James Hagens Set to Join Bruins // Email of the Day // The Final Word - 4/8 (Hour 4)
34 min
•Apr 8, 20269 days agoSummary
Sports radio hosts Felger and Massarotti discuss the Boston Bruins signing prospect James Hagens, analyze the Red Sox's first series win, and extensively cover the Mike Vrabel-Diana Russini scandal. The show features caller reactions to team performance, coaching decisions, and media coverage of the Patriots coach controversy.
Insights
- Media coverage of coaching scandals varies significantly based on organizational dynamics and power structures—workplace affairs receive harsher scrutiny than external relationships due to inherent power imbalances and job security concerns
- High-performing athletes and coaches often receive preferential treatment from media and analysts, with performance metrics used to justify overlooking behavioral concerns or poor decision-making
- Youth player development strategy in professional sports involves calculated trade-offs between cap management and player readiness, with teams increasingly burning contract years as standard practice
- Team performance issues often stem from systemic coaching and strategy problems rather than individual player talent, particularly in specialized areas like power play execution
- Public perception of scandals is heavily influenced by media access, visibility, and organizational response rather than the severity of the underlying behavior
Trends
Increased scrutiny of coaching staff personal conduct in high-profile sports organizations, particularly in the NFLGrowing disconnect between traditional sports media coverage and fan analysis on social platforms regarding player accountabilityTeams using contract year burning as standard operating procedure for drafted prospects, normalizing cap inefficiencyPower play coaching becoming a critical differentiator in NHL team performance and playoff successMedia reluctance to critically examine star performers' on-ice decision-making due to their statistical contributionsOrganizational media relations strategies influencing coverage depth and critical analysis of team personnelIncreased fan engagement in real-time performance analysis and coaching strategy critique via call-in shows
Topics
James Hagens NHL Draft Prospect EvaluationBruins Power Play Strategy and CoachingRed Sox Offensive Performance and Series WinsMike Vrabel Scandal and Media CoverageJeremy Swayman Goaltender PerformancePasta (David Pastrnak) Puck Handling and TurnoversNHL Contract Year Burning StrategyBruins Playoff Clinching ScenariosDefensive Prospect Development and Playing TimeCoach Accountability in Professional SportsMedia Relations and Coverage BiasWorkplace Relationship Policies in SportsBruins Roster Depth and Line CombinationsFirst Round Playoff Matchup AnalysisSports Media Coverage Standards
Companies
New York Post
Published photos of Mike Vrabel and Diana Russini at Arizona resort, breaking the scandal story
The Athletic
Diana Russini works as NFL insider for The Athletic, central figure in Vrabel scandal
Boston Bruins
Primary sports team discussed; signing James Hagens, analyzing playoff performance and coaching decisions
Boston Red Sox
Secondary team discussed; hosts analyze first series win and offensive strategy
New England Patriots
Mike Vrabel hired as head coach; scandal impacts team perception and media coverage
Boston Celtics
Referenced as example of team controlling media narrative around player performance metrics
People
James Hagens
Signed by Bruins; discussed regarding power play potential and contract year implications
Mike Vrabel
Central figure in scandal involving photos at Arizona resort with NFL insider Diana Russini
Diana Russini
Photographed with Mike Vrabel at Arizona resort; subject of New York Post scandal coverage
Jeremy Swayman
Performance analysis; pulled from game after poor showing; discussed workload management
David Pastrnak
Analyzed for puck handling turnovers and lack of media accountability despite 100-point scoring
Bill Belichick
Speculated by callers as potential orchestrator of Vrabel scandal exposure
Ime Udoka
Referenced as parallel case of coach fired for workplace relationship; compared to Vrabel situation
Michael Felger
Co-host of Felger & Massarotti; primary commentator on Bruins, Red Sox, and Vrabel scandal
Tony Massarotti
Co-host of Felger & Massarotti; provides analysis and engages with callers
Murray
Provides updates and participates in show segments; subject of email complaints about breathing
Quotes
"I don't think we've gone easy on Vrable. No, I don't even spent most of the day on it. Bagging on the guy."
Michael Felger•Early segment
"You make your own bed. You lie in it. I think I said the exact same things about both."
