I can appreciate the fact that the Celtics are doing everything they can to distract their fans from the impending doom of the 2013-14 season. Tonight, their latest newsworthy item is they have added former C's legend (at least according to broadcaster/crazy old man Tommy Heinsohn) Walter McCarty to be an assistant coach under new head coach Brad Stevens.
We can't chalk this up as totally a PR move since Walta does have some coaching experience: at Louisville (2007-08) with Rick Pitino (his head coach at Kentucky) and the Pacers (2010-11). He reportedly beat out another fan favorite-James Posey-for this last coveted spot on the bench. The funny part about McCarty being hired is that he's three years older (39) than Stevens. The other assistants are Ron Adams (longtime NBA assistant), Micah Shrewsberry (Stevens' assistant at Butler) along with Jay Larranaga and Jamie Young (holdovers from Doc Rivers' staff).
In a weird way, it'll be nice to see a familiar face in all those huddles while the Celts are getting pummeled by teams across the NBA. Walter stayed close with the franchise, he was often spotted sitting in a courtside seat the last few seasons so he should have some good ideas about the current roster. If nothing else, this will allow us to dig out all those old Walta jerseys and t-shirt jerseys with his name on them and pretend that they have value again, that is assuming that they ever did in the first place.
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