I got home around 11:45 after the Celtics blew out the Pistons.
I tuned in for about 2 minutes. 3-1.
*Click.*
If I recall, they were down 2-0, with two shots to Seattle's seven within *the first 10 minutes of the game, possibly less.*
To my honest surprise, the problem(s) on this team evidently go well beyond the coaching shortcomings of Jim Montgomery.
Neely and Sweeney hired and fired Sunny Jim.
Sweeney built this roster.
#28 & #91 were, empirically and by general consensus, the best acquisitions to be had at the time, given Boston's needs.
At present anyway, a hefty price tag & term for two major busts.
Prior to the season, I thought this team was built for the playoffs, and to actually contend.
It seems I was wrong.
The common denominators in decision making per Montgomery and the Zadorov/Lindholm pick ups are Cam Neely and Don Sweeney.
Bam Bam & the Professor must depart the scene, at long last.
I would not lay odds on this, as Charlie remains enamored.
Yet the end of SweeNeely is inevitable.
I wish it were sooner.
Unfortunately for all concerned, it will likely be later, when the need for change is obvious beyond argument.
In the meantime, Sweeney will have to do something genuinely significant to alter the roster and its chemistry.
The pressure is on.
