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MikeyChalupa · 06-12-2003, 10:05 AM

You never boo someone on your own team? Spoken like a Californian.

Ask someone in New York, Boston, or Philadelphia when it's okay to boo someone on your team. Pretty much whenever you want. As a fan, YOU paid to see them play and win. When they play and suck, it's your RIGHT, and in fact, it's your DUTY to boo. How else will the players and manager/owner know you as a fan are dissatisfied with the product on the field/ice? I cheer hard when my teams deliver me a championship (Yankees), but I boo them just as hard when they are obviously not playing up to their potential, or their salaries (Rangers). I'm still a fan. That's why I boo. If I didn't care about them, I wouldn't bother. Don't worry... cheering when they win and booing when they lose doesn't make you a "fairweather fan." Cheering when they win and IGNORING them when they lose does.

Now... that being said, the Devils fans were out of line, but they weren't booing Giguere. Awarding the trophy to Brodeur can be justified just as easily as giving it to Jiggy. You can't give it to both. Well, unless it's baseball, and you give the 2001 World Series MVP to Johnson AND Schilling. What a pile of crap that was. Grow some balls and pick ONE pitcher! But I digress... The fans felt their goalie should have gotten the award, but if you ask the Devils (or Stars, Red Wings, or... Wilds?) who had to shoot against Giguere if he deserved the award, they'd all tell you he was the best goalie in the playoffs. The fans weren't booing Jiggy, they were booing Bettman.

-Mikey

06-12-2003, 10:05 AM	#24 (permalink)
MikeyChalupa Squid Location: USS George Washington	You never boo someone on your own team? Spoken like a Californian. Ask someone in New York, Boston, or Philadelphia when it's okay to boo someone on your team. Pretty much whenever you want. As a fan, YOU paid to see them play and win. When they play and suck, it's your RIGHT, and in fact, it's your DUTY to boo. How else will the players and manager/owner know you as a fan are dissatisfied with the product on the field/ice? I cheer hard when my teams deliver me a championship (Yankees), but I boo them just as hard when they are obviously not playing up to their potential, or their salaries (Rangers). I'm still a fan. That's why I boo. If I didn't care about them, I wouldn't bother. Don't worry... cheering when they win and booing when they lose doesn't make you a "fairweather fan." Cheering when they win and IGNORING them when they lose does. Now... that being said, the Devils fans were out of line, but they weren't booing Giguere. Awarding the trophy to Brodeur can be justified just as easily as giving it to Jiggy. You can't give it to both. Well, unless it's baseball, and you give the 2001 World Series MVP to Johnson AND Schilling. What a pile of crap that was. Grow some balls and pick ONE pitcher! But I digress... The fans felt their goalie should have gotten the award, but if you ask the Devils (or Stars, Red Wings, or... Wilds?) who had to shoot against Giguere if he deserved the award, they'd all tell you he was the best goalie in the playoffs. The fans weren't booing Jiggy, they were booing Bettman. -Mikey Last edited by MikeyChalupa; 06-12-2003 at 10:13 AM..