May 31, 1983
Section: SPORTS
HEINSOHN MAY REPLACE FITCH
Former Boston Celtics coach Tommy Heinsohn said he is so interested in rejoining the team he will lower his salary demands, which were so high negotiations failed with another NBA franchise.
Heinsohn has said he has no hard feelings from his 1978 firing and sees no reason why the Celtics would not want him back.
''I'm willing to take less money to coach them than I would want for doing the same thing anywhere else,'' Heinsohn said. ''I don't think salary would be an issue or stumbling block the way it was in my negotiations with the (Houston) Rockets.''
Celtics coach Bill Fitch's resignation Friday capped a week of announcements that shook the team. Owner Harry Mangurian said he was selling the team because he could not resolve differences with Boston Garden management. Celtics president and general manager Red Auerbach said he was reconsidering retirement. Fitch cited his departure on the possibility of both Mangurian and Auerbach leaving Boston.
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