Felger & Massarotti

Agenda Free Friday Calls // Email of the Day // The Final Word - 4/10 (Hour 4)

38 min
Apr 10, 20267 days ago
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Summary

Felger & Massarotti discuss the Raible Rossini scandal and its impact on Patriots credibility, debate NBA tanking and playoff dynamics, analyze Red Sox lineup decisions, and preview the Masters golf tournament and NFL Draft season.

Insights
  • Winning context matters significantly: fan perception of leadership scandals is heavily influenced by team performance, not just the incident itself
  • NBA structural issues (tanking, load management, foul baiting) undermine competitive integrity more than any single rule change can address
  • Red Sox roster management decisions lack transparency, creating fan frustration even during competitive seasons
  • Playoff seeding and play-in tournaments create unpredictable outcomes that reward tanking strategies over competitive balance
  • Media credibility and personal conduct are increasingly intertwined in public perception, especially for high-profile journalists
Trends
Sports media figures facing increased scrutiny for personal conduct, particularly when conflicts of interest existNBA teams openly pursuing tank strategies despite league attempts to discourage them through draft lottery reformsPlayer load management becoming normalized, reducing competitive intensity in regular season gamesFoul baiting and officiating inconsistency identified as bigger problems than tanking in professional basketballGolf major tournaments (Masters) driving significant viewership and betting interest in spring sports calendarFranchise construction through mid-season trades becoming more aggressive and transparent to fan basesCoaching staff changes and internal power dynamics becoming public storylines affecting team credibility
Companies
New York Post
Published initial story about Raible Rossini meeting with Diana Rossini, breaking the scandal
The Athletic
Investigating Rossini's claims about the meeting and sidelining her pending investigation results
Front Office Sports
Reported on The Athletic's investigation and Rossini's lack of published stories since scandal broke
NBC Sports Boston
Simulcast partner for Felger & Massarotti show
People
Diana Rossini
Central figure in scandal involving Patriots coach; under investigation by The Athletic
Mike Raible
Patriots head coach involved in scandal with reporter; credibility questioned by hosts
Joe Haggerty
Provided weight loss testimonial for Awaken 180 sponsor segment
Roman Anthony
Red Sox outfielder benched despite strong performance; subject of lineup strategy debate
Caleb Durbin
Red Sox player batting second with low average; questioned lineup placement decision
Jayson Tatum
Criticized for dramatic injury recovery narrative and media theatrics post-injury
Steph Curry
Discussed as key player in Warriors' play-in tournament positioning and playoff threat
LeBron James
Mentioned as potential participant in 2028 Olympics basketball, likely his last game
Jim Montgomery
Discussed regarding Blues' recent losing streak and impact on Leafs' draft pick protection
Dustin May
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher facing Red Sox; noted as vulnerable to left-handed batters
Chris Gasper
Mentioned regarding earlier discussion about Red Sox franchise construction
Jared Carrabba
Referenced for comments about Red Sox franchise construction and team direction
David Portnoy
Mentioned as refusing to cover Raible-Rossini story, diverting attention to pool photos
James Hagans
Prospect being called up; hosts predict negative performance without having watched him
Quotes
"Rable is getting what Tatum is a pussy. I have never seen anything like it in my life. This kid talks like he's storming the beaches at Normandy."
Ron from Medford (caller)Early in episode
"Life isn't fair. Just have the owners behind the scenes say, stop making it so obvious that you're tanking, but keep tanking. That's the only logical option."
Sean from Marble (caller)Mid-episode
"I think the people of Boston, Raible, Patriots fans, casual fans, they're going to retain the right to figure out how big a deal this is based on how much winning they do next year."
Matt from Boston (caller)Mid-episode
"The dude drove four hours round trip through the desert to a Fru Fru couples retreat spa hotel. Whether she was there with friends or not, he still drove two hours there, two hours back."
Host (Felger or Massarotti)Late episode
"I swear to God, I've not seen one clip ever of James Hagans, but you heard it here first. That kid's gonna suck."
