Fred opened today’s show in a positive mood despite the Patriots not playing in the postseason before praising Paul for getting his son into the original Star Wars. The guys then talked about the announcement that Patriots Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach Josh McDaniels was named Head Coach of Denver Broncos before moving onto the apparent holdup in the talks between Scott Pioli and the Kansas City Chiefs before moving onto the other coaching moves around the NFL. They then talked briefly about who they were rooting for in the remainding playoff games with Fred giving various reasons on who he wouldn’t be rooting for. Paul asked the listeners if the Cardinals, should they beat the Eagles, would be the worst Superbowl participant ever.

The guys then moved onto who they thought would replace Josh McDaniels as Offensive Coordinator. Everyone seemed to be in agreement that current wide receivers coach Bill O’Brien was favourite. Anthony in Naples called in and continued the OC discussion whilst expressing his disappointment at McDaniels’ decision to leave. Anthony also brought up the possibility of Kansas City being a possible destination for Matt Cassel should Scott Pioli get the GM job there. After what seemed like an hour Anthony said goodbye before the guys talked about the potential coaching problem that spreading Bill Belichick too thinly next season would cause.

Erik’s “favourite” emailer Kimani emailed in and brought up Tim Tebow, Erik’s blog and whether Tom Brady’s would lose his edge, or “eye of the tiger”, now he is reported to be engaged to Giselle. An email from initiated a discussion about the poor state of officiating in the NFL this year before Stephen from Oregon called in to talk further about the Josh McDaniels situation and the potential return of Romeo Crennel. A first time emailer, and soon-to-be first time father, Jeff in Alberta congratulated the guys for a great season of entertainment and asked for some paternal advice from the fathers on the show.

Chris with a tian called in to talk about the coaching moves and how he believes the Patriots will be ready for any personnel loss and brought up the team’s secondary problems whilst talking about Dom Capers.  Fred brought up the news that Tony Dungy retired as Head Coach of the Indianapolis Colts before TG in NJ emailed in to answer Paul’s question about the worst SuperBowl participant. He said the worst winner was the 2000 Ravens which the guys didn’t agree with. The weekly Andy’s shoe bashing from Fred took place before an email from Dermot in Ireland enquired about a PFW in Progress meetup in London ahead of the Patriots Buccaneers game next year.

The show came to an end following an email which brought up the question whether the guys thought that Tony Dungy would get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. This then initiated a discussion on the coaches that are already in the Hall of Fame with Fred saying that Belichick should get “his own wing”.

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Today’s team: Fred Kirsch, Paul Perillo, Andy Hart, Erik Scalavino

Lunch provided by: Bryan from Brighton

Callers in: Anthony in Naples, Stephen from Oregon, Chris with a tian

Special guests:

Urban dictionary word of the day: Titular head

Andy Hart Caller: Anthony in Naples Caller: Chris with a tian Caller: Stephen from Oregon Erik Scalavino Fred Kirsch Lunch: Bryan from Brighton Paul Perillo