Spring is finally here and the weather is too beautiful to sit in front of a computer. Besides, Oakes is on vacation. Let’s keep it light this week with a few quick hits:

• The silence from the “Celtics are better without Rondo” gallery is deafening, although much of that crowd stopped watching once Red Sox season started. The lack of direction and cohesiveness on offense over the last six weeks is a direct result of losing Rajon Rondo. Their pathetic performance in the first three games against the Knicks also suggests that Rondo was even more valuable in the playoffs than Paul Pierce or Kevin Garnett from Game 7 of the 2008 Finals on.

• The Bruins have been nearly as listless since the spring solstice. Maybe Milan Lucic can snap them out of it if he can continue his inspired play from Thursday night’s win against Tampa Bay. But none of it will matter if Claude Julien doesn’t stop jerking around Tyler Seguin. And it will cause irreparable long-term damage if it continues.

• Now that high school football has been realigned, the next bone of contention is going to be the new playoff formats that the conferences have adopted or are close to adopting. Most conferences seem to prefer the six-team bracket, with the top two seeds getting a bye and teams 3-6 battling to get out of the first round. It’s the same format the NFL uses. The problem is, the NFL season is twice as long. NFL teams welcome the bye to rest and heal. The high school regular season is more of a sprint, and a team that is just starting to play its best football in late October may not want to have its momentum interrupted. Bye weeks have been a part of the regular-season schedule in the past and most coaches hated them then. They will like them even less if they think the week off messes with their playoff mojo.

• I have no idea how the Patriots did in the draft. You have no idea how the Patriots did in the draft. Bill Belichick has no idea how the Patriots did in the draft. But all of us can agree the Jets are a joke and will somehow find a way to remain one even after Mark Sanchez and Rex Ryan are gone.

• I’ve criticized Red Sox ownership’s penchant for theatrics many times, so I will be the first to applaud them for how they handled the Boston Marathon bombing rememberances. Because they’re the Red Sox, Fenway Park was where all of New England would look to for the communal grieving, healing and demonstration of Boston’s resilience, and they handled it all in the correct tone, right down to David Ortiz putting his personal stamp on the ceremony.

• Credit goes to the Red Sox players, too, who have paid proper respect without going overboard on making the bombings a rallying cry. It’s amazing how they’ve gone from one of the most unlikeable teams in Red Sox history to one of the easiest teams to root for on the Boston sports scene. Of course, having one of the best records in baseball helps.

• The Miami Heat are going to win another NBA title in two months. The Chicago Blackhawks have dominated the NHL just as much (granted, with a truncated schedule) and many observers still don’t have them as the favorites to win the Stanley Cup. I’m normally a basketball guy, but if anyone sees me watching the NBA instead of the NHL in May and June, check me into the nearest wall.

• Breaking news: The Maine hockey coach search committee has decided not to interview Jim Montgomery.

• I saw “42” recently and would recommend it for anyone with adolescent children just as a history lesson (the language is a bit strong for young children). There are some fine performances and the film looks great. The baseball scenes are believable enough and it was fun seeing some of the old ballparks recreated. But the film is a little too safe and generic. It could have been much better.