Flash from the grave: Red Auerbach Beats Phil Jackson with His Cigar

  Police say the 86-year old coaching legend waited outside Jackson’s front door for him to retrieve his morning paper then attacked him from behind, beating him about the head with a stale 12-inch cigar until Jackson fell dead. Auerbach reportedly then wiped the cigar clean, lit it up and smoked it before snuffing it out on Jackson’s pulpy face.Then returned to the grave. “Red never viewed Phil as his equal,” said Jerry West, former general manager of the Lakers who is currently with the Grizzlies. “He always thought Phil was way too smug for someone who won simply because he had Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant. And there’s definitely some truth to that. But violence was not the answer. History would have decided who was the better coach. That Buddha-quoting hippie Phil Jackson destroyed Red's legacy. He coached in an age in which there were Hall of Famers on every team, not in this horribly diluted league of ... (link)