re: Alexi Lalas: why is he so controversial?

Lalas always reminds me in several different ways of the soccer equivalent of Bill Walton. I think they share the aforementioned lobbing out stray opinions, not necessarily their own, just to incite debate is one commonality. They are both imperious, don't consider other's opinions, and they look like each other, to boot. (i.e. soulless)