Jerry Krause is sticking to his principals on an issue he cares about.
Mike McGraw of the Arlington Heights Daily Herald reports:
Former Bulls general manager Jerry Krause says there’s a simple reason why he’s not in Springfield, Mass., this weekend for Michael Jordan’s enshrinement in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Krause is sending a Tex message.
Years ago, Krause made a vow never to return to the Hall of Fame unless Winter – a longtime Bulls assistant and creator of the triangle offense – was voted in.
“I would be a heck of a hypocrite if I went back on my word not to walk into that building,” Krause said Friday on WSCR’s Danny Mac Show.
“Many years ago I was on the Hall of Fame committee for five years. I resigned in a very public manner for a reason. The reason was because Tex Winter was not on the ballot one year. The committee had no say in who was on the ballot. The committee had no meetings. It was all done by mail and you did not know who the other committee members were.”
I’d say Tex Winter definitely deserves to be in the Hall of Fame more than a few others who have been inducted over the last four or five years.
