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<v Speaker 1>It's Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ Constin's radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, welcome back nine o'clock hour here on a Thursday night,

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<v Speaker 2>and Red Sox are in spring training.

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<v Speaker 3>Ruins are losing to the Islanders, the.

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<v Speaker 2>Celtics took it on the chin last night in Detroit

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<v Speaker 2>against the Pistons, and of course the Patriots are gearing

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<v Speaker 2>up for next year.

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<v Speaker 3>This is not a sports show.

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<v Speaker 2>However, it was a really interesting article the Globe and

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<v Speaker 2>the Herald today, and for those of you who have

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<v Speaker 2>any interest in sports, I hope this caught your eye. Apparently,

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<v Speaker 2>the National Football League does at a survey every year

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<v Speaker 2>in which they ask all of their players to participate

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<v Speaker 2>in this anonymous player survey, and each team's anonymous answers

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<v Speaker 2>are collated and the teams then are given a ranking

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<v Speaker 2>a survey and as the Globe article said today, survey

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<v Speaker 2>says Patriots fail. And I read this Ben Volan's column,

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<v Speaker 2>and there was also a column on the same issue

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<v Speaker 2>in the Boston Herald and I read it and the

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<v Speaker 2>more that I read, the more frustrated I became. And

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how many of you followed this stuff

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<v Speaker 2>because it's sports and something that you know, I'm interested in.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Patriots are ranked of the thirty two NFL

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<v Speaker 2>teams in terms of I guess you would call it

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<v Speaker 2>player satisfaction, maybe player comfort. They're ranked thirty first, second

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<v Speaker 2>to last. Only the Arizona Cardinals gave their team their organization,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll explain how they came to that decision. That

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<v Speaker 2>there's only one team that thinks they're treated worse, and

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<v Speaker 2>just in terms of sort of the amenities. Okay, Now,

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<v Speaker 2>by way of background, you have to realize that to

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<v Speaker 2>be a professional athlete is an honor and a gift.

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<v Speaker 2>The number of people who have the honor to play

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<v Speaker 2>one of the major league sports, it's a small percentage.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean thousands of I should say millions of kids

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<v Speaker 2>start out in Little league, or they start out in

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<v Speaker 2>pop warner or pee wee hockey or some form of

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<v Speaker 2>you know, local club basketball. And the people who who

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<v Speaker 2>who make it to the top, they they're the best

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<v Speaker 2>of the best, no question. Even if you're a benchwarmer,

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<v Speaker 2>you're major league athlete, you generally are treated in the

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<v Speaker 2>first as first class. And as a matter of fact,

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<v Speaker 2>the way it is now, kids are identified by all

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<v Speaker 2>the colleges and the high schools earlier and earlier and earlier.

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<v Speaker 2>And of course even if you play Division one football,

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<v Speaker 2>that's probably you have treatments as a Division one football

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<v Speaker 2>player that are better than what the pro football players

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<v Speaker 2>are fifty years ago ever received. So let's look at

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<v Speaker 2>the scores that now, again, this is a composite score

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<v Speaker 2>that the Patriot players gave to the organization for which

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<v Speaker 2>they play, and the Patriot players, the Patriots organization was

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<v Speaker 2>thanked first the second worst organization in all of the

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<v Speaker 2>National Football League. Now, I'm not a Patriot player. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know these facilities, but I do know that major

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<v Speaker 2>league teams they don't stay in redroof inns, a Motel

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<v Speaker 2>sixes at the Ritz or when they're on the road,

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<v Speaker 2>or they're at the Four Seasons Hotel. When they go

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<v Speaker 2>to the airport, they're not flying commercial, particularly pro football teams.

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<v Speaker 2>They are always flying on some sort of a private jet,

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<v Speaker 2>probably in many cases leaving from the most convenient airport,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it's Green Down in Rhode Island or maybe Hanscombe Field.

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<v Speaker 2>The Patriots have a plane. I think all of us

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<v Speaker 2>have seen that plane. I have to the Gillette Stadium

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<v Speaker 2>is what Now? Twenty three years old. Maybe it's one

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<v Speaker 2>of the newer stadiums for those of us who remember

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<v Speaker 2>Sullivan Stadium and back in the day, even before that

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<v Speaker 2>Harvard Stadium. I just think, what would Babe Peruli at

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<v Speaker 2>Geno Capelletti and the people who helped bring the Patriots

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<v Speaker 2>to life here in New England say about this well anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>So the treatment of families, I guess on game days

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<v Speaker 2>they try to make sure that the families are comfortable.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think they all end up in swites like

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<v Speaker 2>Taylor Swift, but that's a story for another time. Treatment

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<v Speaker 2>of families, the Patriots players collectively give the Patriots organization

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<v Speaker 2>a C plus. That is kind of a Midland grade

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<v Speaker 2>because it's that the eighteenth in the NFL.

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<v Speaker 3>In terms of the food and dining.

