Buffalo Head said:Wow, I'd get on board with that, if for no other reason they can play that epic Murray "celebration" from Game 7 vs. Toronto over and over.
Wouldn't want to insult Mazz.Buffalo Head said:Maybe he should start calling them hobos. Or hobbits.
I could definitely see that. Keefe is borderline unlistenable to my ears, though I may be unconciously lumping him in with Adam Jones' terribleness.Corsi said:I'm hearing it's Big Jim Murray, not Keefe, that'll be taking over for Beetle.
I would argue that Dale and Holley is much better radio right now. F&M is one troll and one lazy yes man.Phenom said:
He never would've done that a couple of years ago. The ratings are through the roof because Dale & Holley sucks. People are clamoring for an alternative, but can't find it. Too bad Felger isn't more cognizant of that.
Really boring on the whole. Two guys who "just talk sports" doesn't really work – look at the most successful shows locally.lostjumper said:I would argue that Dale and Holley is much better radio right now. F&M is one troll and one lazy yes man.
Driving home, stuck in traffic, for me I'd rather not be screaming at my radio at "hotsportztakes", and would prefer to at least hear non-trolling discussion. To each their own, I guess.Phenom said:Really boring on the whole. Two guys who "just talk sports" doesn't really work – look at the most successful shows locally.
Nobody gives a shit about what Dale has to say about anything. Thornton is a nobody, and it seems like Holley only decides to try on rare occasions. It's a lightweight show.
teddykgb said:I'm still enjoying it. Yesterday was not the day for that nonsense, but I still tune in daily because I guess I just kind of enjoy the sophistry of it all. I think it was ultimately pretty tone deaf to try to "go after" Pedro on HoF day, but I generally enjoy that they'll find some fact or fact like point and run with it in an unexpected direction. In this case it pretty much backfired, but that probably says as much about me and how I feel about Pedro as it does about them. Hell, if it had been about RJ they probably would have had me.
They do. I'm sure it's not a regular thing but Beetle has followed stuff we've said before.steveluck7 said:Was the current thread title spurred by a comment in here or on the show? I ask because today, coming back from a break (Adam Jones and Rich Keefe filling in) they were talking about something and Jimmy Stewart chimed in with "we just have fact-like opinions." Wonder if someone from that show checks in here now and then
Same... From 5:30 -6. Only deflate gate talk was tongue in cheek who's rubbing all the balls stuff.Buffalo Head said:I heard a lot of trade talk today. But I'm not a persecuted Pats fan with radioactive rabbit ears.
HomeBrew1901 said:Same... From 5:30 -6. Only deflate gate talk was tongue in cheek who's rubbing all the balls stuff.
Do you get good radio coverage on your high horse?Buffalo Head said:I heard a lot of trade talk today. But I'm not a persecuted Pats fan with radioactive rabbit ears.
I guess like BH I don't have the same "OH NOES THEY ARE PICKING ON MY PATRIOTS!!!!!" complex that you do. Felger said what you stated but I didn't take it as him crapping on Belichick or the team, I thought it was humorous.MuppetAsteriskTalk said:
That's not quite what I heard around that same time.
His main point was that the Pats had an explanation for just about everything related to deflate gate except for why their balls were affected and the Colts balls were not. Really? If he can't come up with 2 or 3 plausible explanations for this by now then he's not even trying.
His "tongue and cheek" stuff about who's rubbing the balls was pretty much Felger taking a dump on Belichick and misunderstanding what Belichick communicated. Felger basically said the Pats would need to have 24 ball rubbing machines in order to prep all the balls at once and give them to the officials for testing. He ignores the fact that Belichick basically said they prep the balls and then adjust them to 12.5 PSI. The balls may then lose up to 1 PSI as they cool back to room temp. At some point the balls go to the refs, but Belichick never suggested that all the balls were handed to the ref at the same elevated temp and pressure. This isn't that hard to understand.
He also crapped on the idea that rubbing the balls could actually elevate the temp enough to change the air pressure. (The constant repeating of the hot balls comments.) This despite the fact that we know the temps do not have to be extreme nor anywhere near "hot," and we know they actually use a buffing wheel to rub the balls. I think it's fairly certain they can warm the balls enough to change the air pressure.
Felger sucks and I'm done listening.
HomeBrew1901 said:I guess like BH I don't have the same "OH NOES THEY ARE PICKING ON MY PATRIOTS!!!!!" complex that you do. Felger said what you stated but I didn't take it as him crapping on Belichick or the team, I thought it was humorous.
I'm sure you'll be missed but I'm even more positive you'll be back.
HomeBrew1901 said:I guess like BH I don't have the same "OH NOES THEY ARE PICKING ON MY PATRIOTS!!!!!" complex that you do. Felger said what you stated but I didn't take it as him crapping on Belichick or the team, I thought it was humorous.
I'm sure you'll be missed but I'm even more positive you'll be back.
rodderick said:
What you guys have is an "OH NOES, PATRIOTS FANS THINK THE MEDIA IS PICKING ON THE PATRIOTS!!!!" complex.
Buffalo Head said:I heard a lot of trade talk today. But I'm not a persecuted Pats fan with radioactive rabbit ears.
This show is so hot and cold... Thursday as stated above I thought Felger was joking around about the footballs, Friday I turned it off because it was more deflated football talk and the Patriots must have cheated ... Click. I turned it off because it was boring and tired radio not because he had the audacity to poop on the Pats.Erik Hanson's Hook said:Criticisms aside, I thought it was a good show yesterday. Jones and Keefe are kind of "meh" on their own, but in place of Mazz, they were a breath of fresh air. Tony's absence creates a different (better) Felger as well, who I admit is very good when the trolling is kept to reasonable levels.
I know most of us feel this way, but get rid of Mazz and I'm in. Gasper would be great. Bummer he already has enough commitments.
Edit: And yes, I am on record saying that I was done after the Pedro/PED bit. But I just can't get into afternoons on WEEI. Dale Arnold makes me sleepy.
Corsi said:"He's probably a steroid guy."
Holy fuck.
Jim the guy who got a gig in Atlanta or Joe the guy who currently is a fill in at the station?cshea said:They said the new guy starts tomorrow. Jim Murray is the rumor.
Yeah I read that last week and just assumed it was Joe despite it clearly saying Jim upon scrolling up. I am an idiot sometimes.cshea said:Jim. I believe he is the guy that went nuts watching B's/Leafs while on air in Atlanta or something.
By rumor I mean the Corsi/Chad exchange at the top of this page.
Sinistas said:
Completely fucking irresponsible. I'm glad I don't listen anymore.
Corsi said:"He's probably a steroid guy."
Holy fuck.
Corsi said:"He's probably a steroid guy."
Holy fuck.
dcmissle said:So when they meet Moncada -- a questionable assumption, I know -- what do they say?
"Sorry for dragging your name through the mud without a scintilla of evidence, but it makes for good radio. Welcome to the big city."
Is that what they say?
Vermin.
I actually liked Jim Murray when he was with the station the first time. His delivery is definitely deadpan, but he can be pretty funny. He's local and his sports knowledge is pretty good.mabrowndog said:As a sidebar, the new flash guy blows. Dull, mundane, uninteresting.
Oh, but remember that one time when he worked the graveyard shift for a station in Atlanta when he starting going nuts while watching the Bruins beat the Leafs mid-broadcast? Yeah, let's just play clips from that show for an hour to let everyone know how awesome he was!