[NBC Sports Boston] Joe Mazzulla is trying to convince his wife to get a wolf for home protection: “We obviously have a dog, but I’m trying to convince (my wife) to get a wolf that just kind of roams the area of our house, as kind of an extra layer of protection.”
If you’re unfamiliar with Joe Mazzulla’s “unique” personality, we’ll direct you to this list of the Boston Celtics head coach’s best quotes, which include his thoughts on psychological warfare, the animal kingdom and, of course, The Town.
If you are familiar with what makes Mazzulla tick, you may not be surprised by what he told 98.5 The Sports Hub’s Zolak & Bertrand during his weekly radio interview Friday.
“We obviously have a dog, but I’m trying to convince (my wife) to get a wolf that just kind of roams the area of our house, as kind of an extra layer of protection,” Mazzulla said.
If anyone would have a wolf guarding their property, it’d be Mazzulla, who never sits with his back to the door in restaurants and doesn’t use revolving doors because “if one of them gets stuck, then you’re just a sitting duck.”
It appears Mazzulla is meeting some resistance on the wolf front, however.
“Apparently the trainer said that another guy had one and it turned on him in the middle of the night,” Mazzulla added.
To the trainer’s point, wolves are wild animals for a reason. But Mazzulla insisted he wouldn’t find himself in the same predicament.
“I was like, ‘(The wolf) didn’t have a good enough relationship with him,’” Mazzulla replied.
Fair point, Joe.
The Celtics are in the middle of their season and play three games in the next four nights, so Mazzulla might not have much free time to build a bond with one of nature’s fiercest predators. But there’s always the offseason.
Mazzulla’s Celtics take on the Miami Heat at TD Garden on Friday night, with tip-off set for 7 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Boston.