Boston Celtics while shooting baskets at Brandeis University during the offseason. The Celtics honored his memory by retiring his number 35. With Kevin McHale having retired after the Celtics' playoff loss to the Hornets, Boston's original Big 3 era came to an end in 1994 upon Robert Parish's signing with Charlotte. The team collapsed, finishing out of the playoffs with a 32–50 mark. In 1994, the Celtics hired former player and legendary towel-waving cheerleader M. L. Carr as the team's new vice president of basketball operations. Working alongside general manager Jan Volk, Carr selected University of North Carolina star Eric Montross with
Come On Do the Jerk Jerk" on a telecast of the syndicated Detroit – based teen dance party show Teen Town . The song appears on several Miracles "Greatest Hits" collections, having first appeared on their album, Greatest Hits Vol.2 The song's flip side, "Baby Don't You Go", was also a popular regional hit but was not released on CD until "The 35th Anniversary Collection" in 1994. Both sides of this single received new stereo mixes for the 2002 compilation "Ooo Baby Baby: The Anthology." See "The Miracles" perform "Come On Do The Jerk" at this link Come On Do the Jerk Come On Do