Just drives me nuts. Pats are almost always ahead of the curve. Two TE offense for example is now spreading like herpes in a whorehouse, and the Pats had the market cornered on that until Hernandez went Dexter and Gronk got nicked.
southshoresoxfan said:FWIW Bill was drafting CBs, they just haven't panned out. They hammer the Pats for not spending, but don't mention that they have Mankins, Brady, Gronk, Wilfork, etc under big deals right now. These two drive me insane with this "Pats don't spend" mantra. Its getting old.
lexrageorge said:Can someone remind them that the Pats spend right up to the cap most years?
wutang112878 said:
That would immediately prompt Felgers 'the cap is crap' logic, which to a degree is true.
Their critiques are kind of confusing, they hammer them on specific moves like making a radical defensive change, moving up in the draft or making a splash in free agency would provide a quick fix. They want them be superbowl favorites for a very small window with these radical changes. Rather than talking about how amazing it is that they can sniff the AFCCG almost every year for 10+ year by executing an 'in it for the long term' strategy which no one else in the league can do, they instead just critic moves that conflict with their GFIN philosophy.
Their critiques are kind of confusing, they hammer them on specific moves like making a radical defensive change, moving up in the draft or making a splash in free agency would provide a quick fix. They want them be superbowl favorites for a very small window with these radical changes. Rather than talking about how amazing it is that they can sniff the AFCCG almost every year for 10+ year by executing an 'in it for the long term' strategy which no one else in the league can do, they instead just critic moves that conflict with their GFIN philosophy.
Quiddity said:
There isn't truth to Felger's "cap is crap" logic these days. He had an argument at one point, which was that the salary cap was rising by so much money each year that the cap didn't mean as much as it did in the past. In 2005 the cap was $85.5 million. By 2009 it was $128 million. In 2010 there was no cap. So when that was his argument, there was truth to it.
These days? The cap is going up per year by a much smaller margin than it did in the past. It actually went down by $8 million when it came back in 2011 and was only 3 million higher than that in 2013. So its now actually less than it was at its peak in 2009. If Felger was using proper logic, he would learn that his argument didn't have merit anymore. Instead, he doubles down and proclaims it with glee because it meets his argument that Belichick is a poor GM and that Kraft is cheap. Does the NFL salary cap have less meaning than a league with a harder cap like the NHL or NBA? Yes. But that's not Felger's argument. His argument is that the cap is meaningless, that if a team wants a player they can get him and not have to worry at all about the cap, and that if they don't get said player, its because they have set an actual dollar budget that they don't want to pass (in other words they are cheap).
Yet Felger continues to put his head in the sand and pretend that the cap is meaningless. Funny, I remember when he proclaimed that the Redskins wouldn't get punished with the cap for their actions in the uncapped year. Oops, they did. Remember when Felger proclaimed that the Jets were going to get Nnamdi Asomugha (at the time a Revis or Sherman level star CB)? Oops, they didn't have the cap space to sign him. Felger's response? Refuse to admit he's wrong. "The cap is crap!"
he doubles down and proclaims it with glee because it meets his argument that Belichick is a poor GM and that Kraft is cheap.
John Marzano Olympic Hero said:
Felger has never said that Belichick is a poor GM. In fact, he has said on many occasions that Belichick is a very good GM, but he's a better coach. I'm not sure how you can argue that. I think he waffles on the Kraft is cheap meme, if it works for his argument, he'll use it.
Mike has also determined that this Yankee lineup is a 100 to 150 run upgrade over last year's lineup.allstonite said:Quality Yankees talk today.
"80% of Teixeira is still better than Napoli"
"Absolutely Mike!"
NortheasternPJ said:Haha
@GlobeChadFinn: Caller tells Felger and Mazz that Teixeira's OPS has fallen 4 straight years. Shockingly, Mazz does not shriek "I CAN'T HEAR YOU NA NA NA."
John Marzano Olympic Hero said:
The best part is when Felger said, "I know his numbers have gone down for four straight years, because someone just told me that, because I had no idea 5 minutes ago because I have no interest in actually being knowledgeable."
I have no idea why I turned them on today, and I'm not proud of myself for this, but I really did laugh out loud hearing Mazz bitch about how everyone else is giving the Red Sox a pass for failing to make the playoffs in 2014.Now official: caricatures of themselves. SNL- like.
