Winston mad at the Fans

[ChiefsandO'sfan]

Arrowhead Pride ‏@ArrowheadPride

Eric Winston was very angry at the cheering when Cassel got hurt. Held court w/ the media for a few min about that in the Chiefs locker room

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by the Talking Can

and now - after 4 years of being a ****ing curse on this franchise - Cassel is a martyr....his pathetic performance forgotten already


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Yea, there was a guy who called into 810 postgame who was saying stuff like, "why did the booing just start this season for Cassel?".

He said he was ok before this year...14-10 as a starter in KC.

[wazu]

Originally Posted by -King-

From PFT

Eric Winston rips Chiefs fans for cheering Cassel injury
Posted by Darin Gantt on October 7, 2012, 5:48 PM EDT


Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel may not be very popular in the stands, but he still has support in the locker room.

Chiefs right tackle Eric Winston took fans to task for cheering when Cassel left the game with a head injury.

The veteran blocker called a group of reporters over, and said the following words, via Arrowhead Pride:

“We are athletes, OK? We are athletes. We are not gladiators. This is not the Roman Coliseum. People pay their hard-earned money when they come in here and I believe they can boo, they can cheer and they can do whatever they want, I believe that. We are lucky to play this game. People, it’s hard to economic times, and they still pay the money to do this.

“But when somebody gets hurt, there are long lasting ramifications to the game we play, long lasting ramifications to the game we play. I’ve already kinda come to the understanding that I won’t live as long because I play this game and that’s OK, that’s a choice I’ve made and a choice all of us have made.

“But when you cheer, when you cheer somebody getting knocked out, I don’t care who it is, and it just so happened to be Matt Cassel — it’s sickening. It’s 100 percent sickening. I’ve been in some rough times on some rough teams, I’ve never been more embarrassed in my life to play football than in that moment right there.

“I get emotional about it because these guys, they work their butts off. Matt Cassel hasn’t done anything to you people, hasn’t done anything to you people. Hasn’t done anything to the media writers that kill him, hasn’t done anything wrong to the people that come out here and cheer him. Hey, if he’s not the best quarterback then he’s not the best quarterback and that’s OK. But he’s a person. And he got knocked out in a game and we have 70,000 people cheering that he got knocked out?

“Boo him all you want. Boo me all you want. Throw me under the bus. Tell me I’m doing a bad job. Say I gotta protect him more. Do whatever you want. Say whatever you want. But if you are one of those people, one of those people that were out there cheering or even smiled when he got knocked out, I just want to let you know, and I want everybody to know that I think it’s sickening and disgusting. We are not gladiators and this is not the Roman Coliseum. This is a game.

“I’ll sit here and I’ll answer all your questions for the next 30 minutes if you want to ask them and I’ll take all the responsibility I can take because I deserve it but don’t blame a guy, and don’t cheer for a guy who has done everything in his power to play as good as he can for the fans.

“It’s sickening. And I was embarrassed. I want every single one of you people to put this on your station and in your newspapers because I want every fan to know that. This is a game that’s going to cost us a lot down the road. That’s OK. We picked it, we deserve it and I don’t want your pity. But we have a lot of problems as a society if people think that’s OK.

“I’ll get off my soap box and you guys can ask any football question you want.”

No, Eric, that pretty much covers it.

The Chiefs have played poorly. Frankly, they are a disaster. Cassel leads the parade.

But for too many fans, their passion for the team leads them to forget that the laundry they’re cheering for has a human being inside it.

[Bump]

Cheering when someone gets hurt is classless. Unless it's Matt Cassel. He has the immunity idol, so it's only fair.

[R8ers]

Chhering for or applauding an injury is usually bad Karma and comes back to bite you.

[the Talking Can]

if anyone in this franchise had ever held Cassel accountable for anything, I'd be less inclined to tell winston to **** off...

[lewdog]

How does Winston get some much press here in KC? There have been a few threads about his media comments. **** this guy, he has only been here 5 games so sit the **** down and shut the **** up.

[KChiefer]

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

I care more that a well thrown and on time ball that the receivers can catch with out getting nailed in the process. I hate to see a guy hurt, but much rather it be him than any one of the other players on this team. JC is going get ran to death so instead maybe another QB can help this team to save us from other injuries. If the coach is to stupid to pull his QB What can we do?

Excellent point!

[the Talking Can]

Originally Posted by R8ers

Chhering for or applauding an injury is usually bad Karma and comes back to bite you.

there's actually no such thing, and it never does...

[Bowser]

Well, at least we know now what the distraction story will be this week - the evil fans.


And just for the record - there was a cheer for Cassel when he got up off the ground, and then a roar of approval when Quinn took to the huddle. Period, end of story.

Maybe Winston could hear Blowfish unleashing hell in Cassel's direction, and that's what he is reponding to.

[mikey23545]

I love a fan base that cheers one of their own players getting injured, and then defends it by saying "great fans like us deserve better!"

[KCrockaholic]

Fans were just excited to get Cassel out of the game. They weren't cheering because of the injury. Cheering because of what the injury meant.

[mcaj22]

where was the teammates defending McCluster when Cassel hung him out to dry in front of a whole stadium? Where was it for Hillis? Where was it for Boss?

nobody came out to defend all the guys Cassel injured this season. So **** em

[Balloon Knot]

Originally Posted by mikey23545

I love a fan base that cheers one of their own players getting injured, and then defends it by saying "great fans like us deserve better!"

i agree

[Guru]

Winston has overstepped. I get what he was saying but he threw all the fans under the bus when it was really just a few. As Jack said, this is going to make the rounds in the media to paint a horrible picture of the fans. Couple that with the banner now.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Balloon Knot

i agree

Agree to .