Doc: "Either you’re on the bandwagon or you’re off"

You’re either in or out. Either be a fan or stay home.

I don’t think he meant we should blindly believe our team can win. Any team can win it all. It’s a fan’s job to support the team and cheer them on as far as they go. There’s a difference between being optimistic and thinking your team can’t lose.

What about the other 21 “bad nights” since Christmas?
They don`t count?

47-27 is still a good record….the regular season is just there so we can make it to the playoffs…now that we have…just let it play out…speculating on it and going over it again and again is not gonna make a shred of difference…i think what doc means is if your a believer then ur gonna believe in the team..they made it to the playoffs…all teams start at 0 in the playoffs.. (homecourt issues notwithstanding) and from there its up to the team..for the whole season they have been claiming they will show up when it matters..and i believe they will…atleast they will give their all…banner 18 is on the way…just stick behind the big 3….no use adding to the doubters (everyone else in the league) who dont give this team a shred of a chance..i think thats what getting on or off the bandwagon means…so leave it at that!

Doc was not talking to or about the fans. He is talking to and about the media.

I certainly hope Doc is a bandwagon fan of this team, as he uses the word. If so, little wonder the team has shown so little improvement/consistency/adaptability throughout the season, and from quarter to quarter. One (non-bandwagon) fan can only hope that seeing the same team (at least) four games in a row will enable Doc and the team to adjust to what they are trying to do. I mean, you didn’t see KD, or DWade, or LBJ coming?

Since when does Doc care what other people think? He needs to quit listening to the doubters and get back to the drawing board because this team’s margin of error is razor thin, something that magnifies his iffy in-game adjustment skills.

Then I guess that I am off the band wagon because it needs to go into the garage for repairs. Its got a couple flat tires, a leaky radiator, a clogged fuel line and there is something wrong with the turbo.

Centers around positive fans vs. negative fans and bandwagon jumpers and so on.

I think it’s safe to say ANYONE who posts here all the time, watches all the games, gets angry and argues on a regular basis and gets up and down with the fortunes of the team etc is ANYTHING BUT a bandwagon fan.

Can we please agree not to accuse people of being bandwagon fans on this site?

(And yes – I realize Doc was talking about the media)

A little history lesson called the “Memorial Day Massacre”. In the 1985 championship series against the Lakers the Celtics started off with a huge victory, 148-114. Everyone, except the Lakers, thought it was over. However, the Lakers went on to defeat the Celtics in 6 games, the first time the Lakers every beat the Celtics in a championship series. The lesson…one game, whether it is the Celtics crushing the Lakers or the Spurs embarrassing the Celtics, is not the final indication of what a team is capable of.

As much as the Celtics have me concerned I am still on the same “bandwagon” I have been on for the last 50 years.

Go Celtics!!!!

So with all due respect Doc, perhaps you don’t have to convince me to like or dislike you with your words, but your team has to prove it on the court.

Doc hit a nerve!

Regardless of what he says…Even he`s off the bandwagon!

The most frustrating thing for me, as a fan, is that the Celtics never admit that there is something wrong. They keep saying it was injuries, or come playoffs they will be ready. It would be nice if they could say we have too many turnovers, commit too many fouls, our bench is inconsistent, and our defense is not what it should be, but we are working on fixing these issues. The first step to rehab is admitting you have a problem.

Doc needs to follow Al Skinner ……….out the door….

As much as I like Doc and defended Doc…..time has run his course and it’s time for some new fresh blood…. He’s certainly no Jerry Sloan

Somehow, someway the great teams can play a lesser team even for 45 mins but find the way to win in the end. This is no longer one of those teams. I’ve called Rasheed lazy etc here but I have to give the old dog props. He came to play last night.

I was in my great seats, loving a great game. Rondo vs Westbrook was the best. That kid has jets. Jeff Greene…totally impressive. Durant….amazing. What a stroke. Krystic….does a good job keeping ball alive. Sefolosha….nice player. And all young.

Doc & Thibs, why didn’t you try Tony on Durant? Please don’t give me the conventional “Daniels is 2” taller". He was eating Ray and Daniels up. Tony should have gotten some minutes to see if he could deny Durant the ball or hawk his dribble.

That was a really fun game to watch. The call on Pierce was truly atrocious. But great teams win games like that. Somehow.

Ancient Red, Doc is still good at the player ubuntu and all that. He should get a new technician for D or challenge Thibs to be more creative. Teams have adjusted to what we do and we haven’t adjusted back. Unless they are saving such up for the playoffs (and my hope is eternal on that) they aren’t going far. Champion teams, at home, in full health puts down upstarts like Oklahoma.