Michael Felger•Vrable discussion
"If he's good, he's good if he's not. He's not. I mean, that's just it will be able to tell and we'll be able to tell how they use them."
Michael Felger•Hagens discussion
"It's bizarre how it doesn't get covered. And there's some games where it's just so obvious. And I feel like I'm the only one that talks about it."
Michael Felger•Pastrnak turnovers discussion
"I wouldn't rule it out. I would. It's Bill B."
Michael Felger•Belichick speculation
Full Transcript
Oh, right, of course, because I, I just know who that is. I don't care what you think. I'll tell you something to rub me right. Felder and Madness, a 98.5, the sports app. James Hagan's been brought up by the Bruins today. And the Red Sox take the first series of the year in a certain fashion that is going to have to be a template for them going forward. Let's see if they can stick to it. Take your calls on whatever you like. How about Carl in South Boston on the Sox? Go ahead, Carl. Yeah, I'm just curious. I know the Red Sox have already put a lot on Roman Anthony. Kind of crushing him early. I was just wondering what are your thoughts on maybe since they really enjoy trading their favorite fan favorite players sending him out of town for maybe a Paul Keene's package sometime down the road. Thanks. I care to engage on this today. No, no way. Not a million years. Again, you don't have enough hitters on your team right now. You want to trade away the guy that projects to be your best one for more pitching. I like skeens too, but you have Garrett Crochet. You're not going to trade Anthony for a pitcher. I don't think I mean, you want to trade someone else and go get yourself a number two starter. Fine. They should have done that during the offseason. Jared Durant even a braille if you want. I'd keep them, but whatever. Matt in Braintree on the Vrable story. Yes, Matt. They're a full disclosure. So I'm a green teamer, but I feel like you kind of mean like why are you weren't? Why are you being so soft on Vrable when this was he made a doka you basically call him a sexual predator who couldn't keep his his wanky in his pants. And now it's just kind of like an afterthought story. Is it because he may lost his job because of it? Or like I guess like, how do you reconcile that? I'm just not sure why you would say it's been a throwaway story. We've spent most of the day on it. Well, no, but you spent like a week, you know, how awful of a human you may was or whatever. And now I don't know. I just feel like it's kind of like, you know, seem to care as much. We've spent most of the day on it, Matt. It happened last night. All right, fair. Thank you. Okay. Well, the other thing is who dokes thing was with the team employee. And the and it was announced with facing suspension like it was way more drastic. I just don't think we've gone easy on Vrable. No, I don't even spent most of the day on it. Bagging on the guy. But part of the reason look when you're talking about in the in the workplace, like, you know, literally working every day with someone and having a physical relationship with them. There is an intimidation factor then come in with something like that, because sometimes the woman might feel if I say something, my job is going to be in jeopardy. So when people talk about sexual predators, they think this part of the thing they're talking about. I don't remember even going there with who doke. I feel the same way about him as I do Vrable, which is it doesn't make you the worst person in the world and we're all human and we all make mistakes. But if you don't want to lose your job, banging an office employee, then don't bang the office employee. And if you don't want to end up on page six of the New York Post canoodling with a reporter on the roof of a romantic getaway spot in the desert, then don't canoodle with a national reporter on the roof of a bungalow. You make your own bed. You lie in it. I think I said the exact same things about both. But never, you know, never put it past the sensitivity of green teamers. Tommy in the car on the Bruins. Go ahead, Tommy. What's going on guys appreciate you taking the call. When it comes to the Bruins, I feel like the last couple years, you know, came back five years, their power play like the zone entries of that horrible the worst responsible for this. Like is it can nearly upstairs? He's not hiring the right people like no, it's never been able to enter the zone the right way. Okay, say I don't know about ever, but it's been particularly bad this year and it's usually the one of the assistant coaches is usually like the power play coach is that Jay Leach. Kevin, do you know is it one of the, you know, one of the coaches runs the D one of the coaches and is in charge of the power play. So it's one of those guys. They need to scrap that zone entry. They're there. They just can't do it. They cannot do it consistently that that power play at the end of the game last night was such a train wreck and such a killer, such a momentum killer. They