Evening star., 1963-05-04
SlEGH AT LARGE
Reds Records
All His Own
By MORRIS SIEGEL

IN THE FIRST II YEARS of his professional basketball
coaching career, Red Auerbach has racked up a few
records not likely to be cracked any time soon.
No other coach has many consecutive world
championships fve) has been much three times
by enraged fans who didn't like to be punched around
has been fined much tan estimated 100000 for raising
his voice and committing other high crimes against referees
and umpires.
Auerbach, who has intention of not beginning his
18th semester of coaching won practically
everything pro basketball offer except the affection
of referees Melowed and longer red doesn't plan
to devote the rest of his coaching life the pursuit
making basketball court happier place for official
TO blow whistle.
"I understand of those officials are actually nice
guys socially Auerbach said In disbelief However
have no interest in finding out for myself"
NEXT SEASON UNDOUBTEDLY will be the toughest
Auerbach has encountered since he founded and coached
the original Washington Caps in 946 Boston Celtics
will be playing without peerless Bob Cousy for the first
time in IA years.
Many coaches undoubtedly would have followed their
superstar into retirement not Auerbach "If they've
got to take their Jumps he but not at all convinced
the team WILL Il want to be there and get my share
Auerbach with his nasty penchant of OVERRIDING the
season by always being in the payoffs is Public Enemy
No of the impacable basketball foe who regards the
first tapoff of the year as enough
WHEN AUERBAcH DOES RETIRE probably after he
completes 2Oyear reign he definitely won't coach again
1t also is rather definite that he won't have to work
either. His sideines include partnership in Boston
restaurant, celophane packagng business,
basketball camp and royalties from Red Auerbach"
basketball shoe
Today Red has 1t made in many respects. II he isn't
the games only sef-made coach he is unqueSonably it's
most successful At 27 and fresh of the Navy Auer
bach first talked the late Mike Une into fielding team
in the original Basketball Association of America and
followed this coup by talking Ulne into hiring him
a coach.
1t pretentous undertaking for a basketball nut
vhn 0olv arbin .irh
school level Red the job field OF many
prominent candidates by using uncanny sales pitch
He backed up his early bid to become a genius with
list of players he already had recruited when he first
read about the formation of big time pro league The
list included Johnny Norander Bob Feerick Bones Nc
Kinney and Fred scolari.
THE SALARY BUDGET FOR THE 1857 Caps was all
of $sooOO which included 10 players salaries and Auer-
bachs pay OF $1,000 Today there individual players
in the NBA whose salaries approach that figure On the
original Caps Bob Feerck easily top banana-at $4,000
q year
the BAA forerunner Of the NBA but generally they all
failed THE concentration Eastern players par
tcuarly from New York" Auerbach explained. 1T
cliqush Either you from the East or you didn't
get job The style Of play was too much the same"
Auerbach had a solution. For a few extra bucks in
transportation costs he told Uline, he could bring in
players from all with different techniques different
shots and different styles Of play Une agreed 10 pick
up the tab.
RED, AT 27, WAS STEPPING into league knee deep
in name coaches Joe Lapchck running the Knicks
Honey Russell abdicated his position at Seton Hall to
coach Boston Kenny Loeffer quit Yale for Providence
and swede Olsen left Ohio State for Chicago All we're
name tutors
One formula has guided Auerbach these II years.
Each year when he assemblies his squad for the first
practice he tells the players Your salary does not depend
on how many points you II depends your
trbution-on the road, chiefly"
At home Red says, the players do no wrong In
the eyes Of their fans on the road where only nv
are the ones that count they've got produce most
Red is restless type His questoner asked him II
he minds interviews Love them grnned the 5-foot- 10
former CIV player, who for months year is sur
rounded by outlandsh giants ut gives me chance to
talk down TO somebody for change"