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<v Speaker 2>Area, I guess this is somewhere in the bowels of

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<v Speaker 2>Jillette Stadium, twenty fourth in the NFL. Nutritionists and dietitians

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<v Speaker 2>twenty fifth in the NFL. The locker room the players

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<v Speaker 2>rated twenty second of all the thirty two NFL locker rooms.

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<v Speaker 2>The training room, oh bad, number thirtieth in the NFL.

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<v Speaker 2>The training staff twenty sixth in the NFL. The weight

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<v Speaker 2>room last dead last in the NFL. The strength coaches.

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<v Speaker 2>These are the guys who work with the Patriot players.

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty sixth in the NFL, team travel thirty first in

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<v Speaker 2>the NFL. They have a Patriots plane, but according to

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<v Speaker 2>the article that I've read, they feel that the plane

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<v Speaker 2>is not of the best gray, that it's a little older,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's a little more cramped. Again, I guess all

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<v Speaker 2>of us would love to have a private plane to

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<v Speaker 2>travel on. The best grade they give is to the

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<v Speaker 2>head coach, their own head coach, which is it's a

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<v Speaker 2>B plus, But it's the other players on the other

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<v Speaker 2>teams must really love their coaches, because this B plus

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<v Speaker 2>for Gerardmeo ranked him only twenty fourth, But that's the

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<v Speaker 2>highest grade the Patriot players gave to anything associated with

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<v Speaker 2>their experience and then ownership the Craft family, they gave

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<v Speaker 2>them a D. Now, I'm not an insider. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>cover the Patriots, but my sense is that the Patriots

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<v Speaker 2>need to shake this up. That this is a team

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<v Speaker 2>that went four to fourteen, so they didn't produce on

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<v Speaker 2>the field. They did give much protection either to their

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<v Speaker 2>veteran quarterback earlier in the season, to Kobe Brissett, and

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<v Speaker 2>they didn't give much protection to the new guy, the

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<v Speaker 2>rookie Derek May. And you know, there were at least

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<v Speaker 2>two or three of the players on the Patriots this

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<v Speaker 2>year who had some distractions, shall we say, because they

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<v Speaker 2>had to. They got themselves involved in either a confrontation

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<v Speaker 2>with a police officer or in some sort of a

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<v Speaker 2>domestic situation. I realized that every one of those cases,

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<v Speaker 2>there's two sides to the story, and maybe the cop

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<v Speaker 2>isn't the best cop in the world, maybe the player

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<v Speaker 2>said something that whatever. I know that there was one

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<v Speaker 2>player who ended up in a court of law and

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<v Speaker 2>was acquitted by the charges. But all of that is

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<v Speaker 2>a distraction to the team and to the teammates. So

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<v Speaker 2>when I look at these numbers, the impression I come

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<v Speaker 2>away with is these are overall spoiled, underachieving football players.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I don't know that I know any of these players.

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<v Speaker 2>I've known other Patriot players over the years, have had

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<v Speaker 2>some of them on the program as guests, and most

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<v Speaker 2>professional athletes are great guys to deal with. But it

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<v Speaker 2>just seems to me that if the Patriots had been

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<v Speaker 2>this year, the Patriots of old ending up in the

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<v Speaker 2>Super Bowl. Well they could, I think, criticize whatever they want.

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<v Speaker 2>But when you are not producing on the field and

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<v Speaker 2>you turn around and you want to say, well, we

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<v Speaker 2>got the worst owner, or one of the worst owners,

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<v Speaker 2>the fourth worst owner in in the in the NFL,

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<v Speaker 2>we have the worst weight room, We have the second

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<v Speaker 2>worst or the third worst training room. Our team travel

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<v Speaker 2>on our private plane is the second worst of all

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<v Speaker 2>the other teams. Boy, I can't help but walk away

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<v Speaker 2>with an attitude of they have drafted a bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>players who perhaps don't experience, don't appreciate the experience. So

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<v Speaker 2>if you think I'm being harsh or being too critical,

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<v Speaker 2>feel free to give me a call. If you feel

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't matter, then don't give me a call, But

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<v Speaker 2>I'd love to talk with you if you're a football fan.

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<v Speaker 2>He is surprised by this result. They had a bad

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<v Speaker 2>year and they probably won't have a great year next year.

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<v Speaker 2>But they I think they should look in the mirror,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess, is what I'm saying, and worry a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit less about out what the accommodations are for the

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<v Speaker 2>family on game day, what the plane is like when

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<v Speaker 2>they fly across the country. Uh, it's part of it's

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<v Speaker 2>part of a job. It's part of a tough job,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's a part of a job that probably a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people would love to have the opportunity to

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<v Speaker 2>have experienced. And they are fortunate enough through you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the blessings of either hard work or you know, genetic

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<v Speaker 2>blessings where they are are blessed with great I hand

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<v Speaker 2>coordination or strength or physical endurance or whatever. They're in

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<v Speaker 2>this position where they are honored and appreciated. But I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think the feeling is mutual. Six one, seven, two, five,

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<v Speaker 2>four ten thirty six one seven nine three one ten thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>Give us a call, let's talk about it. There is

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<v Speaker 2>there are so many athletes who come through Boston who

