Kind of hidden in all of the media frenzy over the Telfair robbery and subsequent Fabolous shooting is the fact that Doc wasn't honest with the players or the press. It hasn't set well with ownership, press, or fans.

I am not the biggest Doc fan and most of that stems from his inability to coach defense or use his bigs to their strengths. I am a big fan of defense and love my bigs to play under the basket and own the paint. Doc coaches offense and expects the players to learn defense by playing it while practicing offensive sets. He also likes bigs who wander on the arc looking for an outside shot. I didn't think much of it at the time, but Doc's deceit that night was a big blunder. Things have settled down and Telfair's lawyer is saying that the investigation is over as far as Telfair is concerned, but there is still talk about how Doc handled the matter.

Chris Sheridan brings it up in his Insider Column on ESPN:

With a camera beaming his words back to the living rooms of New England, Rivers looked one of his beat writers in the eye and perpetuated the untruth, going so far as to say he had joked with Telfair that he must have gotten sick from dominating his cousin, Marbury, in the first quarter of the game.

The lie was exposed the following day, and owner Wyc Grousbeck was livid over the way the matter was handled, saying the team should communicate in two ways: By telling the truth or not commenting.

Word going around is that Wyc was furious that Doc lied to the press after Bassy was pulled from the Knicks game and that the Celtics are already thinking about replacing Doc with Rick Adelman, Stan Van Gundy, and possibly Jim Obrien.

The Celtics would have preferred Doc no commented Bassy's departure then appearing like liars to the press.

I'm beginning to think that the "Telfair Incident", when Doc's first instinct was to lie, will be the excuse Wyc needs to replace Rivers.

For an owner trying to establish a nice, clean image for his team, this transgression by his coach must have been unforgivable. Certainly in the cases of Tony Allen and Telfair we're obliged to believe that they are victims until proven otherwise. Doc doesn't have that luxury, he's guilty, with millions of witnesses. His image is permanently tainted with fans and more importantly the Boston media. To Wyc this is deadly serious.