In the past few days, Tony LaRussa said this about Bill Bellichick: “He’s interesting. He’s funny. He’s a great friend. I can’t respect our relationship more than I do. He’s about as good a friend as you can expect to have. … If you go to dinner, you’re going to talk about a lot of subjects. It’s real apparent that Bill has no ego. He’s not there to impress you on his championships. He’s just sharing and asking. He shares with guys he knows are interested. It’s like going to graduate school times 100.” This sentiment has been echoed in other forums by Doc Rivers, Tom Thibideau, Bill Russell, Terry Francona, Ozzie Newsome, and Pulitrzer Prize winner, the late David Halberstam. (I’ve got lots more of these people and their praise, all commenting on Bill’s graciousness, charity and lack of ego). And, yet people appearing on WEEI like Johnh Dennis, Gerry Callahan, Dale Arnold, Metaparel, Craig Mustard, (will someone tell Criag, obviously lost in the 20th century that any research expert worth a dime in Boston will tell you the Patriots are # 1 and pulling away)  and Mike and Mutt,  have repeatedly referered to Bill as the evil genius, a Nixon like character, paranoid, miserable and stubborn, with carefully chosen photographs designed to show the coach in the worst possible light. So WEEI fans, who do you believe is more credible, the list of agenda drive reporters whose egos can’t tolerate a coach that has the audacity to not pay homage to them or listen to them, or the list that includes the best manager in baseball, the best coach basketball, the best GM in football and the greatest historian of our time. JUST ASKING. As an addendum, how do Bill and Bob Kraft look compared to the management team at the Kremlin on Yawkey Way?
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what’s your point waterbag ? and what is interesting about it ?  You don’t think a hall of fame QB is going to know the schedule
I feel dumber for having even responded to you

They are holding it back for the playoffs. PLAYOFFS???????????

Boston has no future and will get destroyed in the playoffs
Jeff Green is not the future for Boston
Larry bird was 100 times better than Pierce
All Pierce cares about is being the high scorer and getting the headlines
The Celtics are going to be one of the worst teams in the NBA for a number of years to come
The team was behind by 20 points and Pierce and the looser Jason Terry are laughing
that’s Doc Rivers fault nothing but overpaid Primadonna,s

Weird how “paul” and “steve” write very similarly. They couldn’t be the same loser, correct?!?

The makeup of the team is awful

I see why Dallas did not resign Jason Terry because he has been awful all year. He can not defend and he can not shoot terry needs to retire instead of imbassing yourself

lol. The Jet ran out of fuel, yet once again tonite.

I truly believe that PP cared more about getting “himself” a headline grabber by beating the highly publicized Heat the other night (even though Jeff Green carried the entire game) than about whether his team won or loss. And once they loss, I don’t think he cared as much about that as he did about the loss opportunity for himself to be on SportsCenter as the guy who ended the Heat’s streak. Narcissism gone amok.

Wow. Pierce must be ashamed to share a name with you. The man does a lot to just win and He took the last shot on a 3 that barely missed. I dont know who you want taking the game winner, but I want Pierce. Pierce wants to win thats it.

Still better defense than Ray Ray.

Red Sox will save us from this Chicago-like misery.

Lot of wild reaction here. Good for some laughs. But, bottom line is this. For some reason, this team has been out of sync all year. Just when things are clicking, they go on a losing streak. It happened at the beginning, in the middle, and now end of the year. They are what they are….maddeningly inconsistent and barely coming close to their potential.

Now, to refute some of the comments here:

First, this team is not a bunch of rejects. In fact, at the beginning of the year, the roster has 12 starters or former starters on it. Hardly rejects….though in a couple of cases, maybe retreads. But, Courtney Lee, Jason Terry, Brandon Bass, and Jeff Green were all players that others wanted by others – according to various reports – before they signed/resigned in Boston

Second, to say this team has no future is pure folly. If you look on that court, there are few players over 30 on this team. There are pieces that this team can build around and/or trade to other teams. Look at it this way. They have a young four guard rotation that is solid in Rondo, Bradley, Crawford, and Lee. They small forwards are set at Green and Bass. And, they have a power forward in Sullinger. Not bad set of seven players going forward….and easily built around or traded for pieces. And, it would not be surprising if the Pierce and Garnett trades happen this off season.

As for Doc River, sadly the boards have had a few pieces recently with complaints about Rivers. Really??? He’s the problem???? No…he is playing the crummy hand he is dealt so far this year. Three major injuries. Players in and out of the lineup. New players trying to make adjustments on the fly. Let’s face it…without Rivers, this team would not have gone so far last year.

Sure, this year is not the 50 to 60 win season it probably could have been for many reason. But, this team certainly has a lot to offer. Whether or not we see it this post season is debatable….but it should be seen in the future.

The team is trying to serve two plans…build for the future and play for now. Obviously, the play for now is not working so well…but to abandon the future is truly silly…as it was in 2007.