HostFinal segment
Full Transcript
Is Felger and Mad is your favorite afternoon show? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! Oh, Felger and Mad, Mad! What else have we done today? Bunch of stuff. Um, Rable Roussini, of course, on the board. This report that the athletics now looking at Diana Roussini, she got the support of the editor right out of the shoot. Day one in that New York Post story, but now apparently they're looking into her. Uh, okay, that's on the board. And then the Red Sox lineup tonight at St. Louis. Caleb Durbin, I think he's hitting a buck 11. The last time I looked, something like that. Uh, Caleb Durbin is in the two hole and Roman Anthony is out. Are they facing a left hander tonight? I don't believe so. It's Dustin May. No, it's Dustin May who sucks against lefties. I'm glad to, I remember hearing that earlier in the day. In fact, last week I bet on the lefties on the other team day at homers against Dustin May. So look, I sometimes going on there, I think they just had a day off. Right. Oh, you know, so what? All of a sudden they're given, uh, unless this is your core, uh, saying this part of his health field rotation where everybody sits every fifth day, which I don't like either. Anthony should be in the lineup all the time. Okay. So there's that and, uh, whatever you want. Okay. A lot of you have been waiting patiently. Thank you for hanging on. We do appreciate it. Ron and Medford, longest order of weight. Go Ron. Well, all I can say is this. Vable is getting what Tatum is a pussy. I mean, I have never seen anything like it in my life. This kid talks like he's storming the beaches at Normandy. You imagine Kobe Bryant taking this tact after the horrendous injury he had. Ron, thank you for the call. He had that injury. He didn't do anything like this when he returned. The Tatum drama and the, I, to me is just, I am, there's no way he's that soft. There's just no way you don't get to that level. Having that, uh, approach, you just don't. So he just thinks it's good for the brand and creating the drama to overcome it and just wanting that story. And I think it makes him look ridiculous, frankly, but there's no way he's that soft. And that's what Ron is referring to the pregame interview with Tyler Rook and the carrying on about going to back to Madison Square Garden. I'm just glad I came out of here on my own two feet and like, Oh brother, it's just, it's just way, it's, it's a parody of itself is what it is. Dean and Shoesbury, what do you got, Dean? Uh, Golden State and Charlotte are the two most dangerous teams in the play in. Um, any team led by Steph Curry is still dangerous at this point in time. He could single handedly win a series or two for them. And, uh, Charlotte has the, they're starting lineup as the best five man unit in the NBA by, um, net rating. Who's this? Charlotte. Charlotte. Dean, you're such a contrarian. So you take that starting five over any starting five in the league? Uh, no, I wouldn't, but I, they played really well. I put them in the like top five or 10 maybe. Here's what I'll tell you. I think the Hornets are a tricky draw for a first round matchup tricky only because they play defense and like they sort of dig in there. And they do have some scoring. Uh, so any given week, I mean that can it, can it pull? How do you pronounce it? Can apple. Can apple. Like that little guy can heat up. Yeah, he can shoot between him and ball. Like they get hot for a week or two shooters. Yeah, you combine that with some tight playoff caliber defense. Yeah. The Warriors, who I would love to give you that to as well as if they get out of that plan are going to be going up against San Antonio. They would get okay. See, they're the 10 seed right now. So the Thunder would beat them in three. Yeah, I just don't see that Dean. No, the West is too difficult. So like, you know, you know, I just, I think Charlotte's vulnerable in the, at the rim. They just, you can score all day on them in the paint. Yeah, probably so. So, you know, but, but you had to admit they're more of a threat to Detroit or Boston than is, you know, a play in team to team out West. Yeah, I said earlier, the Celtics are going to have a say in who they play. And I'm not telling you either one has a chance. They could have a, you know, they could have a chance to try. I'm just telling you, they don't want to fight with Orlando physically. They'll beat both of those teams, but they don't want, they don't want to play a physical series. Sean and Marble on the tanking issue. Yes, Sean. Yeah. So here's the thing. First, you guys are wrong as to what the biggest problem is. It's the flopping. It's the, if your fingernails touch, it's a foul. It's, you almost get touched at the foul. That's the biggest problem in basketball. But as far as the system, it doesn't matter. Who gets what pick? There is no way to stop it. I don't care if it's, you know, you guys used to complain about the divisions and the winner of a bad division is that fair over a good team and a tough division or the, the Dodgers have an $800 million payroll and the Marlins have a $40 million payroll. Life