Was it wrong to cheer Cassel getting hurt?

[memyselfI]

Yes, it was wrong and if it rallies these guys around Matt then more power to them all. He has not thrown any of them under a bus. He is still reportedly enjoying support within the team. Good for Winston to speak out and take on the fans regarding his feelings. I doubt he is alone in the frustration. I am astonished by the notion that cheering any injury, LET ALONE YOUR OWN PLAYER, is deemed as acceptable fan or civilized person behavior.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by memyselfI

if it rallies these guys around Matt then more power to them all.

Kill yourself

[the Talking Can]

and of course the dumb bitch raider fan shows up....like a fly to shit

[Bump]

Not in Cassel's case it's not. He has immunity. Our only way to express our disgust with said immunity is to cheer for him to get hurt, since that's the only way he can get off of the field.

[BigMeatballDave]

People cheer boxers getting knocked out all the time.

[durtyrute]

Nodody wants him to be hurt they just want him to not play on this team..............ever.

[doomy3]

Completely embarrassing for fans to cheer Cassel's injury. Not surprising, but definitely embarrassing. Even Ravens players said as much. I don't see people knocking Charles about speaking up about it either, but he wasn't happy about the fans' reaction.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by doomy3

Completely embarrassing for fans to cheer Cassel's injury. Not surprising, but definitely embarrassing. Even Ravens players said as much. I don't see people knocking Charles about speaking up about it either, but he wasn't happy about the fans' reaction.

How do you know they weren't cheering for Quinn to come in?

And WTF do you mean by 'not surprising'?

[doomy3]

Originally Posted by Dave

How do you know they weren't cheering for Quinn to come in?

And WTF do you mean by 'not surprising'?

I was at the game, and it was pretty clear they were cheering for Cassel to be injured. Of course, Cassel being injured and Quinn entering are connected. There was very loud ovation when Cassel was down on the ground injured and then a second loud ovation when Quinn was coming in.

One of the first posts in this thread wishes for permanent brain damage. I think it's pretty clear what I mean by not surprising if you read posts on this board.

Also, it isn't surprising that fans are acting like this given the amount of frustration. It doesn't make it any classier, but it is what it is.

[memyselfI]

Originally Posted by doomy3

Completely embarrassing for fans to cheer Cassel's injury. Not surprising, but definitely embarrassing. Even Ravens players said as much. I don't see people knocking Charles about speaking up about it either, but he wasn't happy about the fans' reaction.

What did he say? Link? Glad it's not just Winston.

[doomy3]

Originally Posted by memyselfI

What did he say? Link? Glad it's not just Winston.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/chiefs-...3743--nfl.html

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Members of the Kansas City Chiefs angrily spoke out Sunday against thousands of fans who cheered when quarterback Matt Cassel left a 9-6 loss to the Baltimore Ravens with a head injury.
Cassel has been the focus of frustrated fans for the past couple years, many of them booing him when he appeared during a celebrity softball game this summer. Some had even hired an airplane to fly over Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday with a banner asking for him to be benched.
The angst reached a tipping point when Cassel, who committed four turnovers against Baltimore, was hammered by the Ravens' Haloti Ngata while completing a pass in the fourth quarter.
Cassel remained on his back for several minutes while fans began to cheer. He eventually got to his feet with some help and walked off the field under his own power.
''It's 100-percent sickening,'' Chiefs tackle Eric Winston said. ''I've never, ever - and I've been in some rough times on some rough teams - I've never been more embarrassed in my life to play football than at 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.
''Hey, if he's not the best quarterback, he's not the best quarterback, and that's OK, but he's a person,'' Winston continued, the big offensive lineman's voice slowly rising. ''And he got knocked out in a game and we've got 70,000 people cheering that he got knocked out.''
The Chiefs have only said that Cassel has a ''head injury,'' and coach Romeo Crennel said he wasn't sure whether he'd been taken to a hospital. Brady Quinn finished the game.
''We are not gladiators and this is not the Roman Colosseum. This is a game,'' said Winston, who spoke to Cassel briefly in the locker room after the game. ''This is a game that's going to cost us a lot down the road. That's OK. We picked it. We deserve it. I don't want your pity. But we've got a lot of problems as a society if people think that's OK.''
Cassel was intercepted twice by the Ravens, though both passes were tipped. He was also hit with two lost fumbles, one of them on a pitch that was mishandled by running back Cyrus Gray and the other on a flubbed exchange with Kansas City facing first-and-goal at the Baltimore 1.
''It's not right, you know what I'm saying? I'll speak that for any stadium, any player to get hurt,'' said Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles, who missed most of last season with a torn ACL.
''When someone gets booed, it's not right. It's his health. You know what I'm saying? He got hurt. You have to respect,'' Charles said. ''It wasn't right that he got booed.''
Once a Pro Bowl quarterback, Cassel is completing just 58.5 percent of his passes with five touchdowns and nine interceptions. He's averaging just 6.5 yards per pass attempt.
''I knew I hit him hard, but I didn't think it was hard enough to take him out. I thought I hit him right in the ribs,'' Ngata said. ''Hopefully, he bounces back and gets better.''
As for the cheering? Even the Ravens thought it uncouth.
''For them to cheer for him being hurt,'' Ngata said, ''that's just not cool.''