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<v Speaker 2>come to love it here uh and come to be

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<v Speaker 2>loved here, whether it's David Ortiz or Pedro Martinez or

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<v Speaker 2>a Dustin Pedroyer in baseball, whether it's a Ray Book

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<v Speaker 2>in in in hockey, uh and and and others in

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<v Speaker 2>in basketball. The the Celtics right now seem to have

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<v Speaker 2>an organization that is clicking h that that the players

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<v Speaker 2>seem to like playing here. But the Patriots at this point,

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<v Speaker 2>I think they they're going to need to have to

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<v Speaker 2>change that roster up quite a bit, because I think

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<v Speaker 2>he got a lot of guys in there who probably

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<v Speaker 2>are complainers. Uh, and we do a lot better playing

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<v Speaker 2>with another organization. Back of nights, I joined the conversation

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<v Speaker 2>coming back right after this.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World

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<v Speaker 1>Nights Side Studios. I'm WBZ News Radio.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it looks to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Like this is not a topic that people particularly want

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about, So I'm just gonna give it another

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<v Speaker 2>quick shot here and then we're going to move on

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<v Speaker 2>after the news at the bottom of the hour. In

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<v Speaker 2>the article by Ben Volin today in the great piece

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<v Speaker 2>by the Way in the Boston Globe, he writes the

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<v Speaker 2>Patriots weight room received a grade of F was ranked

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<v Speaker 2>the worst in the NFL for the second straight year.

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<v Speaker 2>The team's travel also received an F and again the

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<v Speaker 2>criticism there, ranking it thirty first, with players criticizing the

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<v Speaker 2>plane as too small, not having Wi Fi, and that

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<v Speaker 2>the seats have astros. Players specifically responded that our plane

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<v Speaker 2>is the worst thing size space safety, and it is

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<v Speaker 2>not conducive to preparedness for athletical For athletic performance, wrote

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<v Speaker 2>the Union that was a summary of what the Patriot

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<v Speaker 2>players had said. It to me is interesting that these

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<v Speaker 2>players who, as they say, in high school, the big

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<v Speaker 2>men on campus, they go to colleges, they you know,

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<v Speaker 2>some of them do great in colleges, and some of them,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, use that college degree and and they appreciate

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<v Speaker 2>that opportunity. And then a handful are selected for the

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<v Speaker 2>National Football Leagues. Not an easy job, no doubt about it.

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<v Speaker 2>But the accommodations that they're used to are our first

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<v Speaker 2>class when when you realize it, and again for them

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<v Speaker 2>to have this this anonymous player survey uh and come

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<v Speaker 2>up with nothing but complaints, UH, to me, it's it's

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<v Speaker 2>smacks of a of a team that that that needs

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<v Speaker 2>to be shaken up a lot, I mean a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>There there are I'm sure there were. There were good,

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<v Speaker 2>good citizens and people who appreciate what they're doing and

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<v Speaker 2>what they're being allowed to do or what they've been

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<v Speaker 2>blessed in some form or fashion to be able to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe they got great coaching in high school and college

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<v Speaker 2>and and now they're playing in the NFL, but they're

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<v Speaker 2>not happy about it. And that's your New England Patriots,

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<v Speaker 2>Ladies and gentlemen who last year were four and fourteen.

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<v Speaker 2>So what I'm going to do is, if this is

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<v Speaker 2>am surprised, you know again. The Patriots right now are

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<v Speaker 2>The Celtics are going great, the Red Sox seem to

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<v Speaker 2>a year ago Coast time. We'll have to tell them that.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Bruins, who are struggling to make it into

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<v Speaker 2>do is take an opportunity to give the number one

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<v Speaker 2>happy campers, and they they didn't play like a group

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<v Speaker 2>of happy campers. So well, we got one call coming

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<v Speaker 2>in here from a sports fan. Let's go to Laurie

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<v Speaker 2>in Idaho. Laurie, I know you probably didn't this piece

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<v Speaker 2>in the Globes today unless you were looking at it

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<v Speaker 2>on the internet. But I find the number. I find

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<v Speaker 2>this kind of a shocking story. If I were Bob Kraft,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd be pretty upset tonight.

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<v Speaker 4>Well I did.

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<v Speaker 5>I heard it on VD today and a couple of

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<v Speaker 5>other places too. I didn't real but I'm I'm appalled,

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<v Speaker 5>and I think we're seeing a big reason why this

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<v Speaker 5>team never won, because, you know what, I guess they

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>My feeling is that that if all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>I kind of imagine they could have been in any way,

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<v Speaker 2>shape or form upset with the hotel accommodations, because all

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<v Speaker 2>these teams go to the best hotels in this in

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<v Speaker 3>But they're completely about the weight room. They complained about

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<v Speaker 3>just about everything and everything. You know, there's not a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of focus then on the game.

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<v Speaker 5>In my opinion, well, they were focused on the game,

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<v Speaker 5>maybe they would play. I mean, it sounds to me

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<v Speaker 5>like un just spoiled brats to not only didn't appreciate everything,

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<v Speaker 5>but they also didn't want to work. From what it

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<v Speaker 5>sounds like, Yeah, it sounds that way.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of excuses there.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, I guess when you're four and fourteen, uh

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<v Speaker 2>and and the only game that they won was the

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<v Speaker 2>game that they shouldn't have won.

