Bill Simmons

Not to mention all the personal stuff.

There's no way this isn't going to affect the coach.

There's no way this isn't going to affect the team.

Also coming off some of the other stuff that happened and

the way variable carried himself last year is like such a leader and the Patriots are a family.

And is this going to seem genuine now?

And it's just one of those, it's one of those sports stories that just sucks in every capacity other than, you know, unless you're on social media, get jokes out of it.

But, um, in terms of like the craziest Boston stories ever, which I really try to put some time into thinking about, and I didn't want to put like dark stuff like Reggie Lewis, things like that, but just the, the kind of what the fuck,

the WTF Boston sports stories, a really great one.

When I was a, when I was a kid, the Celtics won the 1976 title.

And then they let Paul Silas go, who is their best rebounder.

It was my dad's favorite player.

And Dave Cowens, the center, who was, you know, one of the best players in the league just retired the next season in his prime and sat out like the first 35 games.

And at one point,

I can't remember.

I think he drove a cab one night, but then at one point he took a job working for Suffolk Downs, the racetrack.

And this was just being covered day to day in Boston.

Like, I'm trying to think if this happened now because the players didn't make that much money back then.

But I can't describe how fucking bonkers this was when it was happening.

Like Dave Cowens, he's just going to retire.