Red Auerbach is getting a patch

We don’t mean to get all cynical concerning the death of Celtics legend Red Auerbach, and please accept that with all sincerity.

There’s a long-standing, completely rational, one-way feud between this site and all Boston fans, and we don’t want that to skew what we’re about to say.

Anyway, word is the Celtics, as expected, are dedicating this season to their iconic leader, and will do so on the court by wearing a tribute patch on their jerseys.

The Boston Celtics will wear a black clover leaf on their uniforms for the upcoming season as a tribute to former coach and general manager Red Auerbach, who died Saturday of a heart attack at age 89.

The clover will appear on the right side of the jersey and will be inscribed with the word “Red” in green lettering.

We don’t claim to have the vibe of Boston fans by any means, but we have this knawing feeling that Red himself would prefer (if anything) a simple black band, like the ones most teams use when they have a death in the organization.

The shamrock with his name just seems like too much, and not something he would want at all, much like Celtic Dance Teams and other such modern “look-at-me-isms”. Are we totally off here?

Other than that, we can’t help but be a little put off by all the columns from the media that read like they were written four years ago with a “insert approximate date paragraph here” field left open at the start. (Link is to NBA.com’s extensive, link-filled coverage.)

Dunno – it all feels a little cold and manufactured to us, but then, we’ve never been good with death and tributes and all of that stuff.

Alas, rest in peace, Red Auerbach – you did a lot for the NBA, which is a league we obviously (we hope it’s obvious) love. Hopefully the Celts can do the impossible and pull off a playoff appearance you this year, allowing the media to unroll their follow-up eulogies they wrote back in 1998.