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<v Speaker 5>They shouldn't have exactly, gave away the.

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<v Speaker 3>Number one draft pick. They'll get the fourth draft pick,

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<v Speaker 3>so they'll.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll get it. They'll get a quality player. But you

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<v Speaker 2>got to really revamp the roster at that point. As

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<v Speaker 2>far as I'm contrited.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I'm disgusting.

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<v Speaker 5>Praybille needs to embrace his inner Belichick.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think so. I think so.

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<v Speaker 2>There was no complaining when when they were winning Super

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<v Speaker 2>Bowl no one was complaining about the team playing when

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<v Speaker 2>they were winning Super Bowls. No one was complaining about

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<v Speaker 2>the accommodations for the families. I mean, on Sunday, if

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<v Speaker 2>you're not focused on the game and you're wondering whether

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<v Speaker 2>or not you your girlfriend or or your wife or

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<v Speaker 2>the kids have a good place to watch the game, that's.

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<v Speaker 5>That's a bunch of spoiled breaths and they need a

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<v Speaker 5>good lesson or the door.

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<v Speaker 2>I think so, I think a lot will be showed

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<v Speaker 2>to do it. Laurie, thanks for getting us going all

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden. We do have some callers who are

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<v Speaker 2>coming in behind, so I appreciate it. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>funny when I when I do something that's a little different,

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people kind of are slow to Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>they think they're listening to a sports radio program.

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<v Speaker 5>I traded in my Friday Hall pass to do this.

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<v Speaker 5>Thank you very much.

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, no, you get you get a hall pass.

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<v Speaker 2>You got a hall pass. Don't worry for tomorrow. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>thanks Lauren much. Okay, I appreciate it. All right, we

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<v Speaker 2>a week.

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<v Speaker 3>Come back.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll talk with Maureen and Matt and Chris, and I'd

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<v Speaker 2>love to talk with you. Am I being too tough

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<v Speaker 2>on this team? Is Laurie being too tough on this team?

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<v Speaker 2>I think this team didn't produce on the field. And

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<v Speaker 2>now again, look, I've not been in these facilities. I

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<v Speaker 2>assume they're probably pretty good facilities. Uh, there's no reason

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<v Speaker 2>why they wouldn't be.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh. And when I travel.

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<v Speaker 2>On my own dime, on my family's dime, uh, the

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<v Speaker 2>teams were smaller. I'm assuming that when when they retire

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<v Speaker 2>and they're traveling on their own dime, they're going to

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<v Speaker 2>Pine for the days of the Patriots playing and the

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<v Speaker 2>charter flights which they probably were able to go autobus

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<v Speaker 2>get screened very easily, very quietly, take the bus out

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<v Speaker 2>of the plane, walk up onto the plane, and get comfortable.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, if anyone wants to defend them, tell me

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<v Speaker 2>what great players they really are. And now that the

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<v Speaker 2>four and fourteen record didn't reflect badly, feel free six one, seven, two, five, four, ten, thirty, six, seven,

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<v Speaker 2>nine thirty. We will talk later on tonight about autonomous

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<v Speaker 2>driving vehicles. So I kind of picked two little different

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<v Speaker 2>type subjects tonight. I wanted to change it up. We

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<v Speaker 2>could go back and talk politics every night, but that's

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<v Speaker 2>not what I want to do. Okay, we talk enough politics.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to incorporate this to bring other people to

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<v Speaker 1>It's Night Side with Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's talk to some of the listeners and

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<v Speaker 2>find out what they think. I'm I was really disappointed

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<v Speaker 2>to see that article in both the Globe and the

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<v Speaker 2>Herald today. It was good article in both papers. These

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<v Speaker 2>are not happy football players, and the results kind of

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<v Speaker 2>kind of showed Maureen and Brockton. Hey Maureen, thank you

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<v Speaker 2>for calling and how are you tonight?

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<v Speaker 7>Oh I'm great. Thank you for taking my call. And

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<v Speaker 7>I hope you're well too. So I was listening to

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<v Speaker 7>you earlier and I got to tell you what came. Well,

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<v Speaker 7>first of all, yeah, I think there were a bunch

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<v Speaker 7>of you know, babies, So I mean, yeah, they're professional athletes.

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<v Speaker 7>Yes they have a talent and you know, but you

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<v Speaker 7>know what I was remembering, and again, you know, you

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<v Speaker 7>might be more familiar with this many years ago. There

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<v Speaker 7>was something I either saw or heard and it had

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<v Speaker 7>to do with Johnny Pesky, and I believe basically, I mean, obviously,

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<v Speaker 7>baseball wasn't twelve months a year. So when he wasn't

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<v Speaker 7>playing baseball, he had to go up and work a

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<v Speaker 7>full time job. I mean, can you imagine, but can

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<v Speaker 7>you imagine these pros?