just and I again, I blame posture knock for a lot of it. He's just way too loose with the pocket. He's part of that drop back pass and then trying to gain the zone by stick handling with some speed. He gives it away too often. He's too irresponsible to trust with that play Steve spot with two T's. Okay, there it is spot. Is in charge of the power play that guy. The extra T for troublesome. I'd say spots sucks spot. Mike and Wuburn your thoughts on James James Hagen's. Let me guess you like it. Why not because you've turned into a Bruins honk, but go ahead. Well, yeah, and you've turned into a complete bitch about the Bruins ever since I've been the same. I've been the same. I've been the same. You've changed. You and I used to have so much fun bagging on the Bruins, mocking them and coming up with coming up with nicknames and teasing them and ripping them. And we used to have so much fun doing that Mike and somehow I think like I said, I think they've turned you as some sort of influencer online and I think they've turned you somehow. Yeah, Mike. Have you ever been to ambiente in the Sedona? Yeah, Mike, you've been a bitch on the officiator with Bruins personnel. Mike and I have I've been wrong Tony. No, I haven't. And they're going on. It's gonna get even worse. Um, no, like they did this with Krug. Don't you remember with Krug? They signed it. It was kind of like the deal for him to sign as a college free agent, not one year, but two years. They brought him up. Was he 18? Was he 18 or he had been in college for a little bit, hadn't he? College for a little bit. I think he was I think he was 19 or 20 when they brought him up for a thank you. He basically burned two of the first three entry level years for Krug. So I mean, and Higgins is down there in Providence with Tufty and Patrick Brown on the top line or, you know, more recently Patras and Merkel off. So that's a little better. He's playing down in terms of skill wise. Honestly, let's see what he has when he comes up and see what you got. What is there to lose? Honestly, because obviously the him getting the deal, him getting called up was part of the deal with him signing. Yeah. So it's a it's a it's a sunk cost. So you might as well see what you got, right? Fine. I mean, I'm not criticizing for the move. I'm just not expecting it. I'm not expecting much Mike. No, and I'm not expecting much either. I think but you want to see you want to see like a little bit of a little bit of flash like like kind of what we saw from Lorai when he came up for the first year without this. He precipitous decline in the next. Well, there's a little bit of a biting Bruins take from you. Finally, the one I want to see what Lorai gave him, but without the decline without the sock. Yeah, without that's good without what he became. I still like Lorai. Call me crazy on that. He's improved. I think he's better of his good yet, but he's improved. I think he's going to be one of these defenseman that just take time. Some of them take a lot. Not everyone's Kail McCarr and not everyone just jumps right in and is the guy. Sometimes it takes a while and I think he's going to be one of those guys. His offensive skills pretty good. I think you know and he's big, you know, and not that he uses it or that he's physical, but you know, there's puck movers that are little fellas and then he but he's a puck movers. It's got good size. Yeah, we said the same thing about Brandon Carlo for a time. Oh, that's size. He never moved the puck like Lorai did. No, this kid moves so big. No, but Carlo, it's true. But listen, if Carlo played in his own end just soft, Lorai, someone who plays all three zones anyway, I'm just, you know, we drafted him seven. So you got to put him in there and you know, no, you don't. I'm the same way with the quarterbacks just because you draft a kid in the top five doesn't mean he has to play right away and I don't think playing right away necessarily helps you. It can, but it doesn't. It does. I don't think it's one size fits all and if he goes out there and gets his hunker beat in, you know, I don't know if it helps him. But anyway, you know, I mean, you're all going to get to see him. I'd put him on the second power play. Yeah, you might. Yeah, absolutely. That I would definitely put him on the right wing side just like they put posture now I can geeky on the left. I would definitely shoot the puck. Yeah, that's it. That's his that's his reputation. He could shoot. I'm not putting him on the pk. I'm not putting out there. I guess. No, you know what? I'm not doing that thing. No, and he's a he's creative to him. He's a playmaker. He's a point producer. He should be anyway, but I put him on the other power play on the right side. Back to your calls right after these words. You're a Felgar and now on the sports hub. Now Carolina comes back the other way. Blake sends it across for a circle shot blocked by Pete rebound score. He blocked the initial shot, but it came right back to Taylor Hall and Carolina makes it five three. They