Keith Hayes got his love for writing in the 6th grade where he began writing sci-fi stories for classmates and friends, while continuing to write over the years as a personal hobby.
In 1991 after purchasing WebTV, he caught the Internet bug and began writing on various message boards and newsgroups under the pseudonym Mista Sinista. His posts became popular as he covered movie reviews, the New England Patriots, WCW and WWE (formerly WWF) wrestling. Just do a Google search for Mista Sinista or Sinista1 under groups, and you'll discover enough material to read for months.
As his debating talents developed online, he became vocal in his local newspaper, the Enterprise. He began submitting Letters to the Editor, and most of his pieces were printed on a regular basis. He also had similar success with his letters to the early years of Patriots Football Weekly. After generating some buzz and catching the eyes of readers, Keith was contacted to write for wrestling web site Wrestlenutz.com. He was then later contacted to write for a New England Patriots fan website PatriotsFootball.com, which is now known as PatsFans.com.
When covering the Pats, Keith kept his Mista Sinista attitude and reviewed the games with his "tell it like it is" style. The Patriots experience soon took off, and allowed him to meet various players, travel to a Pro Bowl in Hawaii, a Super Bowl in New Orleans, several away games in the Meadowlands, and some great games in Foxboro, where he has been a season ticket holder since 1990.
Today, he covers the New England Patriots for eSports and as a 12th Man correspondent for PatsFans.com. You can read his political and local debates on his hometown site Brockton Forums. But for a real treat, you can also see the twisted side on his moniker web site Sinista1.com, where he has some great spoofs like "Barbie and Ken's True Hollywood Story," and "Celebrity Survivor."
Most recently, Keith has become a co-host on two hit radio shows at WXBR 1460 AM in Brockton (formerly WBET). On Fridays, Keith can be heard during the "On the Mark PI Show," with his host Private Investigator Mark Chauppetta, who has his own reality television show in negotiations, and a role in the upcoming horror film Frightworld where he plays an FBI Agent hunting a serial killer who has killed his wife.
Keith is now following in his host’s footsteps after scoring a part in Walt Disney's upcoming movie "The Game Plan," starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. In the movie, Keith plays a football player on QB Joe Kingman’s (Dwayne's character) Boston Rebels rival team the New York Dukes. Also joining Keith on the show is defense attorney Ken Diesenhof, and Brockton Police Officer Frank "Czman".
On Saturdays, Keith can be heard during "Krashing Into the Bigfield/The Lock Up" from noon to 4 p.m. talking sports with Enterprise writer Kevin Tocci, and aspiring actor Tom Mariano, cousin to "Boston Rob" of "Survivor/Amazing Race" fame. The show also features guests Matt Futrell, Peter Czymbor, Dennis Harris, and is produced by former Indie wrestler Mike Pavia. The South Shore Sports Show is growing, as the first two hours cover sports (professional and local), while the second two hours cover the best talk in professional and Indie wrestling.
I really tire when fans call players "greedy" or "selfish," and it's even worse when the local fish-wraps would rather back team management and the owners when it comes to negotiations for fear of losing their spot in the interview pecking order.
Asante Samuel is a player, and the Patriots have no one else to blame for this situation, but themselves. They didn't get the deal done early on, and created the same exact problem they did with Ty Law.
At the end of last season, the the New England Patriots should have got the deal with Samuel done before jumping into the free agent pool. Everyone knew CBs were going to be a hot commodity this upcoming season, and it was even more of an importance with teams having extra cap money floating around.
Instead, the Pats played hardball and allowed CB Nate Clements to be signed before Samuel. A move, wh ich I had said long before the season ended, should not happen as it did with Ty Law. By letting Clements get signed before Samuel it set the tone for the CB market.
Samuel is an NFLPA (Union) player, and there is no way he is going to sign for less than what Clement got or he would be screwing the rest of the CBs that were due new contracts. The Pats should have signed Samuel, and set the tone for the CB market instead of allowing the market to be set and giving Samuel's agent a gauge to measure and use in his negotiations.
