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    Co-Host, 2 hours of 100% commercial-free, no one makes a dime from it, Sports Talk radio every Tuesday and Thursday from 9PM to 11PM on Long Island's 90.3FM.
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    For the Jets Fans on the Board

    As everybody knows by now, I co-host a 100% commercial-free, no one makes a dime from it, Sports Talk radio show on Long Island. The other night, Newsday's Jets beat reporter Erik Boland did a 2008 Jets Season Preview with my new co-host. The interview is 41 commercial-free minutes of nothing but Jets talk, and is in MP3 format. Because we're not yet webcast, the audio is now up at http://hosted.filefront.com/patchyfogg As always, thanks!
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    Jets/Giants Draft Reviews

    As everyone knows by now, I co-host a 100% commercial-free, no one makes a dime from it, Sports Talk radio show on Long Island. I've uploaded our Jets and Giants Draft Reviews that we did Thursday night with Jets beat writer Erik Boland from Newsday and Giants beat reporter Ralph Vacchiano from the Daily News. The Jets interview is 52+ commercial-free minutes of nothing but Jets talk in MP3 format. The Giants interview is 47+ commercial-free minutes of nothing but Giants talk in MP3 format. Each and every pick is discussed in great detail, along with discussions about literally every position on the team, plus Shockey, Chris Baker, etc. You can listen to the audio at: http://hosted.filefront.com/patchyfogg As always, thanks and I hope that you enjoy.
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    Jets & Giants Draft Preview

