The Forum offices in Inglewood, California
July 1, 1983
VACHON: "You have the Staff Report?"
"Right here."
(VACHON nods.)
"Hmmm ... I dunno. Doesn't look too promising, and that's quite a hefty payroll, yeah? And I see you're listed on here as an Assistant Coach???"
(VACHON snatches the report from J.T.'s fingers and scowls as he reads it.)
VACHON: "C'est quoi, cette merde- ... excuse me, sorry. That was supposed to be removed from there. I have absolutely no desire to be behind the bench. I'll talk to Dr. Buss about it."
"Speaking of being behind the bench, are you going to stay with Perry as Head Coach? With all due respect ..."
(VACHON interrupts.)
VACHON: "No. We're going to let Don go. He's not a bad guy, but it wasn't working out. We were losing too much, and that, combined with the
Mulvey fiasco early last year ... it was just embarrassing for everyone here. That's not the kind of attention we want.
We just wanted to make absolutely certain you were our guy before we let the media know. You can retain the assistant coaches or go with your own guys."
"You're going to let Maguire go, as well?"
VACHON: "Heh heh. We're actually not sure what we're going to do with him. I had someone leak to the media that he's headed to our farm club in New Haven, and someone else leak that we're kicking him upstairs. Just want to ruffle his feathers a bit. You'll see what I mean later. Maguire is a ... volatile personality, to put it mildly. He's really a beauty."
"Gotcha."
VACHON: "Are we gonna look at our scouts next?"
"Well, there's one more guy I want to talk to, if you don't mind."