Back to the Boston Celtics Newsfeed

The burden of expectations - how the Celtics high hopes have fans feeling down

Not great Bob!

We have only ourselves to blame. We allowed ourselves to be pumped up by statistical models predicting the Celtics to win 50 plus games. We were lulled into a false sense of accomplishment by a 4-1 preseason record. We convinced ourselves that Brad Stevens could make Thanksgiving Dinner without a turkey.

Now don't get me wrong, it really is still early and way too soon to make dire judgments. We've only completed 4.8% of the regular season. One of our losses was against the still-undefeated Raptors and another one was against the immortal Spurs.