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...long-standing Celtic fan (I stayed up late at night while in grade school to watch the Celts beat the Lakers in the late fifties and early sixties), I enjoyed reading your article on the demise of the Cs. However, Auerbach is not the culprit. He is the victim...
...longest droughts in Celtic history (drought defined as consecutive years without a championship) have occurred during years when the ownership of the Celtics was not committed to winning championships. In the early 70s, John Y. Brown's ego forced Red to actually contemplate switching to the Knickerbockers. The current 'kid Gaston' era is an even bigger disgrace. Money won't be spent on free agents; there will no inventive trades around the salary cap (or mounting a legal challenge to the rule set up to keep the Celts and Lakers at bay); they won't hire competent coaches and general...
Headlines that once read "Celtic Pride" now read "Celtics Continue Slide" or the more tragic, "Celtic Dies." But not even dark humor can redeem Boston's embarrassing season. This is no film noir. It's a horror show...
...sadly, Red Auerbach, the man who built the great Celtic dynasties of the 1960s and 1980s, is largely responsible for the franchise's collapse...
...Cullinanes are the parents of two Harvard alumni and have served as Co-chairs of the Harvard-Radcliffe Parents Fund for three terms. Being of Celtic origin themselves--John's family is from Ireland while Diddy's are from Scotland--the Cullinanes later joined the Friends of Harvard Celtic Studies...