The Celtics have 17 Championship flags - 16 of them belong to Red Auerbach as either coach or executive. What was Red's longest drought without a Title as coach? One year! Yes - one year - 1958. As an executive, Auerbach's longest Title drought was five seasons, from 1977-1980, prior to the assembling of the Big-3 of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish. The present Celtics are 21-seasons-sans-Championship and counting.
When Bill Russell and Sam Jones were gone, Red brought in JoJo White and Dave Cowens to pair with John Havlicek.