    As everyone knows by now, I co-host a 100% commercial-free, no one makes a dime from it, Sports Talk radio show on Long Island. Last night, we did 44+ commercial-free minutes with Jets beat reporter Erik Boland from Newsday and 27+ commercial-free minutes with Giants beat reporter Mike Garafolo from the Newark Star-Ledger. If you're interested, the interviews are at http://hosted.filefront.com/patchyfogg As always, thanks!
  4. As you all know by now, I co-host a 100% commercial-free, no one makes a dime from it, Sports Talk radio show on Long Island. On Thursday night, we had Daily News beat reporter Ralph Vacchiano on with us. Ralph was even kind enough to link to it in his Blog the next day. The interview is 21+ commercial-free minutes and only covers the Giants. Here is a list of the topics discussed in chronological order: --The firing of Tim Lewis --What kinds of changes is ownership expecting? --Dom Capers --Kevin Gilbride --Eli as a leader --Brandon Jacobs (team really likes him, faster than Tiki) --What kind of veteran RB would be brought in? --Jerry Reese --The dynamic between the Maras and the Tischs today --A discussion of John and Chris Mara --Did Tom Coughlin really "lose" the team? --Who was complaining anonymously? --Why did the players despise Hufnagel and his plays so much? --A discussion of all things Tiki, the good and the bad. --Will Michael Strahan be back? --Will Burress and Shockey continue to work out away from the team in the off-season? The interview can be found at the free site where we post our interviews: http://hosted.filefront.com/patchyfogg I hope you get a chance to listen, and I hope that you enjoy. As always, thanks. Someone on another Board was kind enough to write up a transcript: First, RV expresses that it has been an exciting week, but not a fun one because people are losing their jobs, and that he'd much rather be covering games. RV's opinion is that ownership felt comfortable in saying that mandated staff changes were not part of Coughlin's contract because TC had already assured them that Lewis would be replaced. Said Coughlin pre-empted them by demoting Hufnagel, but that management has been unhappy with the way the team has played and feels Coughlin hadn't lived up to his promise to bring in the best possible staff. PF asks if there's a frontrunner on staff to replace Lewis; RV doesn't believe there's anyone on the current staff being considered, thinks Capers would be TC's first call, and that all the current defensive position coaches would likely be replaced by the new DC. PF asks about coordinator on offense, RV says Gilbride's body of work with NY is too small to base a decision on but the players reacted favorably to the subtle changes KG made in the offense and he thinks NY will give Gilbride a shot as OC and bring in a new QB coach. PF asks if Eli can become a more vocal leader; RV says there's no evidence to support that, but thinks he has to at some point. Notes that Eli's acknowledged that as QB he has to become a leader, but hasn't done that. RV speculates that if he simply might not have the necessary personality to become a vocal leader, if after three years he still has not assumed that role. He says that he's concerned that after hearing many players on O say they need Eli to step up and take charge, they're waiting for something that might never happen and someone else might need to assume that role. PF asks whether it's too early to say Jacobs is the every down back, and whether NY might have RB plans via trade or the draft. RV says he believes Jacobs is actually faster than Barber and could be very good in the open field. He thinks the Giants may bring in a vet back like the Jets did with Barlow this year 'just in case' as the RB position is too important to risk being wrong about. PF asks about Ahman Green, RV says that's the type of guy but that whoever NY gets would have to accept a back-up role/money because the Giants are committed to Jacobs as the starter. PF asks RV about the status of the GM search. He says he's been told they've completed all interviews, and though there is a small chance they are still considering someone from the outside, he believes Reese is almost certainly the next GM. Explains the delay by pointing out that the Giants wanted to settle the Coughlin issue first, then wanted to check into Pioli's interest. Adds that the Tisch brothers travel extensively and don't operate out of the Meadowlands offices, and that Mara would need to arrange to get together with them to iron out details before making a formal announcement. Said it would shock him if they hired anyone other than Reese. PF points out that the owners were always able to reach a compromise on decisions and asks how decision-making works with the current generation of owners. RV thinks John Mara is very careful to make sure it continues as a 50-50 partnership, and that while the Tisch brothers want to be involved, they are savvy enough to realize he is still learning re: football operations and to defer to Mara on those matters. Says it's a good working dynamic, guesses that they probably butt heads a little bit and that the notion of Chris Mara as a GM candidate didn't sit well with the Tisch brothers but the issue never created a feud and they were able to settle it peacefully. Whoever is GM, it will be a unanimous decision. PF asks how John and Chris came to be the Mara family members with the most involvement/power in the organization. RV says he's not sure but suspects that John being the first born and also having interest from an early age made him a natural choice. Thinks Wellington welcomed all his kids into the business if they were interested, and that Chris's position has evolved based on his skills and abilities. RV said he's respected around the league and that if his last name wasn't Mara, he might have been a lock for the GM job but the family ties complicated the issue. PF asks if Coughlin lost this team. RV says there is no doubt that there was a significant number of unhappy players in the locker room. Says not 90% or 60%, but that he could name ten starters who were at times a little disgruntled. He says that the level of discontent, though, became exaggerated when the stories passed from the local to the national media, who presented it as total loss of control, chaos. Says that was never truly the case, but that the discontent was there and peaked in late November, at which time he heard someone complaining off the record every time he was in the locker room. Re: anonymous players, RV said he wouldn't report the comments of a 'third string tackle', and would only use anonymous quotes from starters or players with key roles. In short, said Coughlin never lost control but was teetering at times, and that there were enough players who were miserable in Hufnagel's offense that he wonders if they gave up a little. PF asks what the overriding player complaints were about Hufnagel -- lack of imagination, playcalling? RV thinks it was a rigid philosophy that he wouldn't adjust. RV believes that Coughlin and his staff, when believing they had a plan that was going to work, didn't know how to change when it didn't. Example: players would tell him that when running scripted plays, they all knew the next play on the list wasn't going to work but it would be called anyway. Mentions Hufnagel's seeming "desire to throw everything on Eli Manning" -- ignoring that Barber was their best player, throwing for the sake of throwing without setting up the long passes with anything else. Says best thing Gilbride did in last 2 games was to work Barber hard and set up passes based on the run. RV said Hufnagel would abandon the run as soon as Barber had a couple carries for losses or small gains and go to the pass, and when Eli was off his game Hufnagel would push more on him instead of scaling back. PF asks RV for his strongest memories of Barber, good and bad. RV responds that Barber was a great player to watch. Says Tiki probably didn't have enough years as top RB in the league to make the HOF, but in the couple years he was the best RB in the league, he routinely made big plays whenever the Giants really needed one. Said he admires how Barber shed his negatives like third down only back, fragile, fumbler (some of that with TC's help) and made himself into a great player. Not many bad memories about him. Says he wishes Tiki hadn't criticized the coaching staff, he doesn't like it when players do that -- but he understands why he did it, thinks Barber first tried to do it behind closed doors and wasn't getting through, and decided to put a little public pressure on. RV believes it worked to some degree but still prefers players who 'run the ball into the endzone, hand the ball to the official and shut up." Says otherwise Barber was great to cover -- pleasant, well-spoken, understood the media and is a great person. PF asks if Strahan will be back. RV says he means no offense to Strahan and thinks he'll be back but doesn't think he can be the player he was because of his age (35) and the foot condition. He's spoken to surgeons about it and they've all told him it's a serious condition, takes a year to recover with surgery -- and since Strahan is foregoing surgery, he might never have the same push off that foot. Believes Strahan can still be a great player but we'll start to see the inevitable downturn that happens to all great players with age. PF asks if Shockey and Burress will continue training in Miami. RV says they will, doesn't think they're doing it to be jerks but that they believe they need that time away and their program is best for them. RV says if it was him, he'd made it a priority to spend as many days as possible working with Manning in the offseason, but Shockey and Plax do their own thing. PF thanks RV for coming on, and RV says this is his favorite interview to do because they ask great questions instead of the usual cliched ones.
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    Auction vs. snake draft...Need help!

