Former Leaf Jeff O'Neill swears on the air and now a past industry member wants him suspended
Former Leaf and current star at TSN, Jeff O'Neill, is celebrating his 46th birthday today and social media was flooded with well wishes from his colleagues:
While so many lauded the birthday boy, Leaf reporter turned funeral director's assistant, Howard Berger, says the O'Dog should be suspended.
This morning's op-ed from Berger appears on his website at betweentheposts.ca:
The gist of the ridiculous argument that Berger unrolls here is that O'Neill's inviting of colleague Mike Johnson to "shove that stat right up your a**" is inappropriate for the airwaves.
Indeed, a dose of humility never hurts. Neither does a long look in one's mirror.
While O'Neill has ascended to the top of the ranks in popularity among on-camera NHL analysts, Berger hasn't filed a report to air since 2011 and outside of his freelance "work", he's now taken up employment working in a mortuary -- which is ironic for someone who really needs to get a life. The simple notion that Howard Berger thought this op-ed would gain any traction among the masses is proof that he should stay right where he is.
His piece reads like one written by a bitter man who's time has passed him by, who is trying to stay relevant any way that he can. Berger knows the Overdrive format. So does the audience, so do the sponsors at Pinty's, so does Stewart Johnston and so does Mike Johnson. Calling for Jeff O'Neill's suspension for his choice of these words is infantile, but Berger knows that, too.
Today is O'Neill's birthday and maybe, just maybe, Berger and his asinine article can get a few extra views by piggybacking off of those who Google search O'Neill's name today and have the misfortune of coming across the piece. Once they read it, though, they'll arrive at the same conclusion and maybe just suggest that Howard Berger, himself, sho... well, you know.
Happy birthday, O'Dog!
