Well, like I said, I was reentering the room from the bathroom, so I was sort of in the doorway. And I obviously didn't know what Max had said to the board but that he had spoken to the board. So the comments that were coming back were, I assume, directed at him.
the comments from the board were directed to Max
Since Max had spoken to the boardwithout my presence, their comments will be referring to what he said.
( z1 direct :ARG1 ( z2 thing :ARG1-of ( z3 comment :ARG0 ( z4 board ) ) ) :ARG2 ( z5 person :name ( z6 name :op "Max" ) ) )