isn't fair. Just have the owners behind the scenes say, stop making it so obvious that you're tanking, but keep tanking. That's the, it gets the only logical option. I would agree with you that what's a foul and what's not a foul is a bigger problem. There's some of the games are maddening the foul baiting and the refs giving into the foul baiting. I hate, I hate, I hate, I hate it worse than tanking. I would agree with that. My two biggest issues with the game is that and the good players not playing in the big games. It's just not enough of them. There's not enough truly best on best games in the NBA. Look, if you're going to have this many regular season games, I'm just saying, can we try to make them legit? Like that, that's what my issue is. It struck me earlier in the week, the, between the, the guys sitting out and the tanking, how many legit games do you see all season? That's true. It's a freaking joke. Russell in free trial, a free town on, uh, Rable and Rossini. Yes, Russell. Yeah, I just wanted to say, I think Rable's going to have a new slogan for the team. At the beginning of the year, Diane Rossini come out and play. Yeah. I was, I was ready for a joke. I just don't like that one. Matt in Boston. Go ahead, Matt. Bad joke. Hey guys, also on the Rable Rossini thing and answer your question, your earlier question, Mike, I think the people of Boston, rabbit, Patriots fans, casual fans, they're going to retain the right to figure out how big a deal or judge how big a deal this is based on how much winning they do next year. They win a ton. No big deal. If they don't, this is going to keep going. The con, the context absolutely matters of the team. Like we said before, I mean, I'm confident in this. If, if this were Gerard Mayo or the Patriots were still four and 13 and a cluster bleep and Rable had this thing with Rossini, people would say it's a mess down there. Look at him. He had run around off the field, not doing the job on the field. He doesn't, you know, he would, he'd be treated as a mess personally and professionally. It would all be wrapped up into one and you'd hold it against them and it would, it would have more weight to you if they sucked. Same thing, same conditions, same pitchers, same everything. The record matters how you view that. Oh, definitely. I mean, again, he's fortunate it came out now after a good season. But on, but that caller amplifies the point that we were trying to make with Gasper. They're storing it away. Some people are storing it away. So it has heard of Rable's credibility or his image with the fan base. Now we can debate how much, but if it starts to go bad, you don't think people are going to remember that and bring it up? And I don't know how it doesn't hit you just a little bit. Even if you were a skeptical, cynical person who said these guys are all running around on their wives anyway. Yeah. And Rossini, she's run into this thing before. And so are you really surprised as Rable and Rossini who again has had a history with this? And I knew it anyway. Even if you're that person seeing the picture, how does it not hit you? Of course. Just a little bit. If it's even just a little bit to look at that and go, I mean, I don't know how you don't. Like you just, you just, you're human. That must, must hit you just a little bit. I mean, it has to look. This guy was basically after the way this season went. He was pretty much walking on water around here. So I can't imagine that all of a sudden now that it stays the same way. I don't think it does. Open lines. 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Second weekend in April, third weekend in April. And you know what follows the Mazders? Oh the big board. Time to throw markers baby. The big board. Big board. That's the way that that goes. Is next week the start of it? The Mazders comes, this is the way it is every single year. The fortnight of the big board. Two weeks, just shy of it. Just shy of two weeks. The draft is on the 23rd. We begin throwing markers on the 13th. The Mazders comes to Thursday, Friday before the Masters. What a thing. This is it, it's spring. That's when you know. That's when you know it starts to get real. Back to your calls, Tommy and Lynn. What do you guys say today Tommy? Alright, this is what I gotta say today. Here's what we'll be talking about next week. Here's what we'll be talking about next week. Here's what we'll be talking about next week. Here's what we'll be talking about next week. Here's what we'll be talking about next week. Here's what we'll be talking about next week. Here's what we'll be talking about next week. Here's what we'll be talking about next week. Here's what we'll be talking about next week. Here's what we'll be talking about next week. Here's what we'll be talking about next week. Here's what we'll be talking about next week. Here's what we'll be talking about next week. Here's what we'll be talking about next week. keep your snake in the cage. Joe and Ceebrook, your thoughts. Hey guys, long time. Good to be back on the variable thing. I could give two cracks about what's going on. Just give me a good