[memyselfI]

Originally Posted by doomy3

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/chiefs-...3743--nfl.html

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Members of the Kansas City Chiefs angrily spoke out Sunday against thousands of fans who cheered when quarterback Matt Cassel left a 9-6 loss to the Baltimore Ravens with a head injury.
Cassel has been the focus of frustrated fans for the past couple years, many of them booing him when he appeared during a celebrity softball game this summer. Some had even hired an airplane to fly over Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday with a banner asking for him to be benched.
The angst reached a tipping point when Cassel, who committed four turnovers against Baltimore, was hammered by the Ravens' Haloti Ngata while completing a pass in the fourth quarter.
Cassel remained on his back for several minutes while fans began to cheer. He eventually got to his feet with some help and walked off the field under his own power.
''It's 100-percent sickening,'' Chiefs tackle Eric Winston said. ''I've never, ever - and I've been in some rough times on some rough teams - I've never been more embarrassed in my life to play football than at 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.
''Hey, if he's not the best quarterback, he's not the best quarterback, and that's OK, but he's a person,'' Winston continued, the big offensive lineman's voice slowly rising. ''And he got knocked out in a game and we've got 70,000 people cheering that he got knocked out.''
The Chiefs have only said that Cassel has a ''head injury,'' and coach Romeo Crennel said he wasn't sure whether he'd been taken to a hospital. Brady Quinn finished the game.
''We are not gladiators and this is not the Roman Colosseum. This is a game,'' said Winston, who spoke to Cassel briefly in the locker room after the game. ''This is a game that's going to cost us a lot down the road. That's OK. We picked it. We deserve it. I don't want your pity. But we've got a lot of problems as a society if people think that's OK.''
Cassel was intercepted twice by the Ravens, though both passes were tipped. He was also hit with two lost fumbles, one of them on a pitch that was mishandled by running back Cyrus Gray and the other on a flubbed exchange with Kansas City facing first-and-goal at the Baltimore 1.
''It's not right, you know what I'm saying? I'll speak that for any stadium, any player to get hurt,'' said Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles, who missed most of last season with a torn ACL.
''When someone gets booed, it's not right. It's his health. You know what I'm saying? He got hurt. You have to respect,'' Charles said. ''It wasn't right that he got booed.''
Once a Pro Bowl quarterback, Cassel is completing just 58.5 percent of his passes with five touchdowns and nine interceptions. He's averaging just 6.5 yards per pass attempt.
''I knew I hit him hard, but I didn't think it was hard enough to take him out. I thought I hit him right in the ribs,'' Ngata said. ''Hopefully, he bounces back and gets better.''
As for the cheering? Even the Ravens thought it uncouth.
''For them to cheer for him being hurt,'' Ngata said, ''that's just not cool.''

Thank you. I'm going to post thank you tweets to every single player who speaks out against this on both teams.

[jspchief]

I watch everything KC does with apathy, so I guess Winston can be thankful for that.

[King_Chief_Fan]

Winston is right

[WV]

I'm ready to be rid of him as much as anyone else, but it should not have been cheered.