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<v Speaker 6>Right?

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<v Speaker 7>Okay, So so that's what I was saying. And then

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<v Speaker 7>the other thing I thought was I wasn't a huge

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<v Speaker 7>Kevin McHale. He was my favorite. But Larry Bird's like

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<v Speaker 7>his work ethic, like he would be and look at

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<v Speaker 7>the garden he would be practicing. He would just you know,

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<v Speaker 7>and I'm sure Tom Brady had a lot of those

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<v Speaker 7>similar work ethics. You know, I'm going to work and

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<v Speaker 7>do this. But to complain about, you know, be a plane,

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<v Speaker 7>I mean, or I mean, really, there's more things in

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<v Speaker 7>this world that people. You know, they're so lucky. They

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And I.

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<v Speaker 2>Realized that they make money only for a few years.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not a lifetime job. But many of them then, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>in their in their retirement as an active player, they're

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<v Speaker 2>if they're smart, they can move into broadcasting, they can

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<v Speaker 2>move into working with the team organization as a scout.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of them go into coaching, some of them going

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<v Speaker 2>to college coaching. There's there's there's a lot of opportunities

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<v Speaker 2>that open up for them just because of who they

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<v Speaker 2>professional football player. There's a lot of businesses who will,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, hire these guys. It's it is really a

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<v Speaker 2>wonderful way to begin your career as a young person,

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<v Speaker 2>and you treated you treated like a god by many people.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, the worst thing that you have to do

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<v Speaker 2>might see with a restaurant and come over and try

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<v Speaker 2>to say hello. But again, those are the people who

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<v Speaker 2>are watching your games. Those are the people who are

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<v Speaker 3>So I don't know it. Just when I read that today,

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<v Speaker 3>I thought to myself, no, wonder they.

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<v Speaker 2>Were foward fourteen and the Patriots have to have to

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<v Speaker 2>make that roster over as far as I'm concerned.

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<v Speaker 7>Well, and something came up the other night. There was

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<v Speaker 7>some and I can't recall what the what the topic was,

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<v Speaker 7>but something came up about coach Mayo. Now I mean

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<v Speaker 7>I was all I was, so you know, I loved them.

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<v Speaker 7>I was just so you know, I kept you know,

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<v Speaker 7>so I come on, coach, come on, coach, and just

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<v Speaker 7>you know, And I mean but again, I mean, I

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<v Speaker 7>don't think that they should have just cut him off

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<v Speaker 7>after one year because because even like you know, I

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<v Speaker 7>mean Bill Belichick, I mean again, I don't go there,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, prior to to the Patriots. But I mean,

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<v Speaker 7>but I'm sure Bill Belichick had you know, some rocky years.

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<v Speaker 2>had losing seasons. His first season with the Patriots wasn't great.

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<v Speaker 2>But Gerard Mayo was a great guy. I had him

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<v Speaker 2>on the show several years ago. He had a he's

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<v Speaker 2>an animal lover, and he had a dog which I

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<v Speaker 2>think they had put in a kennel when when the

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<v Speaker 2>family went away on a trip, uh and the dog

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<v Speaker 2>was not treated well, and and and and he he

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<v Speaker 2>he took it publicly, and I had him on the show.

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<v Speaker 2>I liked the guy a lot, and I was rooting

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<v Speaker 2>for him a lot. And that team just didn't perform.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, a bunch of complainers and a bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>the players also became distractions, you know, in terms of

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of cases and a little bit of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>interchange with a police officer down in Rhode Island, and

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<v Speaker 2>none of that helps. But hey, they are what they are.

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<v Speaker 2>They're a four and fourteen football team, and I'll be

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<v Speaker 2>next year. I suspect not not the number when this.

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<v Speaker 2>Once this figure came out, it shows that they weren't happy.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you're not happy, it's tough to play winning,

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<v Speaker 2>winning football. It's as simple as that. Mauren, thanks so

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<v Speaker 2>much for calling. I really do approach. First two callers

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<v Speaker 2>are Patriots, Fians and female, and that's great. I hope

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<v Speaker 2>some of the guys will call in, and maybe some

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<v Speaker 2>of the guys want to criticize my position here, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be more than happy to hear from them as well.

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<v Speaker 7>Marin, thank you much, well, thank you, thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's keep rolling here and see what others

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<v Speaker 2>might think. We will just do this until ten o'clock.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to go next to Yeah, Matt and Franklin. Matt,

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<v Speaker 2>you were next on Nightside.

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome Dan.

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<v Speaker 8>I agree with the survey. I think the franchise is

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<v Speaker 8>in deep trouble of crafts getting up there in age.

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<v Speaker 8>He's always been someone that's never wanted to spend money

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<v Speaker 8>on the team. It came out a couple of years

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<v Speaker 8>ago that he was having Pete carroll sair blowne and

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<v Speaker 8>Chief sandwiches for the players, and I mean he inherented.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not going to doubt you, but I never heard

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<v Speaker 3>that story.

