Comments on: Red Auerbach – Victory Belongs to the Team http://coachingcommons.org/coaching-history/red-auerbach-victory-belongs-to-the-team/ Where Radical Possibilities are Explored & Pursued Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:20:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Vikki G. Brock http://coachingcommons.org/coaching-history/red-auerbach-victory-belongs-to-the-team/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Vikki G. Brock Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:51:53 +0000 http://www.coachingcommons.org/hall-of-fame/red-auerbach-victory-belongs-to-the-team/#comment-690 Hi Dean, I just returned from Europe or would have responded more quickly. You are right on target about his contribution in the area of diversity - in a time when it was not always popular. Thanks for this contribution, Vikki Brock, director Division of History and Archives Hi Dean,

I just returned from Europe or would have responded more quickly. You are right on target about his contribution in the area of diversity – in a time when it was not always popular. Thanks for this contribution,

Vikki Brock, director
Division of History and Archives

]]> By: dean http://coachingcommons.org/coaching-history/red-auerbach-victory-belongs-to-the-team/comment-page-1/#comment-672 dean Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:37:50 +0000 http://www.coachingcommons.org/hall-of-fame/red-auerbach-victory-belongs-to-the-team/#comment-672 Vikki, Red was also a humanitarian in a time of great racial injustice. Red brought in black players with the biggest being eventual superstar Bill Russell. In Russell's book he describes how his home was broken into with the intruders leaving behind feces and urine in his bed. Red understood talent no doubt. He got the best out of his talent as well. But Red's true contribution was that he did not buckle under to the racists of Boston--he stood for humanity. Dean -- the inner architect Vikki,

Red was also a humanitarian in a time of great racial injustice. Red brought in black players with the biggest being eventual superstar Bill Russell. In Russell’s book he describes how his home was broken into with the intruders leaving behind feces and urine in his bed.

Red understood talent no doubt. He got the best out of his talent as well. But Red’s true contribution was that he did not buckle under to the racists of Boston–he stood for humanity.

Dean — the inner architect

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