Carr and Ford Discuss Future

June 16, 1994

M.L. Carr and Chris Ford met for more than two hours yesterday, and both came away certain of at least one thing: The 1994-95 Boston Celtics will not be like the 1993-94 Celtics. They may not even have the same coach.

Celtics go Burlesque with ML

June 21, 1995

CELTICS GO BURLESQUE

"Mirror, mirror on the wall, Who's the fairest of them all?

Me."

-M.L. Carr

No, M.L. Carr didn't really recite his own little version of the old nursery rhyme Monday.

But he should have. Wasn't that the message?

Of all the coaches he could have chosen to be the new coach of the Boston Celtics, ol' M.L. came up with himself.

Introduction of ML Carr as New Head Coach Unsettling

June 20, 1995

There was a time, many years ago, when the naming of a head coach of the Celtics was something of a coronation.

I believe Walter Cronkite was on the scene, live, when Bill Russell replaced Red Auerbach as head coach.

These days, a Celtics press conference isn't much more than "Live at the Improv." And so it was yesterday afternoon as the Celtics unveiled M.L. Carr as their new head coach.

A Day in the Life During the ML Carr Era

A Day in the Life During the ML Carr Era

June 2, 1995

The day began like any other for M.L. Carr. The alarm in his FleetCenter efficiency apartment-luxury box went off at 4:30 a.m., leaving just enough time for Carr to slip into his waterproof electronic gear and hit the shower.

Gastclown Gets Last Laugh

June 20, 1995

No, it isn't. Not funny in a "ha-ha" sense, at least not if you happen to be interested in the fortunes of the Boston Celtics. But M.L. Carr naming himself coach of the team is funny in an alternate sense, more along the lines of funny as in weird, bizarre or inexplicable. So in that sense, yeah, it most certainly is funny.

ML Carr Re-Ups with C's

Summer 1983

Free agent forward/guard M.L. Carr is expected to sign a two-year contract with the Celtics over the weekend. "We expect to finish it tomorrow," Celtics general manager Red Auerbach said yesterday. "M.L. will probably be out at camp." Auerbach's annual rookie camp opens in Marshfield today. No. 1 pick Greg Kite, ex-CBA guard John Schweitz, free agents Greg Stewart and James Ray, plus nine other Boston draft selections will participate in the scrimmages which begin tonight at Marshfield High School at 7:30.

Auerbach said that veterans Gerald Henderson, Dennis Johnson and Kevin McHale also plan to participate before the rookie camp closes next Thursday. The 32-year-old Carr has been with the Celtics since 1979. His last contract, which paid him $315,000 in 1982-83, expired at the end of last season, and the Cleveland Cavaliers were reportedly interested in his services. Auerbach wouldn't discuss Carr's contract terms, but the Celtics had made it clear they would expect Carr to take a pay cut after playing only only 11 minutes and averaging 4.3 points last year.