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No, you'd have to go anthrax or ebola for that.meh.....i tend to agree.......they dont compare to felger and mazz in terms of talent and entertainment
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You know, if you want to check for yourself, all these shows are listenable via the internet.For a long time, I was bothered by the fact that I didn't have access to New England sports radio, since I live in Pennsylvania.
After a few years on this board seeing posts like this so often, showing how awful New England sports radio actually is, I've kind of realized I'm lucky I don't have access.
I suspect, for the same reasons an utterly gross, horrible, ugly and insulting replacement logo and uniform entirely created by the NFL has remained on our local pro football team the last twenty-four seasons...
...Bandwagoners and newbies jumped on board the Orthwein train in '93, Kraft, as he does with anything the league does, completely endorsed it, and now people falsely associate it with winning since Tom showed up.
I suspect, for the same reasons an utterly gross, horrible, ugly and insulting replacement logo and uniform entirely created by the NFL has remained on our local pro football team the last twenty-four seasons...
...Bandwagoners and newbies jumped on board the Orthwein train in '93, Kraft, as he does with anything the league does, completely endorsed it, and now people falsely associate it with winning since Tom showed up.
They're 2 over aged stoners...remind me of Beavis & ButtheadApologies in advance here for starting another Boston sports media gripe fest: Can someone please explain to me the appeal of these two and how they've managed to last eight years on the air with 98.5? I've tried multiple times to give them a chance and each time is an epic fail -- they talk sports only about a third of the time and exhibit little insight or knowledge. Otherwise it's just random blather about minor nothings. Fred Toucher acts/talks like he's half-asleep and Rich Shertenlieb always is giggling about unfunny things like an over-caffeinated frat boy. No talent, no chemistry. Certainly no news or entertainment value. I just don't get it. Perhaps it's a generational thing I'm missing, but it's the worst radio of any kind I've ever heard (and seen on simulcast TV), sports or otherwise. Also, what's with Toucher wearing Detroit Tigers gear all the time?
Are they worse than Felger and Mazz?
Honestly Mazz has gotten worse than Felger. Maybe it's because he's such a doofus.I would vote 'no', I really have a pet peeve against the trolling, contrarian style of sports reporting. Trying to get an audience just by pissing people off seems to be taking the easy way out.
I think my tolerance for it just hit its limit after being subjected to too many years of McDonough/Borges/CHB/Felger/Tomase/etc/etc/etc
It's not about a logo.No grown adult should have this visceral an opinion about a logo.
But Belushi was funny and creatively inspired. Toucher and Rich operate in an alternate universe where people mysteriously get paid well for being vapid untalented dopes.Sometimes I think that if John Belushi had a sports radio show it would sound like T&R.
But Belushi was funny and creatively inspired. Toucher and Rich operate in an alternate universe where people mysteriously get paid well for being vapid untalented dopes.
Apologies in advance here for starting another Boston sports media gripe fest: Can someone please explain to me the appeal of these two and how they've managed to last eight years on the air with 98.5? I've tried multiple times to give them a chance and each time is an epic fail -- they talk sports only about a third of the time and exhibit little insight or knowledge. Otherwise it's just random blather about minor nothings. Fred Toucher acts/talks like he's half-asleep and Rich Shertenlieb always is giggling about unfunny things like an over-caffeinated frat boy. No talent, no chemistry. Certainly no news or entertainment value. I just don't get it. Perhaps it's a generational thing I'm missing, but it's the worst radio of any kind I've ever heard (and seen on simulcast TV), sports or otherwise. Also, what's with Toucher wearing Detroit Tigers gear all the time?
Not a fan but I don't hate the show. Better than K&C which is utter trash and hosted by two despicable human beings.
Apologies in advance here for starting another Boston sports media gripe fest: Can someone please explain to me the appeal of these two and how they've managed to last eight years on the air with 98.5? I've tried multiple times to give them a chance and each time is an epic fail -- they talk sports only about a third of the time and exhibit little insight or knowledge. Otherwise it's just random blather about minor nothings. Fred Toucher acts/talks like he's half-asleep and Rich Shertenlieb always is giggling about unfunny things like an over-caffeinated frat boy. No talent, no chemistry. Certainly no news or entertainment value. I just don't get it. Perhaps it's a generational thing I'm missing, but it's the worst radio of any kind I've ever heard (and seen on simulcast TV), sports or otherwise. Also, what's with Toucher wearing Detroit Tigers gear all the time?
I don't listen to the morning shows. The word I would use to describe both is, "inane".They are, but in a different way. Felger and Mazz are intentionally inciting rage among the fanbase as a way to drum up ratings, which is agitating, but at least they talk sports for 99% of their show. It's the same reason I like Dale and Holley. I don't mind being angry about an opinion I disagree with, as long as that opinion is about sports (when I'm trying to listen to sports talk that is).
I don't listen to the midday shows because I can't really listen at work, but both morning shows are seemingly something else first and sports as an after thought. I can't even remember the last time I turned on Kirk and Callahan and actually heard a sports take. It's always politics or (more often and more frustratingly) them talking about the host of another show and how stupid they are. It's maddening.
That said, IMO, Toucher and Rich are the lesser of the two morning evils. At least I get their "Last Night" recap during my morning drive.