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<v Speaker 8>It came out when Belichick's Belichick's final year because a

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<v Speaker 8>lot of the other coaches were feeling bad based on

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<v Speaker 8>the state of the team, and it was really shocking

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<v Speaker 8>just how much the team fell off when Brady left.

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<v Speaker 3>And yeah, when Joe Montana left the Patriots, team fell off,

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<v Speaker 3>when when Derry Bradshaw left the Steelers the team.

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<v Speaker 8>But yeah, when Steve Young left the forty nine and

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<v Speaker 8>fell off. But yeah, that a lot of it to

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<v Speaker 8>do with But he won't spend money. It's like he

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<v Speaker 8>keeps like Nickel and diming everything, raising the prices. I mean,

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<v Speaker 8>he wouldn't pay Curtis Martin Parcels back in the day.

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<v Speaker 8>He fought with them, and his son also has a

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<v Speaker 8>huge role on the team. And he's not a very

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<v Speaker 8>like whkable individual. So I mean, I just.

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<v Speaker 3>Think you're talking about Bob Crafter or Jonathan Jonathan. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't I've met Bob Craft. I don't know him.

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<v Speaker 2>He wouldn't know me from a hole in the wall,

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<v Speaker 2>to the best of my knowledge, ever met Jonathan. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>my question to you, Matt okay, are you are you

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<v Speaker 2>a season ticket holder?

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<v Speaker 3>You sound like you might be personally invested.

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<v Speaker 8>No, I would never buy season tickets at the current

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<v Speaker 8>tym that they're in.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm suck.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, Well, let me.

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<v Speaker 8>Ask you this.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you feel this way when the Patriots were winning

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<v Speaker 2>six of nine Super Bowls in the first.

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<v Speaker 8>You know what during the lull in between when we

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<v Speaker 8>were putting together some of those awful teams and then

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<v Speaker 8>not drafting first round picks because they cost money, and

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<v Speaker 8>then not right resigning people because they cost money.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that Craft didn't buy the team until was it

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<v Speaker 3>ninety four?

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<v Speaker 8>He bought the team in ninety four? He inherited Bloodstelle

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<v Speaker 8>and to ourselves. I'm talking about when we won the

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<v Speaker 8>first couple of Super Bowls.

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<v Speaker 2>And say, first of all, by the way, when when

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<v Speaker 2>we won, I didn't play in the team and you

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<v Speaker 2>didn't play in the team.

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<v Speaker 3>When Day won.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go at our pronouns correctly. Okay, unless you a

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<v Speaker 2>Jersey or the taxi squad.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll be back at night Side right after this.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Dan Ray Mine from the window World

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<v Speaker 1>night Side Studios on w b Z.

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<v Speaker 2>The news radio, getting everybody, and I promise we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to start it off with Chris down the cave.

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<v Speaker 3>Chris, where do you think? Am I? How? Am I

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<v Speaker 3>right or wrong? On this one?

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<v Speaker 6>You're right?

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<v Speaker 2>Hello?

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<v Speaker 3>You there, we got you, Chris, go red ahead, You're next,

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<v Speaker 3>you run here, go ahead?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, thanks h I tend to agree when I I

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<v Speaker 6>haven't read any opinion pieces on it, or Ben Bowen's

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<v Speaker 6>piece on it.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a great piece.

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<v Speaker 6>I skimmed it when it first came out a day

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<v Speaker 6>or so ago, and the first thing that jumped out

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<v Speaker 6>at me was who like in any survey or polling?

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<v Speaker 6>Who did the polling? What is the objectivity? What are

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<v Speaker 6>the relative rankings of the teams? What's the morale?

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<v Speaker 8>Well?

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<v Speaker 2>I gave the relative rankings, and these are the Patriot

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<v Speaker 2>players who gave the opportunity. Every player on every team

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<v Speaker 2>in the NFL had the opportunity to fill out anonymously.

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<v Speaker 2>So they could say whatever they want, and it's conducted

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<v Speaker 2>by the Players Association, which gives the them, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a chance to find out, you know, how their players feel,

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<v Speaker 2>how they're being treated. The Players Association would do that.

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<v Speaker 2>But for the Patriots as a team of four and fourteen,

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<v Speaker 2>it's like, you know, the plane was horrible, the weight

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<v Speaker 2>trainers were horrible, the weight room was horrible. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>there was very you know, last, second, last, third, last.

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<v Speaker 2>The only one who got it a decent grade was

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<v Speaker 2>the coach, Yeah, who I think is a great guy,

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<v Speaker 2>and the and the team failed him badly in my opinion.

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<v Speaker 6>So yeah, see, that's what jumped out at me in

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<v Speaker 6>that survey as I skimmed it, that he got a

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<v Speaker 6>damn good rating considering the record that he produced. And

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<v Speaker 6>certainly he is not responsible for a lack ofam around

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<v Speaker 6>if the team is behind him to that extent. But

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<v Speaker 6>the rest of it, I sort of agree with you.