got to be thinking about for the sound fact. I think they're going to go to him right now. This is off the rush. Passes through the scene from the right wing side to the left wing side to Taylor Hall. The first shot is blocked like you said by Pete, but it's not defended well enough by the Bruins and the second shot is going to be swam into the glove side from Hall. Yeah, they're getting for Pissall ready right now for Pissall and not on the bench. He's in the tunnel down to our right or to our left here and is coming out now to take Jeremy Swamin's place with 11 27 ago in the second period. Swamin 19 saves on 24 shots. Will depart. The third time he has been lifted from a game this year. Jeremy Swamin has gone poof in the last several games. What did I have for you again? I had the numbers for you. He's 0 and 2 and last night he got a no decision, but he should have. Let's face it. Got in the loss there in his last. Last three games. Jeremy Swamin is 0 and 2. With a 3 7 goals against and an 870 say percentage. And got yanked again for the third time last year in his last five swimming to 2 and 0 and again, it should be 2 3 and 0 after last night 3 3 5 goals against 833 say percentage in the last five 8 83 say percentage in his last five. That's brutal. Brutal last night was bad. That was bad. It was through the wickets all night long. So he is someone that like most goalies now is not cut out to be a workhorse. He's never been a workhorse. He kind of has been thrust into that role here the last month and I think it's catching up to him. So you better hope you clench your I mean you only got three games left. Be nice. Is there a way for them to clench on Saturday? I think other things would have to happen between now and then with some of those other teams. So this win on Saturday and help you know I don't know how are you slicing it giving him a blow I think would be important because he feels like he's the bubble is burst on Swamin right now. Yeah, look and just quickly even that first goal that was kind of that was the special car one right. Yeah, that came in. I thought that was soft as hell from distance. Oh no off of the skate of Asperil. Right. So the wrap around yes the rapper is so that was that did go off of Asperil but still yeah you said so I was just going to say that that even though that happened he didn't really get there. No you got you can't let that go in and went right through him and the second one was from distance which he is trouble with and then it was through the wickets through the wickets through the wickets pretty much and bye bye. He wasn't seeing the puck the whole night. He needs a reset back to your phones. Robert in Arlington. Thanks for hanging on Robert. What do you got? Hey, I think take my call so I've watched all the agents is Providence games and most of his BC games. He succeeded on the one thing of Rose Lacus speed. He's got the the power play entries like they were nails but the thing is this you know the physical presence was a little nerve wracking got pushed around by a bunch of those goons and the HL quite a bit and he also hasn't played center like since the half way part of the BC or he's been a wing the whole time in Providence. So I just think he will help with the speed. I mean the speed and the entries on the power play do think will help on that second unit especially from his one timers on the elbow but you know I'm I'm curious. I'm really curious to see all plays out. Yeah, then listen, I'll tell it like it is. If he's good, he's good if he's not. He's not. I mean, that's just it will be able to tell and we'll be able to tell how they use them. But he should absolutely be on the power play like that's a no-brainer. I mean that says you put him in a position to succeed. How about Dennis in the car on the bees? Yes, Dennis. So I was actually calling about Posternaut. But do it. The Bruins can clinch with the wind on Saturday or they could actually clinch at the Islanders Red Wings and Blue Jacket. If they all were to lose on Thursday, they would clinch. But that's not why I was calling. Okay. Posternaut, he drives me bananas handling that puck. He's out there like on the five on sixes sometimes and the other team pulls the goalie. Yes. Just icing the puck, shooting it down there willy-nilly. And I was actually listening to a podcast that Jaffe and Raycroft do and Raycroft actually uttered the words Posternaut can do whatever he wants for me. I don't care what he does wrong, which I wanted to like go through that screen and just choke him. I agree. I'm not choking him, but I don't get it. I don't get no one. Why no, it's not no one because I've gotten some, we've gotten some good calls here in the last week or so of people saying, yes, I watch Posternaut. I see what you're talking about and it drives me nuts. But no one that covers a team on TV or I don't hear anyone ever calling out those turnovers. No one ever asks about it. And it's just like it's bizarre to me that it's, are you afraid? That you're going to upset