During last Wednesday's celebration as the Bruins hoisted Lord Stanley's Chalice, Shawn Thorton took a jab at Boston's most negative radio host by looking into an NBC camera and telling Michael Felger to "suck it". Now, I'm not going to go all Chris Crocker on Thorton. I get it, Felger is an acquired taste, I used to hate the guy when he was the Herald's Patriot beat writer back in '04. And I really don't understand his hankering for past their prime women like Hannah Storm or Sarah Palin, it's like wanting to eat only two week old Chinese food. But Felger may be the greatest thing going on Boston Sports Radio and television right now.
The man's negativity and cynicism jive with Boston Sports fans, along with his constant conviction that the worst is around the corner for any and all of the major four sports teams. I'm one of the biggest Belichick sycophants around, but Felger's constant questioning of Belichick is well founded and a welcome alternative to the total lovefest on WEEI, this was especially true after the Pats completely blew it against the Jets last January. After that loss Belichick deserved some tough questions, not the softballs Ordway and crew served up and only Felger would have the balls to look at Belichick after his explanation of the "eight minute drive to nowhere" and yell BULLSHIT. Elsewhere, the man's radio program is genius. Most of his comments are spot on and he and co-host Tony Masserotti are quick to belittle callers that waste their time. I'm sorry but I know the story of your grandfather taking you to Bruins games when you were young really hits a note with you, but like some of the shit on
Pawn Stars your bullshit has no value to anyone else and you deserve to be made fun of mercilessly for waiting on hold 45 minutes to bore the shit out of us. Plus, only Felger could draw the ire of an entire city's media (Montreal). I know he's annoying, I know he's arrogant, but give the man a listen. This Cheesehead belongs here and he's kicking ass on the airwaves.
