Charlotte Observer | 05/09/2008 | Bickerstaff will only be appreciated in absence

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First Cup: Friday
Published 5/9/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer: "Bernie Bickerstaff, departing the Bobcats after initially serving as coach and general manager, shunned shortcuts. He left the franchise stronger. The public didn't appreciate that.Those first three seasons, people kept asking me why this retread was coaching the team. They wanted somebody younger and fresher, I guess because in these Web-driven, instant-gratification times, if you're not new you're not happening. Sam Vincent was new as new gets. How'd that turn out? Bickerstaff did two jobs -- he was ...

Bickerstaff calls it quits
Published 5/9/2008 by George Washington III at Bobcat Bonfire
... Bernie Bickerstaff, the first coach and GM of the Charlotte Bobcats, has decided to leave the organization . Considering he has been virtually silent since the hiring of Sam Vincent, it isn’t surprising that now with Larry Brown on the job, Bickerstaff  might want to call it a career, at least in Charlotte. There has been speculation that he would end up in New York with Donnie Walsh, but nothing has been confirmed. Looking back at Bickerstaff’s run with the ‘Cats, you can see both ups and downs. He traded up in 2004 to get Emeka Okafor and took Gerald Wallace in the expansion ...

Bobcats commenters on Charlotte.com need help
Published 5/9/2008 by George Washington III at Bobcat Bonfire
... Bobcats in the Charlotte Observer, the largest paper in the state. Now, as a blogger, I really have no animosity towards him; he’s got the access, I’ve got this. But he does his job, writes up the game reports and features when they occur competently, and generally is pretty inoffensive. Many of the commenters on his stories at charlotte.com, however? Completely unhinged. I already mentioned today the departure of Bernie Bickerstaff from the Bobcats organization and linked to Rick’s story . In it he says: He understood that successful expansion is about investing playing time ...