced...
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Date: Wed, 19-Oct-83 14:11:05 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 19 14:11:05 1983
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I've felt that Bill Russell was not too good as a commentator.
While he certainly knows the game as well as anyone, his comments
are almost always typical cliches and trite basketball "truths",
such as:

The defense has to hang tough now!
They have to stop giving up those easy points!
The key to this game has been the shifts in momentum!
The team who scores the most points in the final quarter is going
    to win this game!  (score tied after three quarters)

The above are all actual coments made during last season.  I've
gone through whole games where there haven't been any better comments
The epitome was when Russell quoted John Wooden (I think), "When the going
gets tough, the tough get going!"