team. That's all I care about. And since it's been a long time, can I get a quick broom start in here? Yes, you can. Has anybody crawled back from the abyss more than dawn sweetie after the trade deadline last year and what he's constructed for Ross addition, how they're doing this guy went from the basement and I was one of my call for his job, but you got to hand it to him. I think they've done a decent job this year. I would agree. They have doing the thing that I would want them to do, which is not going to the bottom of the league and rebuilding from the middle. And yeah, I think they thread the needle pretty well. And the Carlo trade, the Marchant trade, they're going to have three first round picks next year. They have two in each of the next two drafts to the next right, which begs the question, Kevin, you kept up on the beliefs. I did someone sent me an email that they are in full tank mode, but trying to get into that. So you have their first round pick top five protected. Yeah, the sweet spot is six or seven. So hold on. Very much in danger of losing this pick. I'm getting very nervous. Why? Because they just keep losing. They just keep losing. It's awful. They are like sixth. I think now they are the big game. I think is tomorrow night them in Florida. Florida is behind them in the standings or they're like tied points twice. If they can go out and beat Florida tomorrow night, I think we'll at least enter the lottery having outside of the top five, but yeah, the least really stuck it up here right now. So the right now Toronto's in the sixth lottery. Again, it's top five protected after the ping pong balls. So even if they finish seventh or eighth, if they get the ping pong balls, your, your port, but the odds are really low. Right now, Toronto has only a 7.5% chance of climbing into that top three. I don't think they can finish four or five if I'm not mistaken. I think that's right. So right now they are three points. Oh, I'm sorry. They're only one point ahead. Ahead, if you will, of Seattle in that fifth spot. Correct. They're right there. Yeah, there's six only a point behind and Seattle has a game to catch up. They've played 78 games. What's your recall those weasels? Oh, yeah, tanked away right into protecting that pick. Yeah, they've lost four in a row. Holy crap. If I could add, there was one team that was very, very comfortably behind the Leafs and then they have lost two in a row, but at one point they had points and 15 out of 17. And that was our old pal Jim Montgomery and his blues. And I just, I can just see it as Jim Montgomery letting me down one more time and letting us lose that pick. Wow. That's not good. Yeah. So let's keep an eye on that one this weekend as well. Some reverse scoreboard watching Allen's in Florida on the Red Sox. Hi, Allen. Hey, just before I talk about the Red Sox, quickly, I have a solution for the NBA. The tanking situation. All they have to do is hire Sam Kennedy and he'll make tanking sound like it's the greatest things in this job. Well, job, Allen. You know, two days ago, Devon said a home run. The ball's still going. Won the game last night. A guy by the name of Bogot said a grand slam to win the game in the 11th inning. And we have Durbin batting second and talk about with Grable and everything. These fans are buying this bunch of baloney. It's totally sure this lineup tonight. They're placing a cardinal team that's lousy. They're placing Dustin May, who's been batted around. If they will lose this game, I know it's one game out of 162, but they lose this game tonight. It's really ridiculous. It's a joke. Any word on the lineup mess? Any point? Anything on Anthony? Not that I've seen. No, I just know he's not in there. I was going to try to text some people down there, see if I can find out what the hell is going on. And I haven't heard anything yet. So, you know, we get an answer or let you know. But I agree with Allen. You can't, you're none of your, neither crochet nor gray is pitching this weekend. You get a lamb on the table here. You can't lose this series. If you want to keep people's faith, you cannot lose it. Lisa and Marble. Hi, Lisa. Hello. Sorry, can you hear me? Yes, we can. So I'm in the lottery for the Olympics. Los Angeles, 2028. I am wondering, blue sky question, what events do you think should be most expensive and least expensive? Thank you. Wow. That is an agenda free question. Boy, is that ever talk about off the board? You're asking the wrong. I don't really care about the summer Olympics. Yeah, me either. What should be the most expensive? I don't even know all the Olympics, all the events in the Olympics break dancing. No, no, I'm kidding. I mean, what would you pay for the summer to go see in the summer? Mazen pick beach volleyball. Maybe the 28 Olympics is probably LeBron James's last basketball game. Oh, right. Basketball probably be the most expensive. I couldn't care less about it. I couldn't want to see them beat France by 40 points. No interest. The swimming, maybe? No, I mean, it's worse. It's humid in there. What's the most mark? Is it the fastest man in the world? So again, but that's