WATCH: Mad Dog Russo calls out Philadelphia sports fans and claims New York has the better fanbase while using the year 1981 as his main talking point

64-year-old sports analyst and New York native Chris “Mad Dog” Russo aimed at Philadelphia fans on Monday during Fanatics Fest in NYC.

Aside from the obvious theatrics of hot-take sports talk shows, it’s amusing that Mad Dog reached all the way back to 1981 to make his point.

Who exactly is this aimed at?

Either a veteran in the sports media industry believes that a Fanatics-hosted event features a 50+ demographic or what’s more likely, this washed up engagement-farming hack just wanted the reaction that he’s now receiving.

Job well done, I guess.

Mad Dog on Philadelphia Fans

.@MadDogUnleashed says "the idea that Philadelphia, PA is some sports haven is a bunch of nonsense." 😳 pic.twitter.com/FFrFvgrTWr

— First Take (@FirstTake) August 16, 2024

The strangest part of this clip is that Mad Dog somehow knew the attendance rate for that Game 7 matchup between the Sixers and Bucks in 1981. To make matters worse, he had a rough estimate of the Phillies game attendance that same day and used that as a reason to criticize Philly fans.

Instead of stating the obvious, which here in Philly, we are already sick and tired of these sports talk show hosts and the senile old men who can’t drop their outdated, pointless love for the 80s, I’m going to go out on a limb and assume the reason for the poor Sixers game attendance was due to the current status of the teams at that time.

It wasn’t until 1983 that the Sixers won the title, and heading into that year, they paired Moses Malone with Dr. J. Years prior, the city was more passionate about the Phillies, who had just won the World Series in 1980.

It’s not rocket science that that was most likely the case – which makes giving “Mad Dog” Russo the attention he so desperately wants even more pointless.

Mad Dog also wouldn’t drop the fact that we, as Philadelphia fans, tend to “boo” our teams or players from time to time, which is something that I don’t understand why it bothers people so much.

Joel Embiid, Bryce Harper and countless numbers of Philly athletes have not only acknowledged but appreciated the passion, good or bad, from fans here. It’s a mute talking point and shouldn’t be used in any type of valid argument against this city.

So let’s just chalk it up as Mad Dog being softer than baby shit and at this point of his career in media, he has resorted to nothing more than engagement farming for approval of social media rats.

Russo has been irrelevant for a very long time and New York as not only a sports city, but an American city in general is pathetic.

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