him? Has the team said we're not talking like the Celtics have basically told their media don't ask Joe about the three-point rate and all this stuff. So they don't do it because the Celtics media just does what the team tells them to. So they don't ask Missoula about this. So at the Bruins media, at the Bruins on that to their media about Posternaut and his turnovers, it's bizarre how it doesn't get covered. And there's some games where it's just so obvious. And I feel like I'm the only one that talks about it. It's weird. Am I liking some alternate universe? Is he really good with the pocket? He doesn't turn it over and I'm just making it up or what? Like I don't, it's, it really baffles me how it's like, I think one of the most glaring things you can see on the, on a nightly basis with the Bruins and it just barely gets mentioned nuts. How about Fred and Charlestown on Vrable? Yes, Fred. Yeah. Hi, Michael. So I was just wondering if they found any Coldplay albums out in Arizona. Everyone's got their jokes. Jason and Brooklyn. Go ahead, Jason. Hey boys, Murray, chef's kiss on the doing place. Oh my gosh, tremendous. I'm with you guys on this. I wanted to ask if you're like, I get what you guys are saying. Sometimes you got to show a little leg to get the story fine, but why go to this length? You're going way out of the way and no clandestine sense of the whole thing at all. Why not just go to a private room in a restaurant? No one's going to see you there. It seems to be flaunting like maybe there are bow and arrows in the air, you know, it seems it's not worth the juice is not worth the squeeze. Thanks, fellas. Yeah, I don't know. Maybe they're just maybe the Super Bowl and Vrables emergence on the national stage. I mean, he was successful, obviously in Tennessee, but let's face it, you know, that was a big year for him. And the team and maybe they used to meet like this all the time and no one even noticed could be because they were a little more anonymous. I don't know. I can't answer the question. I would just think like, you know, I think that they put it this way. I'm not and I'm not condoning the behavior, but you got to be smarter than that. And I think of story. Well, if they were trying to be smart in that they were in terms of their sneakiness, my guess would be they booked the Duen Hotel two hours out of town from where the all the meetings were was because, oh, we'll be out of town. No one's going to notice us because we're not near the focal point of the NFL. Excuse me over the next week. Turns out they were wrong. I mean, they shouldn't have been doing in the first place, but that what it reeks to me is let's just go far out of two hours away. No one will know in the middle of the desert adults only couples retreat. Yep. I also I do believe someone, you know, someone dropped a dime somewhere to use an old phrase like not that anyone's doing that anymore. Somebody let them know or let the paparazzi know or whoever. What was the husband? What's the famous man saying? Yeah, always look at the spouse. Yeah. Final segment. I mean, yeah, it was whatever might go. I just go final segment thoughts calls and emails after Murray's update. Well, back to the phones with a five o'clock hour, maz. Unless you have a fresh thought for us. God knows. Breaking news. The New York Post spots Patriots coach Mike Vrabel and the athletics NFL insider Diana Roussini getting cozy together in Arizona. Today, the New York Post posted photos of the Patriots head coach along with the athletics NFL insider getting cozy at a boutique resort together in Arizona. Now Vrabel and Roussini both told the New York Post that while it may look like something they actually were both their vacationing with their own set of friends that they had other friends who just weren't in the picture. Sure. He's hinted at Vrabel and Roussini in the past. And so I think he's taking a victory lap of sorts on this one. Hard to blame. That's a zip through some calls and we'll get to some emails and then we'll get the hell out of here. Connor in Springfield on the Bruins go. Hey, so the reason we don't give us a crap about pasta is because he's your only 100 point score. That's why Ray Cross says I don't care because he's the only 100 point score. I think there's a horrible attitude. Why? Why can't you be a hundred point score and play a little more responsibly? You can because the only way he gets those those points is by being a little more dangerous of the puck. I don't think he has to. I don't think it's that way at all. I think you can be a high scoring player and be more responsible with the puck when it matters most. I don't believe that's I don't believe you have to accept that to get the other thing out of pasta. I believe that one bit. So that assumes that every point producers careless with the puck. Right. Okay. That's I just don't think that's the way that that goes. Tom and Revere. Hi Tom. Hey guys, are we looking at EMA Udoka 2.0 here? I mean first year head coach, the selfish go to the