BostonFanHere

Don't worry, I'm out, have a good night Titans and again, here's to a good game Sunday without injuries.

This post is ironic given your comment "Boston fans are some of the worst in the country at their overall knowledge outside of the local teams." The Red Sox, while unable to win it all for 86 years, were far from the Cubs lack of success. The Celtics have the most titles in NBA history. The Bobby Orr Bruins were GREAT. The Patriots went to 2 Superbowls before winning it all in 01 for the first time. Your simplistic view of Boston sports prior to 01 is incorrect.

No Mikey got canned because he was too homerish and not hard/contrarian enough on the teams

Mikey got canned a few years ago... wanna guess why? The Boston sports media game has changed, even Dale has gotten tougher on the teams... controversy and contrarian HAWTTAKEZ, like espn and the national sports media are what get ratings.. stupid.. which is why I mostly listen to music nowadays.

Nah, Dale is pretty much the exception to the rule now.. Felger, Mazz, Bertrand, Borges, Adam Jones.. hell even Lou Merloni and Christian Fauria (former Boston athletes) have turned heel... they've all become contrarian DB's... sadly it works when you look at the rating$

Gotta disagree about the media.. Most of them play the contrarian BS game to rile up the natives (the ones that still fall for it)... No win is ever good enough, trashing the fans, most viewpoints are about why this team will lose or why they're not as good as their record.. the Boston media on a whole roots AGAINST the teams... I know its not like that across most of the country

Pretty much... those were definitely lean years.. when the Pierce/Walker Celtics are the best team in town, you're in rough shape

Hey guys, Boston fan here.. came over to see the prevailing thoughts about the upcoming game, Butler discussion etc. Couldn't help but notice this thread. Having read countless forums across all 4 major sports I've come to one conclusion: Apparently no team, in any sport, at anytime has won a legit game before, because after every single game in every sport, you will find fans of the losing team complaining about the umps/refs/calls/no calls/bias/broadcasters.. Boston fans are in no way unique in this aspect. Now I fully admit that Boston fans on a whole are a proud and sometimes overly arrogant bunch. We also have some plain old jerk0ffs that I can't stand. But we also have a lot of knowledgeable and respectful sports fans, a fact that often gets overlooked in the "Boston fans are aholes" narrative established in this country. I think Boston fans are mostly like any large fanbase out there (Yankees, Steelers, Cowboys, Philly etc.. ) - a mixed lot. Some respectful/knowledgeable, some casual, some diehard, some scumbags, some morons etc. I just wanted to put it out there that a lot of Boston fans are not nearly the national stereotype that's been created. I know people love to hate on the accent (many of us don't have it fyi) and some of the other stereotypes (can't really stand Chowder btw), but liked I said we're not the cretins some will have you believe.. Mostly just regular sports fans that love our teams... A couple of years ago my girl had great time in Nashville, came back raving about it - would definitely love to check it out some day. Anyways, here's to a good game without injuries... Happy you guys brought on Vrabel, good luck (except hopefully Sunday)... oh yea, Fk the Colts Jags too Oh yea, please don't associate the Boston sports media with any of us if you can... we all hate them more than you could ever imagine. Have a good one Titans.