The matter only got worse once Dre Bly got his money from Denver making this situation like deja vu all over again. For those who don't remember, the Pats dragged their heels on Law, who had taken a pay cut the year before making John Lynch the highest paid, with Ty getting a promise he would get his money on the back end of his contract.
The Pats made a disgrace of the deal by offering a BS signing bonus, and it blew up in their face when Champ Bailey got signed before Law. Ty was the better player that year, but Bailey's signing ended up setting the tone for the market.
Now for those who still don't understand, let me break it down from an overall perspective and put yourself in Asante's position.
You work for a company (NFL), and you are employed in one of their many offices (New England) throughout the nation. Your job is union, and their are certain union rules to follow and abide by to protect your fellow union brother/sister.
The end of the year has come and the company is having their divisions hand out new contracts with bonuses to their best workers, and you find out that two employees form the same company that did the same job as you has gotten substantial pay raises yet you did the job better then both of them.
Shouldn't you get paid the same if not slightly more than them? I'm sure your union rep is going to tell you that you should, and they are going to make sure you don't go "corporate" and low ball yourself also screwing up the market value for those in the same position as yourself.
Asante should have been paid. This guy had a monster year for 2006 after beginning to emerge in 2005, while showing glimpses of talent when he took over after Law went down in 2004 during the Steelers game. Asante has also learned from one of the best in the game and if people can't see that then they truly don't know football.
Now there are some who are using other players as a gauge, and may have some valid points, but it still comes down to economics. Here are some of the questions posed to me at one of the sites I frequent.
"He is a very good corner but not in the class of Bailey, Clements, or Law (a few years ago). He should be paid as what he is a top 10 corner, not top 3."
Not in the class of Bailey? Champ Bailey had 17 INTs and Nate Clements had 18 INTs in their first four years in the league. Asante has 16 so he is on pace to being one of the best in the league. As for those saying he's not a top ten corner is BS, he tied with Bailey in 2006 for INT's, and proved himself to be a threat. Most CB's average 3-6 INT's per season, and with two full seasons under his belt Asante is headed that route.
"Sinista1... I agree with your points... I think many are thinking though... Not do we want to keep him as much as "How much to we pay to keep him"..IMO Asante is a solid CB and a huge asset to the team...the question is how much would you be willing to pay him? What would your contract offer be?"
If I had to be the one making the offer I would have gotten the deal done once I knew Clements was hitting the market, but that didn't happen so I guess we must talk about the present. I would tender an offer that would be slightly more than Bly's since it is an extension and not a free agent signing, but it would also be incentive laden. As the agent you would have to work in a "shutdown" clause or a "bonus" in case teams don't throw his way. This is where bad agents are made... Not realizing all of the loopholes.
1. He had many more balls thrown his way than Champ did. Champ's int percentage is MUCH higher.
How do you figure? Champ defended 11 passes this year and 15 the year before. Asante defended 14 in '06 and 13 in '05. I do agree Champ is a shutdown corner, and after this past season and playoffs if Asante stays here in this system he could benefit from the same .
2. A corner's skills can not be measured by how many INT's he gets.
It's based on overall performance, and you can't measure Asante to Champ in this debate. IMO Asante's agent isn't using Champ's stats in his negotiations.
Champ shut his side of the field down to the point where QB's didn't throw in his direction. That is the definition of a shutdown corner. This is not true for Asante. He had the same number of picks, but QB's threw at him a LOT more. If I had to choose between Champ or Asante, I would choose Champ to start for my team.
If Asante stays here in this system he should be a shutdown corner, but as I said... You can't compare his contract issues with Champ Bailey. Champ has already been signed (his situation was for the Ty Law debate), it's Nate Clements' (80 mil over 8 yrs with 22 mil guaranteed) and Dre Bly's (33 mil over 5 yrs with 16 mil guaranteed) contracts that are setting the tone for the CB market right now, and I'm sure Champ and his agent are sitting back, watching and waiting to see what Asante gets because that will set the tone for his upcoming negotiations.
For those who are interested in the stats and money aspect I have included my research courtesy of NFL.com and USA Today.com
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