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00:00Hot off the presses, move aside Brad Stevens, Don Sweeney has agreed to a two-year contract extension as general manager of the Boston Bruins.
00:11Well earned.
00:13He was able to get a, once they got that first round pick for Marchand, once he able to, once he hit his minimum, once he got the extra games played or whatever, they're like, you need a two-year deal.
00:24He can't keep getting away with it!
00:27More Sweeney.
00:29Well, this was a good year.
00:31They had a good year.
00:31No, it was true.
00:32It went very well.
00:33They traded the whole roster away.
00:34They're an absolute mess.
00:36It's good insight from Joe Hags on Twitter.
00:38Always.
00:39Bruins and Don Sweeney announced a two-year extension for the GM.
00:42Smart to take care of him now.
00:43Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:44As they search for a head coach that's going to want to know the guy who is hiring him as job security.
00:48So that makes it smart.
00:49That's smart.
00:50I guess it's a good call.
00:52This guy's been crushing it lately.
00:54He's got the minus touch, the Don Sweeney.
00:57So a huge draft coming up for him.
01:00No!
01:01God, please, no!
01:02Now, I'm not surprised by this.
01:04I know a lot of people are reacting like, are you serious?
01:06But they brought him back.
01:08Jacobs came out there and gave him a full defense.
01:11When they, at the trade deadline, they had the written statements.
01:14And then afterwards, that press conference, which went on for like two days, Jacobs, Neely, and Sweeney up there just feeling the heat.
01:22Like, those guys, they get pressed.
01:24And they defended Sweeney.
01:26So he wasn't going to go into a lame duck year.
01:28So I'm not shocked by this.
01:29I just do think it is kind of glaring for fans that are like, you fired all these coaches that have been crushing it.
01:35This guy has not.
01:37And he, not only does he stay, but you're extending him?
01:39Can I just tell you, what horrible PR by the Bruins to wait until a random Tuesday afternoon to do this?
01:45Like, tuck this in in the middle of, like, a Celtics playoff game.
01:49The Celtics just finished.
01:50You're in the spotlight.
01:51Like, horrendous.
01:51They're like, guys, talk about us!
01:53Yeah, like, why would you do this?
01:54Yeah.
01:55Bury this on a Friday night.
01:57And we'd probably rip you for that, too.
01:58And be like, oh, they're trying to hide the news.
01:59But at least you'd kind of bury it.
02:01This is right out there in the middle of nowhere.
02:03Yeah, I mean, I.
02:04Do you want just some of the Twitter responses to the Bruins post?
02:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:07Are they like Joes?
02:09Or are they different?
02:10They're not like Joes.
02:11Oh, okay, good.
02:11It's not a smart move, the Bruins fans don't.
02:13Brian on Twitter just wrote, why?
02:15Yeah.
02:15JB said, so more bad trades, bad contracts, and failed cup runs?
02:19Sounds like a good time.
02:21David says, W for the rest of the Atlantic.
02:23Jeremy says, LMFAO, we are never going to be good again.
02:27Okay.
02:29Our text line.
02:30A bunch of gifs and memes.
02:31Just reacting to the news.
02:33All caps, yuck.
02:34Holy stupid.
02:36Effing.
02:36Yeah, people don't like it.
02:37Poop.
02:38I don't think.
02:39Great.
02:39Let the sucking continue.
02:41I do like this one from Dice.
02:42I thought the breaking news was Greg threw out his back warming up.
02:44The match is on.
02:46The match is on.
02:47And Don Sweeney just got a two-year extension.
02:49And you and I both had ruled out a Brad Marchand return.
02:52Yeah.
02:53For anybody holding out any kind of hope at all that he would return, this would certainly
02:58end that.
02:59He traded him.
03:00Wouldn't give him the money.
03:01It was this group that was butting heads with him.
03:04Oh, yeah.
03:05It was Sweeney and Neely that were putting their foot down.
03:07Maybe Jacobs as well.
03:08Probably Jacobs as well.
03:10But it's not like a new guy comes in and is like, we'll take Marchand back.
03:14Florida just traded for March.
03:16Jeez.
03:17No, you traded March.
03:18You traded.
03:19Florida traded for March.
03:20So I'm with you.
03:20I'm not surprised.
03:21I mean, I didn't expect to wake up today and read about a Sweeney extension and have it
03:25announced in the middle of the show.
03:26I guess I'm surprised at the timing of it.
03:28It seems like poor Pierre.
03:29Yeah, but they just, they weren't, you knew at that Jacobs press conference, he was ultimately
03:34going to be the guy in charge.
03:36Should we read into two years at all?
03:37Like, that's not exactly throwing a ton of support behind him.
03:40Which I guess if you want like a silver lining in what is bad news, it's bad news.
03:44I don't want Don Sweeney here.
03:46But if he's going to be here, it's only a two-year deal, which means really, I mean,
03:50what?
03:51He's going to be on the hot seat already going into this year?
03:54Oh, does he have the...
03:54No, no.
03:54Well, like two-year extension.
03:56So it's through the 27-28 season.
03:58It is.
03:59Why did I think he was up?
04:01Well, no, this was his last year.
04:03Right.
04:03I thought he was already up.
04:05I kind of thought he was like at the tail end of this deal.
04:07So he still had the year left.
04:07Oh, yeah.
04:08He had one year left.
04:09But I think it's still like that's you're going into your last year.
04:12And so that's not even the silver lining I was hoping for.
04:15Not even the silver lining I was hoping for.
04:17So technically three years.
04:18But then if you want to play that game out, it's really two years until once again, you're
04:22in this situation.
04:23Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but he the last time did go played out a lame duck year.
04:28See, that's what I thought.
04:29He's done that once before.
04:30Maybe that's why I thought they were doing it again.
04:32And I mean, look, they just they just did it with Montgomery.
04:34They're not afraid to go into lame duck years with people because like they the draft
04:39is been one of his biggest issues, obviously.
04:42And you're not going to know if this draft pick is a hit or a miss for a couple of years,
04:47right?
04:47Like this contract might be over.
04:48And then you're like, oh, that guy is really good because they're not picking one or two.
04:52So I don't think you're going to get a guy that plays immediately anyway.
04:55Like you're not going to know how bad the draft is.
04:58But yeah, they get their offseason cut off for him.
05:01And he's got to hire another coach and all those guys, even though I know Cam Neely was
05:04like shouting down reporters a couple of weeks back about or no, Sweeney himself,
05:08actually was, too, about this is an original six teams, one of the best jobs in hockey.
05:13People want to play here.
05:14They don't care if it's me.
05:15Like, well, they're still going to have questions about why all these other coaches who got snapped
05:20up immediately, they should coach and playoff teams.
05:23Why?
05:23You know what?
05:24Why would I have any kind of job security?
05:26So they should ask those kind of questions.
05:29617-779-7937.
05:32Don Sweeney extended as the GM of the Boston Bruins two more years, which is now meaning
05:39three more years of his tenure in Boston as the GM here of the Bruins.
05:43How do you feel about it?
05:44What's your reaction to it?
05:46What plan should the Bruins have this offseason?
05:48We'll mix that in with all your Celtics offseason thoughts as well.
05:51We were talking about Brad Stevens, his press conference yesterday.
05:54We can continue to do that with all your phone calls.
05:56It is a Tier Tuesday.
05:58It is a Tommy Tuesday.
05:59Mike Vrabel live at 1145.
06:01Kiefer Madness, 1245.
06:03And you want a chance to win Red Sox tickets to see the Sox take on the Orioles May 24th
06:07at Fenway Park.
06:08You'll have your shot on a two for Tuesday.