I used to listen to sports talk back in the day.....I got tired of hearing callers that were making valid points being cut off and ripped a new arsehole in a five minute rant by Russell, simply because he didn't agree with their opinions. He lost all credibility with me when he spouted off about Prince George being a crappy hockey community, simply because the locals stopped lining Rick Brodsky's greedy pockets, when he's put zero effort into making the Cougars a winning organization for 15+ years!
However, I do respect his years of service in the media.