finals, Patriots go to the Super Bowl, young teams trending up and then the coach can't keep it in his freaking pants. I mean, I hope it doesn't end up like EMA, but some parallels, but not the big one with Udoka's that it was an office. It was an underling. It was someone that was in the office. So again, and let's remember to the dynamics completely different. It is totally different and the Celtics are the one that fired him. I mean, you know, it was organizationally. They said the real story was that he had an affair and they fired him. It's kind of a combo thing so that they Celtics looked at it and they said we are deeming it inappropriate. Correct. And you're out. That's it. If the Celtics had taken a more passive approach and the, you know, the affair had been with someone outside of the organization. I don't think it would have been as big a deal as it was. If it was outside the organization, I don't think it would be anything. I mean, are you saying that the Celtics are going to fire anyone who has a relationship outside? No. No. No. So this is what I'm saying is that the inside part of the organization, Vrabel's thing here is outside. They're not the same. They're not the same. Jake in the suburbs. Go. Yeah. So I'm going to qualify this by saying I'm terrified that the Bruins are going to blow it and I have tickets on Tuesday and I'm praying that they're not having a winner go home situation, but I will say there's a little optimism, mism to draw from the Carolina game from an offensive perspective in the sense that I haven't seen the Bruins actually skate in the offensive zone for probably like four months and Carolina, the way they play man to man really forces a team to actually have to move their feet. And I think it's part of the reason why he actually did something. So hopefully the Bruins can want some film on that and then try to figure out how to translate movement in the offensive zone into future games. Okay. I think he was just do and they come in bunches with him and so that's what happened. I think well, for sure. He was going to the thing was going to pop sooner or later. I didn't expect three Marco and Walpole. Go ahead, Mark. Marco. I was going to ask about where you guys say Hagan's is going to land in a lineup, but I'd rather talk about first round matchup. It looks like lightning savers and Canadians are all tied with 102 points. Personally, I think if we play the savers, we have a chance out of the first round, but lightning and Canadians are going to smoke us. What do you guys think? I think you're big underdogs against all three. Yep. And I'll take Buffalo. All three are better. But I would take my chances with Buffalo before those other two. Yes, but I would you should lose all three of them. Go ahead. But for buzz and historical factor and for the juice of it, wouldn't you want much real course? It'd be fun. Always box office. Yeah. No, the word at the beginning with Hagan's was third line, right? Third line left wing. Well, there's a spot where that right go had been playing and sometimes it's Steve's some. It's the now they've mixed up the lines again. They put Kiki back with posture knock and lend home. So they've they've mixed those up a little bit, but listen, they're part of my rationale with, you know, not needing to say Hagan's was never where would you play them? You got enough marginal floaters in that lineup that someone could take a seat. I'm not worried about that. No, worry about one of those guys losing their race time. Where would we put them? Jim in New Hampshire. Hi, Jim. Hey, yeah. Hi. On the ruins. They have a lack of discipline. They don't forecheck back check and they only play 40 minutes a game. So bad combination. My thoughts are they also handle pressure poorly, which is why a team like Carolina when they just turn up the volume, turn up the speed, you are dead ducks. Yep. And so I think all those things are generally true. But I also think they're mostly getting just about the most out of their roster. They don't have a great roster. So this is like that's what you're going to get. You get some spotty play because it's kind of a spotty lineup. I have come to like the mass line, which is the mass line. Middle stat, Arbison, Zaka, it's been the best line all year. Mass line. Sean and Marvel. Go ahead, Sean. Hey, I want to talk about the Bruins, but really quick, who cares about this whole variable thing unless his life falls apart and he can't coach who cares? He's an adult. Just leave who cares? But on the Bruins, I'm not an expert on on hockey contracts. I think I remember a couple of years ago. They signed, I think it was McAvoy at the end of the season and they, they, it counted as one of the years. Does this three year contract? It was just, does this count? Are they literally burning a whole year for no reason? Correct. Like that seems like the absolute dumbest thing you could do. So listen, it's part of my calculation. The cap in the NHL is real. It's the only real cap there is in sports and the money does