I put a celtics Jersey on him and we’ve rooted for the Cs ever since…through all the bad times and we watched them beat the Lakers in game 6 to win it all ! In a Boston bar in LA!
Through thick and thin! Just because you criticize them doesn’t mean youre not a fan… But you always need to hope they win!

I remember watching the sox the year they won the world series… Playoff game #4 against the yankies …down 3 games to 0 … late innings..I had no hope…been kicked in the teeth too many times by the Yankies…the camera zoomed to a young girl about 14 …she had a sox hat on and both fingers crossed… I thought if she still has hope I should too…then Roberts steals 2nd base…
A fan should never give up rooting…
But Doc was talking to the media…a different group…their job is to be critical and not necessarily care whether the team wins or not!

I hope we can get it together and have trouble understanding why we’ve been so muddled

Because I think we won’t win doesn’t mean I won’t be crushed…I am already crushed thinking we just can’t do it.

I will root for them and not give up hope until the end. I’ll watch nearly every minute. Am I a bad fan??

Needs to go, sorry. He continues to feed us BS excuses after every game on what went wrong. I live in Florida and get to watch some of the Magic game and SVG is one hell of a coach. And when he loses, he tells it to you straight on what happened. Doesn’t blow smoke up your tail pipe.

Doc seems like he is clueless at times on what is happening. How many times has the other team gone on a massive run and he won’t even bother to call a timeout to stop the bleeding and regroup? or The many times he goes full bench so we can get slaughter by the other teams’ starters. I don’t even want to get started on him pulling a player off the court that is playing great just to sub in a starter to get those minutes???

I will always be a celtic for life. I don’t mind losing, can’t win them all but to play with no heart or hussle is disheartening to watch. This team looks beautiful on paper but has the chemistry of a pickup group at the YMCA.

We need to get back on track and I believe change will start at the top, the coach.

This season and the upcoming playoffs has been and will be a one game and one series at a time kind of year. The team has a lot of moving parts, so to speak, to get in sync and they have a chance in any series they play. I think Doc is really trying to say, let’s talk about the game and the team, but let’s not assess their chances to win the whole thing after every game, with the tone of the questioning depending on how the team did that night. That is the way many react here and on other blogs.

The team did a lot of things right last night, but could not stop Durant and could not keep Oklahoma off the glass for second chances that probably kept the Thunder in it and probably killed them more than Durant. A bad call or two in key moments also hurt their chance to win. It’s a scary game not to win, but Oklahoma’s a young team that can be scary good on some nights.

Ideally you have the main pieces of your team together, gaining consistent and confidence through the bulk of the season. Not the case for this team, so it will take a degree of belief by the players in themselves and their supporters in them, coaches and fans, to keep them positive, which is the best chance they have for working to come together to pull off series wins and hopefully enough of them to get the championship.

Do I think the team has as good a chance to win it all as I did at the start of the season? No. Do I think they can and hope they will? Yes and yes. I think that that is about as much as a fan can ask for, with health circumstances and some breaks having a big say in the ultimate outcome in most years, aside from those rare seasons that are seemingly seasons of destiny.

the celtics play this year is attrocious and next year needs to be a complete housecleaning—-bad atitudes should be a ticket to another team—-and fans should leave at halftime as a statement to the celtics poor 2nd half play throughout the season—-i guarentee the celtiocs will be in a funk come playoff time—-they practiced real hard for that!!!11

players on the other hand have to get ready for the next game and can’t dwell on losses. COaches are the same; if they dwelled on losses they would go crazy. I get what Doc is saying but his approach is too simplistic and is unrealistic when it comes to sports fans who are emotional by nature. I don’t think Doc is placing enough weight on how demoralizing these home losses have been to fans. Each loss strips away a little hope and the losses to Cleveland,NJ,Milwaukee,Memphis, Cleveland ( again), Utah and the SPurs ( 4 of those being at home) tore away at the fan’s belief that this team could win a title. THis team has done very little this year to inspire and instill the loyalty that Doc thinks the fans should give. It’s hard to believe when every time there’s an opportunity to beat they good team, they blow it.

what I wrote yesterday, that among numerous culprits (refs, the Pope, daylight saving times, but certainly not Doc or the players) it’s the fans who must bear responsibility for the Celts lousy play. Maybe if they divvied up their millions—which apparently does not provide inspiration enough—with the hoi polloi, then the same hoi polloi might prove faithful until death do us part.