over in 10 seconds. It is. Then I can get the F out of there. So okay, so that's appealing to me too. I like that. But but boxing with the head gear and everything. I don't know. It's so technical. That's right. They got the stupid head gear. So technical. There's not a lot of knockouts and now I got to Google what events are in the summer Olympics. I mean, the winter I will watch I will watch the winter Olympics. And there's plenty of events that I care about. Although as a spectator, like even skiing, I like some of the jumps, the ski jumps, the snowboard stuff. I go back to the X games. Flag football. Go take your skateboard and go back to the freaking steps of the library. You might get Brady. I mean, there's going to be foot NFL players playing in that thing. There you go, ma'am. Do you want the tickets to the flag football? Tell you the games in the summer Olympics sock. I'm not into it. Archery. You know what? I do like javelin or Javelin. Javelin school. Yeah, the hammer throw. Javelin school or hammer throw. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Javelin. Maybe if there was a crowd you got to throw it into. Javelin. Seriously, these events blow. Paul and Marbra. Hi, Paul. Yeah. I, uh, why do you didn't get a straight answer out of Casper? I mean, did let your wife go to a place like that with another guy, old friend? Come on. I don't know. Yeah, it's Gasper, not Casper. But I think you said Casper at one point too. Not intentionally. Oh, he, Casper as in the ghost as in he ghosted us on that answer. No, if my wife told me, I mean, listen, I don't know. It's totally different. If you're telling your wife or your husband in this case, like again, I gave you the scenario where Diana Rossini says to her husband, listen, Dave, Fred, whatever his name is, this guy's been trying to get my pants for years. He, he gives me stuff. So I'm going to, I'm going to go meet him at the pool, but this is where I'm going and it's because I'm working a story and okay, that's, I'm going and he's like, all right, do what you got to do. And he fully trusts her and okay, like I can, I don't think that that happened here, but like that would be a scenario under which it would be a different dynamic. Yeah. Even if that was the case, the hand holding photo, I would still want an explanation why you holding hands. You teaching you to dance and where are these friends that you've mentioned? There's still holes to their explanations. I'm with Murray. Well, so apparently she's getting probed. I mean, investigated by the athletic as front office sports, Ryan Glass-Biegel. Front office sports, I'm just going to read it to you. Nevertheless, sources told front office sports that the athletic is pressing for proof about Rossini's claim that they were there with other people in the days since the New York post story was published. There has been no public evidence to support the claims. Rossini posted an athletic story by another author on Twitter X on Thursday, but has not published any stories for the outlets since the photos with rabble were released on Tuesday. So yeah, it's a bigger story for her than him. Unfortunately, not quite fair, but I do think it is a bigger media story than it is a bigger football story. Final segment thoughts, calls, emails, last chance to give us a ring. We'll talk to you right after Big Jim Murray gives you an update. Joe Haggerty here between the car, the ranks, two kids in hockey and covering hockey myself. My schedule is absolute chaos, but a few weeks into Awakened 180, I'm down 20 pounds. Awakened 180 weight loss.com. Now more of Felger and Mads on the Sports Hub. Throws like my Aunt Millie. Murray who throws like my Aunt Millie it is, it's the same line every year. Murray who throws like my Aunt Mildred. Millie try to hit the magazine Murray. Shut up. I can't believe Murray damaged the board. Missed again. Oh, that was horrendous. Shut up. Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, you're not slingshotting a marker. That's not gonna work. That's not gonna work. Nope, I'm doing it. Oh, there it is. He missed badly though. Oh, nice throw, Murray. Oh, another miss. Oh, it was horrible. Murray, go ahead. Oh, not bad. Missed the boys. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah. I'm gonna give it the Louis spin. Here we go. Let's go. Let's go, man. Big throw. Yeah, I'm gonna give you the Louis T on spin too. So hold on a second. Hold on. Just go ahead. Just throw it. I'm gonna give you the money. Get it, man. Color money. Color money. Throw in green. Color money. Color money. Color money. Color money. Here comes color money. Color money. Color money. I'm green. Oh, color of money. No, not quite. Color a line. Plus, if you need a big kick late, he's Aussie, right? Yep. So you can't fake with them. Choker, a rare leftover from the class of 2018. 