matter. And you've burned a year and I doubt he's ready. But then again, the counter to this is that if he's not any good, you're not going to pay him anyway. I mean, you know what I mean? Of course. Yeah, of course. It's like, so it's kind of a double-edged sword on that, but I'm one of the few that don't need to see him. Well, the other thing that Coller is missing is that just about every high pick is getting this. Well, so this is what I guess you did miss is that it's not really the team's choice anymore. It's kind of a condition of being drafted or being signed or being part of the organization that the teams are giving into the players on this and burning the year, whether the kids ready or not. So the Bruins are just doing business as businesses being done. Apparently Justin and Randolph, what do you got Justin? Hey, long time listener, first time Coller just talking about the whole variable situation we got going on. I get it to another pack scandal in the playoffs, but does this mean we're back as if something like this happened with Rable, nobody bats an eye with Mayo. Sorry, Mayo, nobody bats an eye. Rable's out there. Front page news on the New York Post. This mean the Pats are back up there as the prominent team in the AFC. Yes, you're truly back. You're coming to get us. Doing Chewin, screwing, cheating. Yes, you're back for the full thing. Chewin, iron. Let's send that so I own it. Let's own it. Right. The bad boys of the NFL. Let's do some emails. Shall we please? Yeah, we're doing. It's the Coleman Electric email of the day. Shut up. Dear Felga, I really hate you. And I think Maz is a boo. It's electric. The Coleman Electric email of the day. It's electric. Send yours to Felgar at 985thesports.com. Email the day brought to you by Coleman Electric, a bunch of really good electricians helping homeowners like you. When you need electrician, you want to call Coleman. It's electric. Because it is electric. KUHLMAN. I've been pushing out the Generac. They're a Generac dealer. So you want a generator for your house to protect against the winter storms, summer storms. Coleman Electric, once again, the company you want to call for that as well. Adam Wrightson, whoever took the pool pics, told a real photographer who took the better pics on the rooftop. So you guys, talking about this earlier, you're convinced that those rooftop pics were telephoto lens, whatever they call them, like professional grade photography? I'm going by the word of my buddy who is a semi-professional photographer and uses high-end equipment. He said those ones, especially the ones where they're holding hands, top the rooftop, those are high-end, those were taken with high-end equipment. And that leads you to believe that he might have been set up. Yeah, tipped off. Tipped off, set up, and might be someone out to expose him and Rossini. The Jets, the Dolphins. So who did it? Subject line from Brandon. Did John Henry make a call? Red Sox getting ripped apart, Henry getting called out. Convenient time for a Patriot scandal to come out again. I don't think it was John Henry. I have deep throat. Kyle Wright. Now that you mentioned it, did the globe have a photographer at the owner's meetings? Kyle Wrightson, it's obvious who hired the spy. Felger, while it's fun to think about coaches and personnel from other teams hiring a spy to expose Vrable, it's pretty obvious who the actual culprit is. Who else would be so vindictivist to spy and expose a petty thing like this from a former coach of the same team who has a younger counterpart who has a obsessed with public image and drama? Yup, this has Belichick written all over it. I concur. I'll show them. Larry New Hampshire agrees. I can't believe you guys haven't come up with it yet. It's Bill B. Hey, I wouldn't rule it out. I would. Subject line, Grizzly Bear in the studio. Clayton writes in. Please tell Grizzly Bear in the studio to stop breathing and grumbling into the microphone. Not easy on the ears, almost as bad as squeaky mask. Clay, what do you think he's referring to? Gotta be Murray. It's not. It is. When I don't talk, I turn the mic off. Clay follows up Murray breathing. Is Murray having a panic attack? Why is he huffing into the microphone? Definitely not just breathing. It's definitely not me. And it is. It's nose breathing on top. It's not. It's like I can hear the air whistling through your nose hairs. You can't hear it. Yes, I can. I think that's a crock. Alex writes in. Get a dictionary Nimrods. Ambiente means environment, not ambience. No, ambience is environment, you jackass. It's the same essential. You know, it's the ambience in a restaurant is the ambience is the environment you're in. That's what it means. The name of the loose translation, but it's the same concept. The name of that hotel is a made up word by some marketing dork. Sorry, why'd you, why'd you crumple it up? I'm not. I'm just, he said you're, you don't know what it means, but apparently you do. I know what it means. And he doesn't. Sub-Glenn Vrable Body