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<v Speaker 6>Any of these players complaining about their salaries, yes, always,

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<v Speaker 6>just never enough. I remember the you know, as you

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<v Speaker 6>pointed out earlier, the Southern Stadium, what a disaster that

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<v Speaker 6>was that was going to white to the White stadium.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, But the idea was that. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Without Sullivan Stadium, you wouldn't have I mean, the Patriots

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<v Speaker 2>previously were nomads. They played it bes and Field, Harvard Stadium,

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<v Speaker 2>Fenway Park. I watched Patriots game to Fenway Park. They

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<v Speaker 2>finally had a place of their own. Okay, And that

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<v Speaker 2>was the time that the AFC and the National Football League,

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<v Speaker 2>the American Football League were merging. And they're standing on

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<v Speaker 2>the shoulders of these players who came before. And you

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<v Speaker 2>probably if you probably said to most of the players,

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<v Speaker 2>who's Gino Cappelletti, who's Jim Hallins, they probably would have

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<v Speaker 2>no idea.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it was.

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<v Speaker 2>It was very disappointing to read this article and it

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<v Speaker 2>just shows to me that this this team was not

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<v Speaker 2>a good team and they should shake it up, as

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<v Speaker 2>simple as that. Chris, I got a.

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<v Speaker 6>Bunch of the sims I might have of the survey

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<v Speaker 6>is I think it might be helpful, even though it

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<v Speaker 6>was done by the Players Association, to have independent reviews

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<v Speaker 6>of these venues to see how it matches in an

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<v Speaker 6>independent source. If you were, you know, a journalist going

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<v Speaker 6>to you know, going on this plane or checking that

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<v Speaker 6>plane out and all the rest. Does it match or

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<v Speaker 6>are there other attitudes that could have been in play.

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<v Speaker 1>I never heard, I never heard.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that Patriots complain about the planes of the plane,

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<v Speaker 2>I should say, when they were winning Super Bowls, right,

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<v Speaker 2>And I just think that the losing team develops a

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<v Speaker 2>losing attitude.

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<v Speaker 3>Simple ast simple as that. Chris, appreciate your call, Thank

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<v Speaker 3>you much, appreciate it. Thank you all right, welcome Ed

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<v Speaker 3>and wooster.

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<v Speaker 2>Ed.

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<v Speaker 3>Gotta be quick because I got a couple more behind you.

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<v Speaker 3>Go ahead, Ed, Hi.

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<v Speaker 4>I agree with the previous scholar about you got to

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<v Speaker 4>look into the methodology and who's who's who's tabulating results.

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<v Speaker 4>But I don't think this survey has been done for

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<v Speaker 4>very long. You were comparing it to when they were

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<v Speaker 4>winning Super Bowls. I've only heard about this for like

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<v Speaker 4>the last two years or so.

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<v Speaker 3>This was the third year.

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<v Speaker 4>You could have been doing this for a long time.

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<v Speaker 3>Be right, No, this was the third year it was done.

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<v Speaker 3>You're correct.

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<v Speaker 2>But what I'm saying is winning everybody feels better. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>the locker room looks cleaner, the food taste better, the

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<v Speaker 2>seats in the plane are more comfortable.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>This was a bad football team that let down their

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<v Speaker 2>coach and let down their fans and now they're complaining

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<v Speaker 2>about everything. Well that's all.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, can I speak up in defense of the I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>I am not a huge fan of labor unions. I'm

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<v Speaker 4>particularly not a huge fan of professional sports player unions.

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<v Speaker 4>But if I want to say a word in defense

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<v Speaker 4>of the Players Association, of the people who answered this survey,

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<v Speaker 4>the players who answered the survey, to me, they're look

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<v Speaker 4>at how they've been evaluated ever since. Probably you know

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<v Speaker 4>junior higher before, who can run faster, who can jump higher,

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<v Speaker 4>who can lift more weights, who can do this better.

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<v Speaker 4>All they're really doing is doing that and doing it

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<v Speaker 4>back to the people who've been doing it to them

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<v Speaker 4>their whole lives.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I understand that.

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<v Speaker 2>But what I'm saying to you is that for the

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<v Speaker 2>most part that again, I think that this was a

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<v Speaker 2>team that was a losing football team, and these guys

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<v Speaker 2>don't appreciate what they have and a lot of them

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<v Speaker 2>are going to find them helves on the unemployment line.

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<v Speaker 2>They're not going to be picked up by other teams.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>And maybe they'll look back on this last season and saying,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe the food wasn't that bad after all, and maybe

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<v Speaker 2>that plane wasn't that bad. Try try flying commercial guys

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<v Speaker 2>and tell me, tell me how bad the Patriot's plain is.

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<v Speaker 3>That's all I'm saying it.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, I know, I mean not just the union.

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<v Speaker 4>It's done to light a fire under the management and

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<v Speaker 4>the owners.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's what a union is.

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<v Speaker 2>Spas they want nothing, no problem with the union of

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<v Speaker 2>this one, that's for sure. ED appreciate a different point

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<v Speaker 2>of view as always.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you much.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to try to Thanks buddy, talk to you

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<v Speaker 2>some anytime. Let me go next real quickly. I got

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<v Speaker 2>Paul and Lynn, PAULI got you want to got room

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<v Speaker 2>for Sean and Beverly?

