You listen to "The Big Show", I see? As long as he admits he's wrong when he is, which Felger did, I'd rather have someone who has the balls to take a stand then qualify everything and debate semantics for 20 minutes. Nothing more annoying than something like, "Chara can't contain the Sedins! They're going to cause havok on the first line! Unless he can play physically and take them off their game, or get some big help from his fellow defensemen, the Sedins are going to get their points. He'll have to disrupt their passing lanes, and get some help from Tim Thomas...".
This is what I absolutely hate about the media. They will do anything to be relevant. Like when Buckley used his tabloid rostrum to attack Nomar. They can say whatever they want, no matter how incendiary, and fall back on the explanation that it's their job to have opinions and that's why people read or listen. Maybe they're right. But they should be held accountable.
Accountability was and presumably still is the reason for being of this show. "We're going to hold their feet to the fire. No more homerism and pom pom waving."
I just was going to post this. A lot of us (possibly knowledgeable) fans were all over the coach and the players this season, and they shut us the hell up.
You obviously do not listen to this show except when he is talking about the Patriots because I have to tell you you are dead wrong about this with a single exception - Felger has and never will give Belichik the credit that I presume you want him to.
I agree completely. The problem with F&M is that they are incendiary for its own sake (like most mainstream media today) and such an approach to all things is utterly laughable in the face of seven pro championships in under 10 years in one town. Their hot-headed rhetoric hardly matches reality on the whole. This does not mean I enjoy pom pom waivers either but what I prefer is someone who can be critical without being mind-numbingly simple, reactionary, overzealous, and anti-intellectual. There is nothing "critical" about F&M. Their positions are black and white and dumb-downed all delivered in rant form that makes for predictable and ultimately unsatisfying radio.
And Mazz -- since Nomar's departure -- has never and will never give Theo & Co. the credit they deserve. And it's more than credit, actually -- it's the absence of any benefit of the doubt on virtually every step they take.
This may come off as nitpicking, but even though I don't see Felger as an analyst on his talk show, he is an analyst during post-game coverage on CSNNE, the NHL media rightsolder's sister station, where he parrots most of the stuff he says in the afternoon.
Welcome to WEEI the last ten years. And to be honest, I doubt they even realize it. And at its core THATS why TSH is murdering WEEI. Its why even meatheads like Gresh and Zolak win.........at least they stand for SOMETHING.
Not necessarily.
The difference between Shaughnessy and Felger is that Felger doesn't take himself too seriously (as evidenced by all of the montages they've been playing about how wrong he was about the Bruins). He's not afraid to admit he's wrong, and doesn't hold onto points of view once they've been proven to be wrong.
I assume to promote Wiggy's weekend show, no?
I didn't either, but after the parade on Saturday I was driving so I threw on TSH hoping for some good Bruins celebrating and what I got was Wiggy and some other guy, and they spoke like it was a regular thing.
Wow. Step away from the keyboard. You go to the corner and think about what you just said.
Not only that, expecting them to talk Sox while the sox are playing is crazy. Anyone who wants to hear about the Red Sox are likely listening to the game. Perfect day to talk Pats.
Umm, why not? They're in season. They're playing during the show (mostly, when not delayed), and it's not like things are so rosy sunshine on Yawkey Way they can't find something to talk about (Lackey spitting the bit again, RF woes, Gonzalez to the OF in NL parks, the turnaround from the 2-10 start, take your pick).
The bolded point, to be specific. But furthermore, people WANT to talk Pats, and you're the lead in to "The Baseball Reporters". Wiggy's in for the first 2 hours of a 2-6 show, while the Red Sox are playing, with most intent Sox fans on the other station. You tell me what the better strategy is? Rope in the rest of the interest while your football guy is, then talk Sox when the game's over and you can recap, and during the baseball reporters, or talk baseball during the game with a guy who is so far out of his league on the subject he turns viewers off the station?
I don't really get the impression that Felger and Mazz ignore the Red Sox. I'll give you that because of Felger's disdain for basketball (and the fact that 98.5 carries the Bruins whether Felger admits to that portion of it or not) they definitely will snide Celtics talk in favor of Bruins talk.
So that's why he looked kinda pissed at the end of Sports Tonight. Felger was busting on Tanguay with his newborn and Dickerson said something congratulating Felger on HIS announcement. Felger didn't look too pleased
Exactly. Mazz has been generally atrocious on what is supposed to be his sweet spot--baseball. In addition to his awesome hot stove theories, he's been absolutely hammering the point that Tim Wakefield shouldn't leave the rotation under any circumstances while simultaneously believe that Andrew Miller should get a shot, but if he has a bad start, then he no longer deserves it....just totally illogical garbage that is obviously clouded by his having written a book with Wakefield (which, to be fair, he consistently owns up to). It's just not an interesting topic, and hearing him harp on the same points over and over again is even less interesting.