Language Mark writes in. Mike, I'm not saying this is appropriate, but the body language in the hug doesn't look like that the two crazy kids are making hot love. Look at the hug. His fists are closed and he's leaning back. This scenario looks like an Italian girl mom like saying, Hey, and we're seen he grabbing his hands and did the let me look at you thing. Yeah, like I get it. I know what he means. No doubt there is scandal, maybe even less exciting, but I don't think there is any sexual chemistry there. Also, I would get the private bundle if I was rich and it meant privacy. The look is terrible, but they're not banging Mark from Orlando. No sexual chemistry there. I don't use any. I mean, I don't, I mean, I don't know what they're doing. I just know Vrable is not driving four hours through the desert to hang with the gals on the hiking trip. How could he possibly that ain't happening? How could he possibly tell that or she from one photo? He's doing well. We're all doing well. Just picking away at the story because it's fun. Okay. But did I say anything about sexual energy being in the photo? I don't think you did. Okay. He's just claiming there wasn't a game and he would know because how I just read the email maz. So maybe he's right. Maybe he's not. I don't know. Literally a snapshot of an exchange between people who might have been there for an hour. For all we know. So how could he possibly know whether there was any sexual. If that was your wife up there in that picture, would you look at and go? Uh-oh. No. Would you go there? No, this is cool. No, I know. There's no sexual energy there. No, I would not look at it that way. No, you'd call a lawyer. You'd dance straight. Exactly. You're getting plowed by the coach. Final word comes your way right now. That's one way to put it. Now on Velgar and Mad. It's the final word recapping this four hour show in four minutes, which leads to the question, does it really need to be four hours long? No. Hey, listen real quick. Off air show returns tonight myself in Big Jammurray. Join us tonight for the off air show on 98.5 the sports of the YouTube channel. The off air show is presented by the original light Bear Miller light legendary stories and the off air show. With the light, here's just over 50 years of Miller time. That's the off air show coming shortly after six o'clock. Now we have the final word Murray, right? Which 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. And that is town fair tire, the best prices and great free services. Nobody beats town fair tire. Nobody. Nobody. So tomorrow Thursday, the day that we actually do Maz's tears. Today is the day that we turns out to bicker about Maz's tears. Dave in Connecticut. Go Dave. Good afternoon guys. I'm going to take my call. Listening to you talking about. Vrable makes me go back in time. Wade Boggs and Margo Adams. You know what? Not bad tears. Oh yeah. Good one. We've done that I think. What? Yeah, you know what? There was some form of it. Yeah. What did we call it? What was it? I don't remember but we can come on. Let's do it again. No, sure. I'm all. I don't remember it. Trists. Side pieces. A ride of Madonna. A ride of Madonna. What? What did we do? No we didn't. Yes we did. No we didn't. We're going to do it anyway. We did them. It doesn't mean we can't do them again. We definitely did. What do we call it? I don't know. Let me look it up. Sports celebrity side piece. Do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. I don't know. Video let us do the graphic. We're going to come up with that. That's got to be tears. Do it. Do it. So that's why we did it. No, we did it. That's what we actually settled on though tomorrow's tears doing do us Side pieces doing do us etc. Yes, okay sports doing do us Are we up to it? Yeah, sure. Yeah, we're gonna have to choose carefully I mean, they're the these aren't relationships. It's no no these are doing doing just make sure it's the ones that are kind of confirmed by the internet Well, no, that's right. Yeah, the ones that we've heard about. Yeah, no, I know that's well. That's the danger zone We're gonna miss out on all the fun with that. Oh, I know. Yeah, we miss out on let's do it again. No, sure I'm all get I don't remember it. Yeah, Trist's pieces like I can say come on Madonna Sextanals a right of Madonna. What are we doing? No, we didn't yes. We know we didn't know we're gonna do it Anyway, we did them High-level picker. We did them. No, we did here comes the baseball. We know we didn't yes, we know we didn't know We did them That's what you got in the baseball hour red socks and finally won a series. How about that for an anal? Let's throw a parade Jared Karabas will be Karabas, but I will tell you there are things to be optimistic about and things to be pessimistic about we'll get to those rich Eric Okay, here comes mass after a word from our sponsors again, Murray and I over on our YouTube channel for the all fair show We're back at it tomorrow at two for Maz's tears and more talk to them. See you