Gomes

[Eric Albert]

Last year, the Celtics had their first two-game winning streak
on December 19th-21st.  They *never* won three games in a
row.

If they win tonight (which is by no means assured!), that
would be a huge step forward.  Heck, if they lost tonight and
then had another two-game winning streak this month, that
would be a big improvement.

-- Eric


>asterix ninetynine <asterix_9_9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>By faring well, I assume you mean they have to win all three games?  At which point they will have put together a 5 game winning streak.  Are there any other teams that have won 5 in a row this season?
>
>Seems to me that if they pull that off it would be a HUGE statement that they are on the right track.
>
>
>
>Eggcentric at aol.com wrote: < You know, after the last two games, considering just how bad they
>looked at times before (despite the small margins of loss it wasn't
>accidental they lost) and just how much of a sudden turnaround this
>is, if I was a conspiracy theorist (which trust me I'm not), I'd
>wonder if the first few games were setting up some emotional
>extortion with Doc that they held his job in their hands and now that
>that's been made clear they can go about their business....>
>- Kim
>
>Emotional extortion?   How about we were/are just that bad? 
>
>Following our 1-6 record and pathetic helter-skelter play, we 
>had no way to go but up even if temporarily.    And who better 
>to go up against than disappointing dysfunctional Indiana and 
>"young" Portland.   While many of Red's old Celt protégés have 
>gone on to become successful coaches, it's ironic that 
>Bird, McHale, and Ainge have been less than successful 
>as general managers.    
>
>If we are going to win more than two games in a row, the time
>is now.   We're at NY tonight, at Charlotte Wednesday, and home 
>again against NY next Friday.   If we don't fare well in these next 
>three games, the pressure will once again be on management 
>to make a statement, a coaching change. 
>
>Like many of you, I'd love to see Danny take over as head coach 
>as he would almost certainly be an improvement over good
>old media-friendly Doc.   Bob Ryan and Jackie Mac in
>particular, love this guy for a reason.    But mostly I'd love to 
>see Danny as head coach because it would finally put to rest 
>THE BIG QUESTION.   Are our present coaches that inept or 
>are the majority of our players simply too dumb -ass 
>(intellectually-challenged) to comprehend Basketball 101 
>no matter how many semesters of tutoring they receive? 
>
>Of course we can't get our hopes up, because there's less
>than a 1% chance of Danny agreeing to coach this team.   
>He's certainly smart enough to have noted the Isiah 
>debacle.
>
>     "What, me attempt to make a tasty salad out of 
>     all these baby greens some idiot GM brought us?"
> 
>Most importantly, assuming the duties of head coach would 
>take Danny away from the only aspect of his job he really
>enjoys and is comfortable at ... scouting.   
> 
>Egg
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