2018? What? This is the worst write up I've ever heard. It's bad. Pro comp, Lucas Nix, retired. Why does this guy play football? That's what it sounds like in the aggregate. Yeah. Felgar Mass Big Board returns Monday. The Supercut of the Week is brought to you by, of course, Supercuts. That brings you to the simulcast here on NBC Sports Boston. When you're thinking about your next haircut, use your head. Head to any of the 120 Boston Improvidence Supercuts salons. Supercuts. Real smart hair. Let's just do a mini lighting round here. Carly Kraft and go ahead, Carl. Yeah, Mike. I wanted to know, well, Matt, what makes it okay for the nerds to give your best player two days off? And then you're still messing up the lineup, you know, even with what you have left. What makes that okay? I'll hang up over here with Jeff. Thanks. Yeah, nothing makes it okay. Again, you're early in the year, you're four and eight. You just had a day off. Roman Anthony should be in the lineup. You're going to get to right, Andrew is vulnerable to left handed batters. He should be in the lineup. Nothing makes it right. Andrew in North Carolina. Go ahead, Andrew. Hey guys. Hey, I'm down in North Carolina, Michigan guys. Just want to let you know, I wanted to answer a nice lady's call who called earlier. Historically, usually the most expensive sport in the Olympics historically has always been the men's 100 meter dash. I'm sorry. Piggy back up. Well, you guys were discussing about a couple of weeks earlier, which is like, what's the best events you think in sports? And for me, I've always thought the men's 100 meter dash is probably the best event on earth. I just figured what's the marquee event? Fastest man in the world. Fastest man in the world. Bingo. Fastest man in the world. Yeah, that's right. I mean, it was the first thing that popped into my head, but, but it's also 10 seconds. Not even, which right even better. Andrew and run them. Go ahead, Andrew. Andrew and run them. Just wanted to get your thoughts really about the Philadelphia Eagles trading with the, uh, with Don Tavion Wicks and kind of with them adding Hollywood Brown early in the off season. Kind of what your thoughts about that? Is that they really kind of trying to clear the decks for AJ Brown and that possible trade out of it? Yeah, we should have brought that up earlier. I think absolutely. He's been as good as gone, but with another move like this, it just solidifies it. A. G. Brown's not going to be on that team next season. What does Rossini have on there? Oh, by the way, she's been sidelined. The New York post had a quick little update on that. So I don't know if that was in that Ryan Glass Beagle story. Was it? Yeah. So the post has since put out there that she's not just being looked into by the athletic, their sidelining her. Uh-huh. You can see that coming. Oh, definitely. Uh, but yeah, the Eagles are absolute. I mean, obviously that has to be what's going on. The only thing I'm confident in the A. J. Brown story is that he's not going back. That's the only thing I know. Ryan in stow. Yes, Ryan. A couple of quick things. Uh, one, has anybody heard from Bravel or Rossini's spouses? Like I know my wife and I married 20 years and we have a couple friends on both sides of the fence where if I saw him out of nowhere, like, yeah, I didn't lock fingers and we would hang out and talk about life. But I haven't heard from the spouses. Two, do you think the Patriots are hedging their bets? Like what if Mrs. Raebel is like Mike, like, like if this is out of the blue for her and she was like, Mike, it's us or them. Like we got to fix our household. Like, do you think the Patriots are getting McDaniels ready in the wings? And the last thing is, Naz, uh, my best friend helped put out your parents, uh, house fire in Watertown. So shout out to our first responders. That's it. I'll hang up to listen guys. Okay. Thanks to the water. I was many years ago. I was gonna say was this recent? No, no, no, no. This was like 2010. Something like that we did by the first home my parents had owned. They kept it as a rental property. There was a fire there that, you know, the Watertown fire department really helped us out. So we appreciate that. Okay. I don't think Raebel's in any sort of trouble that the caller was talking about. Yeah, me neither. I just give me with the franchise. Yeah, right. And McDaniels waiting in the way, believe me, McDaniels is waiting in the wings. But, uh, yeah, that's not happening. But I don't see this rising to that level at all. Me neither. It is just, uh, well, no, I mean, it's, it's not, but it's do you look at him differently? Uh, and is it, uh, potentially a tell that he's just not as dialed and in command and solid as you thought he was? Yes. Okay. So that's what that would imply. Uh, how about Mark in Washington? Hi, Mark. Yeah, I noticed you guys were questioning where their friends were in some of the photos. Not that I really care about this, but David Courtney did post a photo apparently where there is friends around them by the pool. So I don't know if Mari had seen that or if you guys had even talked about it, but I don't know just my two cents on it. I did. It's the bussing with the boys guys that she's friends with. It's another pool that he's really close with the bussing with the boys are, uh, Lou and Taylor Luan in, um, yeah, it wasn't the old linebacker from the Washington, but didn't want