One thing I noticed from the beginning of the game was that it seemed Tommy was measuring his words/comments against a potential non response from Mike Gorman. Essentially, I think Tommy is now becoming self-conscious of the criticism of his homeristic ways.
Now, I'm the hugest MG fan, but I sometimes bristled at how he left Tommy hanging in the air after whichever comment or statement he'd made. Sure, there are plenty of occasions where Tommy will blather on, and his comments either stand on their own or don't deserve a response. Last night was not such a night. I understand that Mike wants to distance himself from Tommy's homerism, but last night Tommy was dead-on as concerned the officials, and I saw it as that he was trying to get a discussion started which MG wanted no part of. So be it. And I may be incorrect, just my impression.
In all, I hope CSNE doesn't ever heed the call of those fools who would ask for Uncle Tommy's removal. I don't think I could stomach the era of the Donny Point. Could you?