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<v Speaker 3>Go ahead, Paul, Hey, I.

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<v Speaker 9>Dan, I just call. They agree with everything you're saying

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<v Speaker 9>and be content in what you have. And I don't

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<v Speaker 9>think it would get to the point where mister Kraft

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<v Speaker 9>wouldn't take care of than not being comfortable before it

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<v Speaker 9>gets over his head. I think he would take care

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<v Speaker 9>of it right away.

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<v Speaker 2>But you want to do These are the guys who

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<v Speaker 2>represent your team. You want to put your best players,

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<v Speaker 2>and you want to treat them well. If you're a

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<v Speaker 2>good businessman and a guy who won six out of

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<v Speaker 2>nine Super Bowls, I mean that's respect.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, and I'll get it.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of these players who made these complaints, they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to look back five years and they're gonna remember differently.

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<v Speaker 9>They're going to say, you know what, maybe not because

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<v Speaker 9>that's how they grew up in their household.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe that's not a bad point. That's maybe not a

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<v Speaker 3>bad point. They got to get different.

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<v Speaker 9>You go onto the next, onto the next one.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm listening.

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<v Speaker 9>I'm I agree, thanks man, right to the point.

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<v Speaker 3>I appreciate it very much.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, we got one time for one more caller,

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<v Speaker 2>and it is sewn from Beverly Sewn.

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<v Speaker 3>You're the last of the hour.

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<v Speaker 10>You go right ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, I'm doing great.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you think of this survey of the results

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<v Speaker 2>and my comments on it?

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, I think I look at it both ways.

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<v Speaker 5>Tell the truth.

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<v Speaker 10>I think listen, players want the comforts right because the

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<v Speaker 10>other thing is too If you look at the numbers

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<v Speaker 10>and the ratings, I mean, three of the top four

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<v Speaker 10>highest scoring teams or all had losing records. So as

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<v Speaker 10>an example, like Las Vegas, they finished with the fourth

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<v Speaker 10>best rankings, but they also were four and thirteen like

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<v Speaker 10>the Patriots. Would you feel any better if we had

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<v Speaker 10>the fourth highest rating? From the from the players. If

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<v Speaker 10>they still finished four and thirteen, I don't know. And

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<v Speaker 10>it's also a weighted average too. I looked, I look

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<v Speaker 10>the the averages that's weighted, so like the head the

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<v Speaker 10>owner was the highest weight, they give fifteen percent weight

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<v Speaker 10>to that. So essentially, you know two and a I

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<v Speaker 10>just look at numbs a little bit. They looked at

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<v Speaker 10>two and a half times as much as they waited,

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<v Speaker 10>like the families being taken care of, consider et cetera.

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<v Speaker 10>So that really said a lot about negatively about craft.

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<v Speaker 3>I thinks, well, again.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh craft, let's see ownership here. Just to be clear

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<v Speaker 2>of the D ownership was D. Team travel was f

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<v Speaker 2>these guys. They're on a private plane. Let them go

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<v Speaker 2>and work in the business world and see what it's

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<v Speaker 2>like to be a road warrior and you're not flying

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<v Speaker 2>on a team plane. I mean what happens is you

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<v Speaker 2>get a little fat, happy and contented. And I just

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<v Speaker 2>think there's a correlation between they were losing team and

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<v Speaker 2>I think a lot of these players to look they

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<v Speaker 2>can say what they want, okay, and maybe there's another

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<v Speaker 2>team that has a better locker room, Maybe there's another

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<v Speaker 2>team that has a better meal service. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think the NFL and a lot of the

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<v Speaker 2>major league sports, with the exception maybe of the Oakland A's,

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<v Speaker 2>are pretty first class organizations, if you get my drift.

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, no, I don't disagree at all. And I think, honest,

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<v Speaker 10>a lot of it is just because, like you said,

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<v Speaker 10>they could kind of used to it. And I don't say

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<v Speaker 10>spoiled as much because you know that's what they do.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there's a little factor there. They've been treated better

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<v Speaker 2>in their young lives than you've been in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>Whatever you do, I promise you, okay.

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<v Speaker 10>No question. I think back that talent though, and look

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<v Speaker 10>at the Bruins. For years they played out Rescucio and

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<v Speaker 10>that was the worst with a joke of a rink

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<v Speaker 10>for their off season training, right, but they made it

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<v Speaker 10>work and they won a Cup when they were there.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep, that's true. All right, Thank you, Sean, I appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>We had a lot of interesting viewpoints and that hour

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<v Speaker 2>was a success, a success. I want to thank Lauri

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<v Speaker 2>and Maureen who started us off that hour and the

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<v Speaker 2>lines lit up. We're going to talk about autonomous vehicles.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't know what I'm talking about, I've been

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<v Speaker 2>in one, and I want to know what you think

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<v Speaker 2>is the future of autonomous vehicles. We talked with Mark

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<v Speaker 2>Shield drop a triple A right after the break for

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<v Speaker 2>the ten o'clock news. Stay with us