play for him. Yeah, he did in Tennessee as well. Okay. So the point is, Portnoy is gone, is gone on record saying we're not touching the story. It says if it doesn't exist. So he's trying to divert your attention to say, see, these are the friends with these friends at the pool. Same place. It's not my guess is the friends were there because you just, I just don't see her making that up without being able to substantiate it. Sure. Yeah. There's no friends. It was just them too. Even if the friends are there and changes nothing in my mind, the dude drove four hours round trip through the desert to a Fru Fru couples retreat spa hotel. Do an hotel please. Thank you. So whether she was there with friends or not, he still drove two hours there, two hours back. He's doing that to what hang out with her friends. Sure. No. So I don't care whether the friends are there or not. Change is nothing in my mind. Oh my God. You look like you could still play. Do you think about playing and coaching at the same time? Did you ever think about that? Mike? Oh, can we get more margs? Just less spicy this time. Johnny Quincy. Go ahead, John. Sure. Guys, happy Friday. So I don't know about you, but interlocked fingers with a female is kind of reserved for girlfriend, fiance and above. And with that being said, you mean to tell me this photographer only captured a couple shots? Where are the juicy photos? Where's him? Pinching or took us getting on the elevator? There's got to be more. You mean to tell me he just snapped the photo of them and pass and embrace? Where's the rest of the photos? Yeah, I'm going to drop. No, I mean, look, I think this is I think that's all they got. They didn't give me a little bit more if they had it. I think it's do any of them. Shall we please? Just to wrap up. Yeah, thank you, Jerry. Sorry. It's the Coleman Electric email of the day. Dear Felga, I really hate you. And I think Maz is a boob. It's electric. The Coleman Electric email of the day. It's electric. Send yours to Felga at 98 five the sports of dot com. Email a brought you by Coleman Electric, a bunch of really good electricians having homeowners like you. When you need an electrician, you want to call Coleman? It's electric. KUHLMAN panel replacements, old wiring. It's got to come out to fire hazard experts at that. Also, they're the authorized generic dealer here in the Boston area. So if you're looking for a generator, that's where you want to go. Frequent email or Bob angry email or hate email or Bob writes in sub-line man child. I know you can actually win the presidency being a man child, but could you at least try to act like a grown man Felger? Who knows a little bit about sports? I know your show is a success right now. But try to think long term bullet point. The bullets are the bullets, the Bruins are handling this kid the way they feel is right for him. So now he can watch and learn. And if the game warrants actually play a couple of games in the basic, what I've been saying, yeah, pretty much. So he would be an agreement with me on that one feels that way to you lay in the weeds for so long waiting for Swainman to have a bad game. Then you say it's all over for him. They say it was all over. No, I said the workloads probably caught up to him. Yep. Water seeking its level. Correct. And it's not his last game. It's his last three, Oh, two, basically, oh, and three with like a eight, 80 say percentage. Yes, but people hear what they want to hear. So I don't know if it's over for him. Unlike you, I cannot predict the future. But I can tell you what has happened. And he's hit a wall. Next bullet point, other than yelling and screaming and getting all purple in the face, you are an empty shell without any firsthand, any firsthand experience. What kind of experience are you talking about? I don't know exactly. I was a JV goalie. I was a fine freshman goalie and ice hockey to my folks ruthlessly moved me to Florida. I mean, everybody has some experience. It just might not be in the thing you wanted to be. Mas was a reserve second baseman for the Tufts JV baseball team. I have a lead hand eye coordination. Sure. When I moved to Florida, I couldn't play hockey. There was a sheet of ice within 100 miles. I played basketball. They called me the Boca Bomber. What other experience do you need? You don't next bullet point. Why don't you get a few guests who have been in the trenches and know what goes on and with an actual team? Those guests are usually boring. We have them on from time to time, but you see they're limited in what they can say. Bob, for example, if you cover the Patriots and you don't want to talk about the coach canoodling with a reporter, you're not going to get anything out of them. We don't cover the team. I don't have to go down there anymore. So I can say whatever I want about Vrable. That's the value of us. And he's talking player. I mean, our standard interviews, the people you have on are great, but he's talking player interviews. Oh, they say absolutely nothing. Nothing. Can I plead the zone? I plead the zone. I think player interviews are the most useless things in sports media, and