Have you heard the news? Tomase now on EEI.."not to be a fan!"

[Tunescribe]

Just a bit more on this jackass:

In a column all about HIMSELF, he has the temerity to state, "I’m not a big fan of talking about myself ... " Huh?

Other passages include:
" ... tasting vaguely of urine."
" ... generally give a f***.
"That’s badass and I love it."

Perhaps this moron now thinks he can push boundaries with an Internet-only column, but I know of no professional editor who would let that crap past his desk. It's not cute or streetwise, it's just classless. WEEI probably doesn't have a real editor.

 

[The Gr8est]

What he did to the 2007 Pats as they were getting ready to try and be the first team ever to go 19-0 guarantees that neither he, nor what he did will EVER be forgotten.

A non-Pats fan will never be able to appreciate what we Pats fans went through that year. The goal of every team is to win every game, so in theory, an outsider would think that 2007 would have made Pats fans ecstatic. Speaking for myself though, I have never experienced a year watching a team like I did that year. By the time the Superbowl came I was so stressed out and emotionally drained that I remember thinking "Let's just get this damned game over!"

Part of it was the stress of trying to see my favorite team go undefeated, but a large part was due to all the crap the Pats had to endure that year. Does anyone else think if a Peyton Manning led team was in that position he would have the media openly rooting for him to fail?

I remember the Baltimore game in particular, and I don't remember who the announcers were but I think it was on ESPN, and they were over the top rooting for the Pats to lose, and as I recall Don Shula was the halftime guest who they could interview and have the Pats bad-mouthed some more.

So finally, we get to the Superbowl and the end to a very trying season. I thought this at the time, but to say it then would have reeked of excuse making, but when Tomase did what he did and then we had the subsequent uproar, which included suggestions of a possible Congressional investigation, I was really concerned that that could be the straw that broke the camel's back.

The Pats had enough to be worried about with the upcoming game and all the stress that comes from trying to make history, all they had had to deal with that season, and now just two days before the Superbowl they get handed this crap to have to deal with.

No team has ever had to overcome so much in one season, and for that John Tomase needs to bear a significant share of the blame.

Just like the Rats tampering with Parcells just before they played in a Superbowl game, what John Tomase did was unforgivable, and he will forever live in infamy in the mind of Pats fans.

 

[shmessy]

Perhaps this moron now thinks he can push boundaries with an Internet-only column, but I know of no professional editor who would let that crap cross his desk. It's not cute or streetwise, it's just classless. WEEI probably doesn't have a real editor.

Evidently, neither did the Boston Herald in early February, 2008.

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[Deus Irae]

Anyone who listens to Felger surrenders any right to ***** about Tomase, Borges, Shaughnessy, and every other Boston media member with regards to honesty, integrity or radio/television quality, IMO.

 

[Tunescribe]

Evidently, neither did the Boston Herald in early February, 2008.

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Yes, but that was a whole different ball of wax. Now he thinks he can be a potty mouth tough guy. Makes me wanna puke. On him.

 

[lurker1965]

http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/general/john-tomase/2015/01/01/im-not-here-be-fan

My favorite columnists are the ones who write with an informed opinion and an edge. For my money, Ron Borges, my old colleague at the Boston Herald, is the best in town. If Gerry Callahan ever decides to write again, he’s as good as it gets. Jackie MacMullan over at ESPN has mastered the art of the behind-the-scenes expose. I grew up on Bob Ryan, who watched games like a fan but wrote about them as a detached observer, a high-wire act that’s way tougher than it sounds. I’m jealous of Kirk Minihane’s ability to whip out cogent, effortless takedowns between Headlines and Buzzer Beaters.

Who makes these decisions at EEI??? Woody Johnson?

reason 247 WEEI is the other sports talk radio station.

 

[IcyPatriot]

He's there only as a columnist ... so I really don't care I do not visit their site all that much.

I really don't read any of the columnists ... I can see for myself when I watch the local team games.

 

[RayClay]

http://www.weei.com/weei/support

You can tell the marketing manager or others how you feel about supporting WEEI programming in light of this move.

 

[Deus Irae]

reason 247 WEEI is the other sports talk radio station.

No, there's only one reason for that: the stupidity of the New England sports talk listeners.

 

[RobAllan]

http://www.weei.com/weei/support

You can tell the marketing manager or others how you feel about supporting WEEI programming in light of this move.

Thanks for this- I already cancelled all e-mail subscriptions and wrote a "strongly worded letter." I must say the prose of my letter will best anything Tomase ever contributes to journalism by miles.

 

[captain stone]

What he did to the 2007 Pats as they were getting ready to try and be the first team ever to go 19-0 guarantees that neither he, nor what he did will EVER be forgotten.

A non-Pats fan will never be able to appreciate what we Pats fans went through that year. The goal of every team is to win every game, so in theory, an outsider would think that 2007 would have made Pats fans ecstatic. Speaking for myself though, I have never experienced a year watching a team like I did that year. By the time the Superbowl came I was so stressed out and emotionally drained that I remember thinking "Let's just get this damned game over!"

Part of it was the stress of trying to see my favorite team go undefeated, but a large part was due to all the crap the Pats had to endure that year. Does anyone else think if a Peyton Manning led team was in that position he would have the media openly rooting for him to fail?