It won't matter. Mazz will never let facts get in the way of a good trolling.John Marzano Olympic Hero said:This paragraph should be tattooed backwards on Mazz' face, so he can read it every time he looks in the mirror: "On the eve of spring training, the word is the injury could continue to plague him until June, and possibly all year. So, yes, at this point, we can officially declare this megadeal a bust."
judyb said:I have no idea why I turned them on today, and I'm not proud of myself for this, but I really did laugh out loud hearing Mazz bitch about how everyone else is giving the Red Sox a pass for failing to make the playoffs in 2014.
judyb said:I have no idea why I turned them on today, and I'm not proud of myself for this, but I really did laugh out loud hearing Mazz bitch about how everyone else is giving the Red Sox a pass for failing to make the playoffs in 2014.
No, but his manufactured anger over what he chooses to assume is likely to happen was so ridiculous that it really was like a bad SNL skit so stupid that you can't help but laugh.Wait -- did Mazz seriously already write them off for 2014? Why would he be bitching about everyone giving them a free pass? Is he saying they should have done more this offseason, or is he accusing the fan base of being too complacent?
H78 said:You all hate them, but here you are talking about them.
As someone said, they only care about their paychecks. And discussions like this prove that people are still listening and thus fattening theose paychecks. Are you really pissed and annoyed? Stop listening, it'll force change just like it did at EEI.
H78 said:You all hate them, but here you are talking about them.
As someone said, they only care about their paychecks. And discussions like this prove that people are still listening and thus fattening theose paychecks. Are you really pissed and annoyed? Stop listening, it'll force change just like it did at EEI.
Mystic Merlin said:
Thanks, Rocco.
riboflav said:What's ironic is they owe most of their success to the success of the local teams. If suddenly all the local teams turned into the Celtics and looked to be cellar dwellers for the foreseeable future, F+M would need to change their tones and approaches completely in order to spur interest in the local teams. For a little while, fans would still listen and enjoy dumping on the local teams but after awhile indifference and apathy would settle in. A radio host's worst nightmare.
John Marzano Olympic Hero said:This paragraph should be tattooed backwards on Mazz' face, so he can read it every time he looks in the mirror: "On the eve of spring training, the word is the injury could continue to plague him until June, and possibly all year. So, yes, at this point, we can officially declare this megadeal a bust."
JimD said:These two are leaving the door wide open for WEEI, if that station could ever find the right hosts for a revamped afternoon drive show.
Helmet Head said:I have tried to listen to the show over the last couple weeks since the sox are coming back. Huge mistake. Mocking everything the Sox have been doing. You would think they finished in last place last year.
I agree with this, Felger is entertaining and on some topics, as knowledgeable as anyone in Boston sports radio.KingChre said:This show is a fascinating conundrum for me, I genuinely enjoy Felger as a radio personality. I think he is superb at what he does from an entertainment perspective, and I try not to get bogged down in whatever nonsense he is actually spewing. Mazz however, makes the show completely unwatchable/listenable sometimes. I don't think he is any kind of asshole or anything, but sometimes it is just so blatantly clear that he doesn't even believe the shit he is saying. The smirk on his face makes me want to punch him, several times, whenever he goes on one of his patented rants. Always the same BS over and over again, and its embarrassing.
It's become brutal for me to listen to, which sucks because if WEEI doesn't get it's act together there's no reason for them to ever change.
Hey Beetle, congrats on the new baby! How do you like being a father so far?KingChre said:This show is a fascinating conundrum for me, I genuinely enjoy Felger as a radio personality. I think he is superb at what he does from an entertainment perspective, and I try not to get bogged down in whatever nonsense he is actually spewing. Mazz however, makes the show completely unwatchable/listenable sometimes. I don't think he is any kind of asshole or anything, but sometimes it is just so blatantly clear that he doesn't even believe the shit he is saying. The smirk on his face makes me want to punch him, several times, whenever he goes on one of his patented rants. Always the same BS over and over again, and its embarrassing.
Billy Jo Robidoux said:Hey Beetle, congrats on the new baby! How do you like being a father so far?
PeaceSignMoose said:The Red Sox cannot be as good as they were last year, and the Yankees will not be as bad. Ergo the Yankees are better than the Red Sox.
Oh, Mazz.
John Marzano Olympic Hero said:Guys, this is all schtick.
axx said:Oh god, F&M discovered the Lego Movie. "Everything is Awesome" is going to be their schtick when either rants about the Boston Media.