they only are getting more useless or yes, because if they really want to say anything, they do it on their own platforms or whatever they stream or whatever the hell exactly. Final ballpoint. Just a piece of advice because due to your wonderful guidance and leadership, oh, sorry, that's what all the underlings have to say to that other guy so he doesn't throw a childish tantrum. Bob and Coventry. What? I don't totally get it. I was just trying to find the most angry. They weren't as angry today as usual. So I just wanted to find that was the weekend. The weather's nice. Yeah, I guess. People are in a good mood. Let's do the final word, shall we, please? Yeah, let's. It's for a spoiler here now on Velger and Mads. Word recapping this four hour show in four minutes, which leads to the question, doesn't really need to be four hours long. No. And the final word is brought to you by Town Fair Tire. If you are looking for the best deal on tires, there is only one place to go. It is Town Fair Tire, the best prices and great free services. Nobody beats Town Fair Tire. Nobody, buddy. Time for Jay Stew's week in review. Yeah, I, I, Rhys is going to pass. I'm not worried about Rhys, but drug test him. I don't know. He's a pretty solid guy for his size. I'm joking. Huh? Rhys, I'm joking. Go, just go. I don't get it. You were drug testing him for drugs for like. No, I'm aware of that. You said, you said Rhys is going to pass. He's going to pass because I don't think he's taking drugs or I don't think he's dropping acid. And I was joking that he's actually pretty jacked for his size. I was joking. You obviously didn't get it. I still don't get it. No, you clearly don't. So just keep going. Just go. He said it's not hyperbolic to say. Right. Not an exaggeration. Hyperbolic. That this would be the greatest championship in NBA history. Yes, correct. Not Celtics. The whole league. The whole league. If they won this year, it would mean a hell of a lot to me than the last one where they had the easiest run like ever. If we call this the greatest in league history, what does that make 2024? Can I call 2024 the most useless in league history? Am I allowed to do that? Let's do it again. No, sure. I'm all. How do we remember it? Trists, something along the side pieces. Come on. No, like consaqua, Madonna, sex handles, a right of Madonna. What do we do? No, we didn't. Yes, we did. No, we didn't. No, we're gonna do it anyway. But we'll do it again. We did them. It doesn't mean we can't do them again. I think the kids gonna suck. I've watched. No, I've watched zero James zero. I never saw him at BC. I didn't watch him at all in Providence. I haven't even seen a clip. I swear to God, I've not seen one clip ever of James Hagans, but you heard it here first. That kid's gonna suck. Tuesday night, Logan Stankoven scored a power play goal. Do you know his height? Murray, when you think Stankoven, what do you think? I fish in the oven. I once got so hammered. I, for some reason, was stumbling around and I peed in the oven. Man, is you ready for it to move? Sure, go. Boston Bruins just tweeting, Hagans is here. You was really looking forward to seeing the kid up here. Yeah, obviously. I have to wait till Sunday. Yeah, if we see him at all, we had seen play against some scrubs on Sunday if it comes to that. So programming note, the Friday night baseball hour circle, I mean, round table has been reformatted from what I understand. Yeah, no, no, no, now it's more like he, it's like a bar table is what it is. Really, it's a two person bar table. What's the new format? Milliken will be here today. McCarthy was with us last night. So McCarthy needs some flexibility in his schedule this year. So we're going to accommodate that. Got it. Which means he'll move around a little bit from time to time. There will be occasions where he's with us for the Friday circle session. But otherwise, it's Milliken here tonight and we actually have a good Craig Brezzo story to sink our teeth into because it ties into something that Jared Carrabba said the other night that we've been talking about today that Chris Gaspar also brought up and that is the overall construction of the Red Sox franchise and what they have become. So that's what we're going to talk about tonight as they open the series with St. Louis. Okay, should be an interesting weekend in terms of Bruins. Hopefully they're clenching this weekend. Otherwise it's nail biter coming your back, coming back on Tuesday against New Jersey, right? That's the final game closing out the year. So it is basically winning there in. Yeah, they just need to understand that's right. Okay, so when one of these next two and that's it. Maybe you'll see James Hagan's on Sunday if they went on Saturday. Who knows? Keep an eye on the Toronto Maple Leafs if they try and dicker around with their draft position even more than they already have. That's on the board Celtics wrap up their season this weekend and the Felgar and Mass big board returns Monday at two. Love it. Big time of year here on the program. Everyone have a great weekend. We'll talk to you Monday at 2pm. See you. Bye. Bye.