Pats fall to the Panthers
- By Keith Hayes
- Published 09/20/2005
- Football
- Unrated
Keith Hayes
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.
You know what ... I really hate it when I'm right.
Last week after the Oakland Raiders win by the New England Patriots, a majority of writers in the New England area were praising this team for what I felt was a lack luster performance, and then finished by warning fans about having the same performance like this against the Panthers, which people felt I was also wrong there.
Let's see...
MZ on the PatsNG sent me a reply, trying to tell me one of the holding calls was arm touching, an illegal use of the hands was illegal use of hands to the chest, and then called the Panthers match up a soft week.
Jupite also on the PatsNG felt the piece I wrote was nice, but I failed to notice that the team beat the spread against a team that boasted the league's best WR (Moss), and beat a team that had a grudge against us.
Well, I wonder what these two think now? The Pats were horrible once again as they played with no discipline at all.
In week one against the Raiders, the Pats were flagged 7 times for 46 yards. This week they were flagged 12 times for 86 yards. They had one each for illegal use of the hands and defensive past interference. three offensive holding calls, one unnecessary roughness against Rodney Harrison, which I warned about when they signed him, and six false starts!
Six false starts in a stadium that wasn't even sold out is unacceptable! False starts and unnecessary roughness calls are discipline calls, calls that can be avoided when guys are playing with their heads in the game. Another similarity from last week was the horrendous performance that came once again from special teams.
Someone on that squad has to step up and make a difference, and I feel that should be LB's Larry Izzo and Mike Vrabel since they are the most notable veterans on that squad. Special teams coach Brady Seely also needs to get his head out of his arse, and find out why this team has given up 151 yards on 6 returns in week one and 146 yards on 6 returns in week two.
Tedy Bruschi's fire may be gone from the defense and special teams, but one man does not make that much of a difference on returns. Special teams are giving up a lot of field position this year, and when you allow teams to have their starting run outside of the 30 it changes the aspect of the drive.
Another notable is QB Tom Brady. Last week he had some stud fantasy numbers, but as I had said it was the passes he didn't complete that were a cause for concern. This week it was the same thing; overthrown WR's, one fumble, one pick and several missed opportunities, as there were some open WR's and TE's on several downs that he failed to connect with.
And what is going on with RB Corey Dillon? He was a monster during the pre-season and training camp, and now it's almost like opposing defenses have gotten access to our ground game playbook. the running game needs to prosper so this team can go back to controlling the tempo.
As for the coaching staff, I felt there were two plays (Stephen Davis' TD and Brady's fumble) that should have been challenged, but for some reason Bill Belichick felt they didn't need to. Sometimes I think in that 50/50 situation both questionable calls were or could have been momentum killers.
Next week the Pats head off to Pittsburgh (2-0), and the story out of the Steel city is their third string RB Willie Parker has now had two 100 plus yard games in a row, while the other story is that QB Ben Roethlisberger is showing no ill effects from his probable injury. Sunday, he threw two TDs and finished the game 14 of 21 over 254 yards.
The fans are going to be ready for the Pats in what I am going to call a "must win" game if this team is looking for home field advantage come playoff time. The Pats have been able to advance to the Super Bowl with wins in Pittsburgh, but eventually their success will run out there. Hopefully, these discipline problems can be cleared up in a week and the Pats can bring their A game to Heinz Field.
Comments? Hit me up: Sinista1@msn.com
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