    I love auctions for baseball--in fact, you never go back. But, I've gotten a ton of pushback on Football auctions--some having to do with time concerns and others having to do with the fact that it's fun to mimic the real NFL Draft.
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    Peter King and the 2000 draft

    And, don't forget that Mr. King will now be part of NBC's Football Night in America Sunday broadcast.
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    Jets & Giants Draft Reviews

    We had Jets beat writer Randy Lange from the Bergen Record and Giants beat writer Mike Garofalo from the Newark Star-Ledger on with us on my 100% commercial-free, no one makes a dime from it, Long Island Sports Talk radio show last night. Here is the link: http://hosted.filefront.com/patchyfogg The Lange interview itself is 56 commercial-free minutes of nothing but Jets talk, and the Garofalo interview is 37-commercial-free minutes of nothing but Giants talk. As always, thanks for listening.
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    Jets Draft Preview

    We had Jets beat writer Rich Cimini from the Daily News on with us last night on my 100% commercial-free, no one makes a dime from it, Long Island Sports Talk radio show. It's 47+ commercial-free minutes of Jets Draft Preview. We will have Randy Lange from the Bergen Record on with us next week to do a Jets Draft Review. Our usual interview site (http://hosted.filefront.com/patchyfogg) is having uploading problems today, so I had to find a work-around. As such, please go here for the interview: http://www.filecoast.com/index.php?pg=file...904&c2=rsUPcL59 I will do my little write-up (transcript) as the day goes on, but I wanted to get this up as soon as possible. If anyone wants to host the interview somewhere else or can recommend another free downloading service, please let me know. And, if anyone else wants to type up some tidbits from the interview as they listen, that would be great, too. As always, thanks.
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    Giants Talk

    We had Daily News Giants beat writer Ralph Vacchiano on with us last night on our 100% commercial-free, no one makes a dime from it, Long Island Sports Talk radio show. Here's the link: http://hosted.filefront.com/patchyfogg Our plan is to have 2 more beat writers do a Draft Preview and a Draft Review, so I'll keep you posted. Until then, here is a list of what we discussed, I hope you get a chance to listen to the 25-minutes interview. --Ralph's wife is due with their first child any minute --Ralph's hair --Lavar Arrington --The Brandon Short signing --The Giants Free Agent shopping this year vs. last year --Ernie Accorsi's Pre-Draft Press Conference --"Best defensive athlete available" --A discussion of whether they would ever consider an RB at 25 --The Giants are convinced that 1 of the 4 (Greenway, Carpenter, Ryans, Sims) will be there for them. We then discussed the 4. --A discussion of whether the Giants would trade the pick. --A discussion of the off-season secondary additions --Will Allen --What happened with Kenderick Allen? --Brentson Buckner --Ralph thinks the first 3 picks will go LB/DT/CB --He said the 2nd Day will include an OT and possibly an RB --The consensus is there is no consensus in this year's Draft --With all the unpredictability, someone big is going to drop like Aaron Rodgers last year--"some people think that could be Leinart or Young." --The Cedric Jones Draft (Drafting 5th in a 4-deep Draft) As always, thanks for listening.
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    Rick Gosselin on the NFL Draft

