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Boston Celtics have named Joe Mazzul, the 19th head coach in franchise history,

and I've agreed upon a contract extension with him. They announced today, terms of the deal not disclosed. Missoula, the 19th head coach in franchise history and I've agreed upon a contract extension with him.

They announced today, terms of the deal not disclosed, Missoula replaces Ime Odoca.

And this from Brad Stevens, president of basketball operations.

He's shown that Joe is very talented as a coach and a leader.

He has a unique ability to galvanize the room and a mission.

We are thankful for the work

he has done to help get us to this point and excited that he has agreed to lead us into the future.

The Celtics currently on the best record in the east at 42 and 17.

And that was the breaking news from earlier in the day. Have a lot of thoughts on this. And this is where we will start on Thursday, February 16th from our talent fairtire studios in Waltham. It's Felger and Mazz, a fully loaded program. Maz and Murray alongside. Hi, fellas. Hello. Peugee, good. Hi. We got Stu and Kevin Mijori behind the glass as usual. Maas, what do you lead off thoughts on the news today on Missoula? Okay, so look, I'm glad that the Celtics have resolved the issue, if you will, close the loop. You know, terminated, ultimately, email Doka, moved on. Like, you can finally put the issue to bed. My one question is this, why did they have

to do it now? Like, and I'm talking about the Missoula part. So if you want to let Udoca go,

you can do it. But what was the, what do we know about Missoula in big spots? We don't know

anything yet, really.

And like, so what, what if you get to the postseason now, and he makes some colossal blunder, like not calling a time out, which has been an ongoing issue all year long, or whatever, I'm just, I'm just thinking out loud, okay? I don't, I can't give you a specific transgression. but what if there is an in-game thing that we look at and we say this guy is not the guy to be there in the finals? He's just not. Because the other night we were talking about it or yesterday we were talking about it. And I said to you, he doesn't have that part figured out yet with the timeouts. He's really not ready to handle it. And so what if that becomes a thing in the postseason?

And then you're like, well, you know, they really need someone else on the bench that can handle the final two minutes of a game. You think they jump the gun? I think they, yes. The answer is yes. I don't think they needed to do this now. I don't.

There's only one reason that they needed to do it now,

which I'll hold on to for a moment,

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