Tommy Heinsohn yells "Hey Girlie" at woman ref

[revtodd64]

 Hey Tommy, its 2015 and there are women refs and women who are Celtics fans watching the game.  You are the one making the bad call tonight!     I have always been a Tommy fan, but he has spoiled the whole Tommy point thing.

[Chris22]

He should have yelled something worse.

Those refs were terrible.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Hey Tommy, its 2015 and there are women refs and women who are Celtics fans watching the game.  You are the one making the bad call tonight!     I have always been a Tommy fan, but he has spoiled the whole Tommy point thing.

She sucked tonight, along with the rest. No different than when he calls male officials boys, kids, etc.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

 

[86MaxwellSmart]

He apologized on the post game show---but, yeah the refs SUCKED--!

[jpotter33]

TP

[jpotter33]

Hey Tommy, its 2015 and there are women refs and women who are Celtics fans watching the game.  You are the one making the bad call tonight!     I have always been a Tommy fan, but he has spoiled the whole Tommy point thing.

So are you saying the female ref should've been treated differently? Tommy is literally ALWAYS on the refs, even the ones he's pretty good friends with. Pretty ridiculous to bring this up given the context.

[rondohondo]

pc police on the prowl ......

[gpap]

Hey Tommy, its 2015 and there are women refs and women who are Celtics fans watching the game.  You are the one making the bad call tonight!     I have always been a Tommy fan, but he has spoiled the whole Tommy point thing.

Who cares?

[biggs]

Hey Tommy, its 2015 and there are women refs and women who are Celtics fans watching the game.  You are the one making the bad call tonight!     I have always been a Tommy fan, but he has spoiled the whole Tommy point thing.

So are you saying the female ref should've been treated differently? Tommy is literally ALWAYS on the refs, even the ones he's pretty good friends with. Pretty ridiculous to bring this up given the context.

I know, right?  Equality in this situation means being treated like every other ref.

[Vox_Populi]

I think that while most of agree it wasn't personal or anything knowing Tommy, he dislikes all refs, I can understand how some people wouldn't like the comment.

[saltlover]

Hey Tommy, its 2015 and there are women refs and women who are Celtics fans watching the game.  You are the one making the bad call tonight!     I have always been a Tommy fan, but he has spoiled the whole Tommy point thing.

So are you saying the female ref should've been treated differently? Tommy is literally ALWAYS on the refs, even the ones he's pretty good friends with. Pretty ridiculous to bring this up given the context.

I know, right?  Equality in this situation means being treated like every other ref.

When Tommy criticizes every other ref, does he refer to their gender?  If so, then whatever.  But I think we all know he doesn't, and therein lies the problem.  His yelling at the ref refers to her gender.  it would be a similar problem if yelling at the ref referred to the ref's race.  Neither race nor gender are relevant to the criticism, so they shouldn't be a part of it.

I love Tommy, but hr messed up, plain and simple.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth #20]

I mean its simple, this thread was started by a rival fan to rile up Celtics fans because no real Celtics fan on the face of this earth would ever start a thread dissing Tommy regardless of the circumstances. Its ok though because no one what matters will ever read this.

[GreenWarrior]

i'm sick of these people on their high horses telling other people what's proper and what isn't.

[mikestar]

I was at the game. Real rough night for the refs. And I am a ref myself.