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Warning to coaches: Reinsdorf vindictive, small
suntimes.com - 5/24/2008
Warning to coaches: Reinsdorf vindictive, small
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Jay Mariotti: It's not breaking news that Jerry Reinsdorf is a bitter, old, vindictive man. At 72, he should be above the crybaby instincts to fire barbs at a basketball coach who rejected him, especially when the Bulls have been a rot-gut oufit in the 10 years since he let the Jordan Dynasty wilt. Yet there he was Friday, on some WMVP-AM program that had to honor him as "a legend'' to coax his presence, suggesting Mike D'Antoni is a coward.

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Bulls Owner Reinsdorf: D'Antoni Picked Knicks Because Defense Scares Him
FanHouse — Filed under: Knicks, Bulls, Chicago, New YorkPerhaps emboldened by Steve Schonwald's incredible gulliness, Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf on Friday renewed his character attacks on would-be Chicago coach Mike D'Antoni. (Reinsdorf, you'll remember, called D'Antoni "rude" for picking the Knicks after telling the Bulls New York did not interest him.) Jay Mariotti of the Chicago Sun-Times transcribed some comments Reinsdorf made on a local radio show. The damning quotes: Quoting his directive ...

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