[Ads-l] QOTY candidate, from Steve Kerr

[Jonathan Lighter]

But an even more famous coach observed long ago that "Winning isn't
everything...."

QOTC?

JL


On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 9:51 PM, Geoffrey Nunberg <
nunberg at ischool.berkeley.edu> wrote:

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> Subject:      Re: QOTY candidate, from Steve Kerr
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> Local sports talk radio was having a lot of fun with this, not =
> surprisingly. My view is that he should simply have told the truth about =
> starting Iguodala in place of Bogut and pledged the press to secrecy.
> Geoff
> > (coach of the Golden State Warriors, explaining that yes, he lied in =
> telling the press before the crucial Game 4 that he wasn't planning any =
> lineup changes)
> >=20
> > "Sorry, but I don't think they hand you the trophy based on morality," =
> Kerr said. "They give it to you if you win. So sorry about that."
> >=20
> > cf. e.g.=20
> > =
> http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2015/story/_/id/13063006/2015-nba-finals-g=
> olden-state-warriors-coach-admits-lying-plans-game-4-starting-lineup =
> <
> http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2015/story/_/id/13063006/2015-nba-finals-=
> golden-state-warriors-coach-admits-lying-plans-game-4-starting-lineup>
> > =
> http://abc7chicago.com/sports/steve-kerr-admits-to-lying-before-game-4-abo=
> ut-starting-andrew-bogut/779707/ =
> <
> http://abc7chicago.com/sports/steve-kerr-admits-to-lying-before-game-4-ab=
> out-starting-andrew-bogut/779707/>
> >=20
> > (You'll note that he didn't really seem all that sorry.)
> >=20
> > LH
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