Dba - Excellent article.

I was very surprised by this. I would have thought for sure that the old Celtics had played more mins. They were historically known for having no bench.

Flip still insists they weren't tired, and would have won if they only listened.

Sometimes Flip is an idiot.

16 Mile, did Flip actually say that they would have won if they only listened? Did he get specific about what they didn't listen to that he was saying? I'm just curious when and what context he would outright blame the players. Considering they will all be playing together again this season, it would be good to know if they just stopped listening to him at all, or ignored the game plan, or just did whatever they wanted. Any more juicy details about this?

Re the topic, hopefully Flip will feel more comfortable speading the minutes this year if he isn't in pursuit of HCA. I think it's going to be pretty important for Chauncey and Tay that they are not run into the ground.

Good post, aurorakmw. Sometimes, people need to be held accountable when they just make something up as if it was fact.

He has changed his tune. Says he will play and develope the bench more next season, even at the expense of a few games. Think it was part of the talks he had with Dumars where if he wants to keep his job then he better follow through. Flip was just drugged with the talent. Fell into the same trap as LB. We had a unique situation with how good our core 7 was and the natural tendancy would be to overplay them. Would not have killed Dumars to have mention something sooner though.