Joe Mazzulla’s thoughts on Jerod Mayo: Given the unique challenges of being a head coach in the New England area — with some of the most passionate fans in the country — it’s no surprise that Jerod Mayo and Joe Mazzulla struck up a friendship.
Obviously, the circumstances are now different, as Mayo is no longer a direct peer to his Celtics counterpart following the Patriots’ decision to fire the first-year head coach after the regular season finale on Sunday.
Mazzulla, for his part, routinely offers blunt quotes about the job security of coaches in professional sports (including his own).