    Thanks for listening. I believe his 3-year average for picking the first 100 drafted is 88%.
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    Rick Gosselin on the NFL Draft

    We had Rick Gosselin from the Dallas Morning News as our guest on my 100% commercial-free, no one makes a dime from it, Long Island Sports Talk radio show the other night. I have long considered him to be the most knowledgeable Draft resource out there. Here is the link to the interview: http://hosted.filefront.com/patchyfogg This is by no means an exhaustive transcript of all that was said, but it should give you a good guide. As always, I hope you enjoy and please tell a friend. Thanks --Reggie Bush --The Buzz right now is “What happens to the 3 QB’s? Where do they go?” They have to be placed in the Top 10 to get a fix on the Board. --The Saints at 2 --Jets/Titans & Trading Up --The Titans are the Wild Card as they are definitely taking a QB --Mario Williams --“The NFL Draft is all about measurables. It’s not how you play, but how you look.” --“The Jets can’t lose if they’re looking at Ferguson and Williams at #4.” --Ferguson vs. Ogden and Pace --Comparing the Big 3 QB’s --Vince Young & the Wonderlic Test --A discussion of what the Wonderlic tests --A discussion on Jay Cutler --Where would Alex Smith have gone in this Draft? --We then conduct a Mock Draft for the 1st 10 picks. --A discussion of the Jets’ quarterback situation --Rick believes that it’s a 6-player Draft, followed by Cutler, Young and Huff. He says that there is no consensus 10th guy. --Rick feels that the Draft is soft between 10 and 20, but picks up steam in the 20’s. --Rick says that he has determined that there are 36 players with 1st Round value, with most coming in the 20’s, so teams will have some options in the 20’s. --With 3 picks in the Top 35, Rick feels that the Jets will get some good players --Rick slots 9 RB’s for the First Day, with a drop off on the second day. --LenDale White --The separation has increased between #1 WR Santonio Holmes and #2 Chad Jackson --It’s a bad year for wide receivers. Rick is not sure that there will be a Top 20 WR, and maybe even only 1 in the First Round. --Giants are looking Defense --Rick expects 6 or 7 CB’s to go in the First Round, along with 4 LB’s and 3 DT’s, so the Giants “should have a couple of good defensive options when they go on the clock.” --RB’s are sliding into the 20’s. Good teams could get good running backs. There should be 5 1st Round RB’s taken, and the Colts will be one of them. --Marcus Vick --Anthony Fasano should go in the 2nd and Maurice Stovall in the 3rd --Rick doesn’t even look at tape; he talks to the NFL personnel guys and develops a consensus Draft Board of “This is what the NFL thinks….” --Brett Favre and Retirement --Terrell Owens in Dallas --Jerry Jones/Jimmy Johnson/Barry Switzer --Rick’s presenting retired Cowboys to the Hall of Fame Committee --Michael Irvin and the Hall --Art Monk --Harry Carson and why Rick changed his mind on him --Rick thinks there is a logjam developing in the Hall vote, and that next year (and maybe even the year after), all 6 finalists should get in. --The so-called bias against the Cowboys in the Hall vote. --Bill Parcells and the Hall --Joe Gibbs and the Hall --Ralph Wilson’s comments on the new breed of owners --The next Commissioner will be strong on the business and global marketing side. --Everything has been on the upside for Paul Tagliabue, with the lone exception of the California situation. --Jeremy Bloom --This is one of the best Returner drafts, he has ever seen. --The Steve Hutchinson contract --Rick considers Josh Huston to be the best kicker available, but predicts that no K or P will be drafted on the First Day.
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    Week 8 buy low canidates

    Buying real low: Pearman
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    An open letter to John Abraham.

    I think Abraham and their #1 pick should get them a shot at Leinart or Bush.
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    Harrington Supporters

    I like that suggestion that some reader wrote into ESPN.com's Sports Guy last week--namely, Joey should change his name to Albert as it seemed to work for Mr. Belle.
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    Who is still on board the J. McCown bandwagon?

    Peter King says in today's MMQB that Culpepper will be there next year.
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