A host of the "Toucher and Rich Show" this morning fired back at critics of their on-air radio hang-up on ex-Celtics coach Rick Pitino, saying there was a "swell" of support for an antic he described as deliberately "dumb"
"There's like this wave of people who are like, 'It was unprofessional,' " Fred Toucher told listeners this morning. " 'It was a slap in the face. It was crude. It was classless.' That's my job. I don't have any class. I'm not F. Scott Fitzgerald. I'm not Bob Woodward. People are like 'Oh it was dumb' OK, it was dumb! What do you want out of me? It was 10 seconds out of my radio career. And people are acting so sanctimonious."
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Yesterday the top-rated morning radio show on 98.5 FM had the former coach on the air to promote a self-help book. Toucher told listeners he knew the interview would not last long. He said he didn't want to get into a shouting match with the Hall of Fame coach, who led two college squads to national championships but is widely criticized for his blunders in Boston.
"It's getting time for the interview and it's a dopey self-help book that's the second one he's put out, or third he's put out, and I'm thinking, 'Aw, who cares.' I realize everyone hates him here and I'm like, 'I don't want to get into a fight with him. I have five minutes with the guy,' " Toucher told his audience on the air this morning. "I'm not going to get anything in depth out of him. I think as a goof ... I'm just going to hang up on him, it'd be kind of funny, who cares."
The interview yesterday lasted only seconds. Toucher welcomed Pitino to the show. Pitino said "Morning guys" Toucher said "You stink. You ruined the Celtics," and hung up.
Toucher told his audience this morning that the initial response was a "swell" of support.
"I swear to God. I've never gotten a more positive, I've never got a more positive response, it was literally over 1,000 people," he said. "Of all the things we've done, I've never really had any kind of huge swell of positive support. Deadspin called it hilarious, which is nice, I mean it wasn't hilarious. The guy from Sports Illustrated said 'I've listened to it six times, I can't stop listening to it.' "
But he told listeners that the show has also been hit with outrage from the hometowns of Pitino's college teams, including one death threat.
Pitino was coach of the Celtics from 1997 to 2001, and amassed a losing record. He once berated Boston sports fans and called the city "lousy."
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