I remember the Baltimore game in particular, and I don't remember who the announcers were but I think it was on ESPN, and they were over the top rooting for the Pats to lose, and as I recall Don Shula was the halftime guest who they could interview and have the Pats bad-mouthed some more.

So finally, we get to the Superbowl and the end to a very trying season. I thought this at the time, but to say it then would have reeked of excuse making, but when Tomase did what he did and then we had the subsequent uproar, which included suggestions of a possible Congressional investigation, I was really concerned that that could be the straw that broke the camel's back.

The Pats had enough to be worried about with the upcoming game and all the stress that comes from trying to make history, all they had had to deal with that season, and now just two days before the Superbowl they get handed this crap to have to deal with.

No team has ever had to overcome so much in one season, and for that John Tomase needs to bear a significant share of the blame.

Just like the Rats tampering with Parcells just before they played in a Superbowl game, what John Tomase did was unforgivable, and he will forever live in infamy in the mind of Pats fans.

Very well said, and I remember that Baltimore game too - I was living there at the time. I forget the
PBP broadcaster, but Tony Kornhole was the anal-ist. His blatent cheerleading with Shula for a Pats
loss is the reason that I have watched not even one minute of PTI on the 4-letter network from that
moment onwards.

 

[Wax Frog]

Yes, but that was a whole different ball of wax. Now he thinks he can be a potty mouth tough guy. Makes me wanna puke. On him.

I would pay to see that.

 

[JMC00]

It's pretty easy to see why they hired him.


All those negative comments he is gonna get are still considered pageviews.

 

[james87654]

he has to put his personal bias aside when he writes, because thats what professionals like him do

he seems like a cool dude

 

[ausbacker]

Why do ***** like this get ahead and genuinely nice people are left floundering?

@Ian, you may want to add a filter for the C-Bomb...

 

[reflexblue]

Even if one were to disregard his infamous history, his biography says it all. Multiple times Tomase says 'he is not a fan'. He states that he 'will not write from the perspective of my readers', and even trots out the 'footie pajamas' line. Though he claims that he will not 'play the contrarian just because', everything else he writes in that column screams that that is exactly what he is going to do.

The footy pajama line is indirect evidence that he looks down at the masses and worships at the Altar of Felger, and the names of people like Borges that he says he looks up to - while at the same time omitting colleague and new co-worker Chris Price - really says it all. I call B.S. on his claim that he 'will never, ever write something I don’t believe', and fully expect Tomase to be some sort of disgraceful, mutated cross between Borges the Plagiarizer and Felger the Contrarian.

Hopefully EEI will primarily give him duties covering the Red Sox, but that would be too good to be true.

this guy should have been run out of town on a rail

 

[Joker]

Anything which is a living and not a dying body... will have to be an incarnate will to power, it will strive to grow, spread, seize, become predominant - not from any morality or immorality but because it is living and because life simply is will to power... 'Exploitation'... belongs to the essence of what lives, as a basic organic function; it is a consequence of the will to power, which is after all the will to life.- Nietzsche

Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.- Twain

compassion is the basis of morality- schopenhauer

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
Signifying nothing.

you forgot Chairman Mao and Rasputin, James. As a message board philosopher you would make a terrific MickeyD's burger flipper. On a good day I'd bet you could flip 20 in a row, eh?

 

[OhExaulted1]

He is someone who needs pity at this point. He was an up-and-coming local guy who many were rooting for to make his bones. He took a story to burn the Pats and now he is a villian. His best bet is to take a homer angle now.

If he goes for the "contrarian", Patriot hating point of veiw he will be crucified. Borges gets away with it because he's old. Shaughnessey rides his old mans coattails. Felger is from Wisconson, so we laugh it off and let it go. As a Red Sox guy he was hit because he was this underwhelming local kid underdog we were beginning to like and was getting good pub from the established guys.

He really never said anything or reported anything that was explosive controversial until....

Mike Reiss actually got his spot because of him. He saw what happened and knew better.

Report the story. Don't become the story. Rule #1 of journalism.

 

[Uncle Rico]

Very well said, and I remember that Baltimore game too - I was living there at the time. I forget the
PBP broadcaster, but Tony Kornhole was the anal-ist. His blatent cheerleading with Shula for a Pats
loss is the reason that I have watched not even one minute of PTI on the 4-letter network from that moment onwards.

I remember the announcers kept saying "...is this the night?" with boundless anticipation and excitement.

 

[RobAllan]

He is someone who needs pity at this point. He was an up-and-coming local guy who many were rooting for to make his bones. He took a story to burn the Pats and now he is a villian. His best bet is to take a homer angle now.

If he goes for the "contrarian", Patriot hating point of veiw he will be crucified. Borges gets away with it because he's old. Shaughnessey rides his old mans coattails. Felger is from Wisconson, so we laugh it off and let it go. As a Red Sox guy he was hit because he was this underwhelming local kid underdog we were beginning to like and was getting good pub from the established guys.

He really never said anything or reported anything that was explosive controversial until....

Mike Reiss actually got his spot because of him. He saw what happened and knew better.

Report the story. Don't become the story. Rule #1 of journalism.

If he needed pity he should go to a different market and actually start fresh.