Et tu Brute
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Agreed pretty classless - but not sure it was very ignorant. Maybe the singling him out was too harsh and a little ignorant.
Donovan is pissed at some stupid Jazz Fans
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Agreed pretty classless - but not sure it was very ignorant. Maybe the singling him out was too harsh and a little ignorant.
LoPo
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This is extremely disappointing, but it all comes down to how we treat each other everywhere. This forum is a perfect example. People get on here, cuss and degrade others, call our players trash, and piss on everything. Social media and forums just breed negativity. That negativity is bound to spill out in places like the home court.
I blame our management for all of the frustration. I don't blame the players. We lose an All Star wing and we expect to replace his production with guys who never produced offensively (Thabo, Jerekbo). Fans expect Hood to take some miracle leap in production with less talent around him. We use a draft pick and precious cap space getting an uptempo PG who isn't a shooter to go into our offense which is the slowest in the league.
Outside of Mitchell, our front office has been making terrible decision after terrible decision. Fans should boo the FO, never a player.
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I blame our management for all of the frustration. I don't blame the players. We lose an All Star wing and we expect to replace his production with guys who never produced offensively (Thabo, Jerekbo). Fans expect Hood to take some miracle leap in production with less talent around him. We use a draft pick and precious cap space getting an uptempo PG who isn't a shooter to go into our offense which is the slowest in the league.
Outside of Mitchell, our front office has been making terrible decision after terrible decision. Fans should boo the FO, never a player.
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Good point. I guess I should have said potentially ignorant. Maybe it’s a shooting slump, maybe it’s an injury, maybe it’s built up frustrations, or maybe it’s something else. All I’m saying is fans probably don’t know what it is (although I’m sure we all have our opinions).
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I want Lindsey and Quin to get Gobert, Mitchell and Ingles in a room - Just tell them the plan. If we are about to make a bunch of trades, prepare them. If we are going to take our punches this season and hope to make summer moves, prepare them. We are a freaking dumpster fire right now and we need our nucleus to know what the plan is. And most importantly, we need to start molding Mitchell as a face of the franchise both in public and decision making.
Note: I consider Ingles in that top 3 because of his lockerroom presence, his long term contract, and his ability to support Mitchell and Gobert should emotions run high from time to time.
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Note: I consider Ingles in that top 3 because of his lockerroom presence, his long term contract, and his ability to support Mitchell and Gobert should emotions run high from time to time.
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All fan bases are like this. In particular morons on Twitter. Every fan base has these tools and they are not going to go away. If all players take comment section drivel or drunk moron booing (when 90% of the fanbase is always supportive) to heart and base their dedication to a franchise on it,all 30 teams are ****ed.
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Some people need to make sure to properly take their anxiety medication
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I'm not a fan of booing players. In fact I hate when people boo at sporting events unless it's directed at a bad call. Talking **** on a message board is ok though in my opinion, and some of that is done in jest even. But I think Donovan needs to be careful talking about Rodney "working his butt off", etc. to fans who have been watching him play terribly and who have lived through all of his injuries. But I also like the fact that he's willing to stand up for a teammate. I'm conflicted on how I feel about this but I think I'm leaning towards Donovan shouldn't get too involved.
latin jazz
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Same with Rubio
latin jazz
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Drink some tea and chill. I don't support people boing their own team but I understand it. Calling those fans "human garbage" it's uncalled for. Maybe you are the one who should try to understand others that feel/think/act different than you.
I don't like people boing their own players. But it's not really that uncommon, particularly in other sports or countries where people tend to be more passionate. In soccer is common practice to scream "oeeeleeeee" when the away team is toying with you or when you lack effort. It's supposed to make you feel embarrassed or mad, forcing you to react. Sometimes people boo or whistle a particular player who is playing poorly. See an Argentinian grandma cursing in the stands and you realize how important sports is for some people and how they are not themselves when feelings runs high.
I understand (not condone) the frustration of some fans against Hood at the beginning of the game. It's an accumulative process and right now the team sucks. Unfortunately Hood was the scapegoat. I guess some fans expected him to take a big leap this season or at least give you 16ppg every night, but he is still a pretty inconsistent player who doesn't give you much when his shoot is off.
So while I understand the boing, I don't think it was fair to him. He didn't play selfishly or lacked effort. The team on the other hand, go their *** kicked by the Pacers. Taking everything into account, I expect the team (and Hood in particular) to show some pride next game and prove those fans wrong.
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He nearly airballed a wide open 3 after the boos.
Is it part of the league? Sure. Is it right? No. I get it Hood missed some shots and kind of hit the perfect storm. However, I saw Burks miss a bunch of shots, Rubio miss some wide open shots they let him shoot, ingles hit 1 shot all night. Hood didn’t deserve boos, every one of them did. I will say Donovan may need to learn this is the NBA now. I support what he said on twitter, but these aren’t your classmates or your peers in the crowd anymore. They’re your customers. What was put on the court last night was trash, I agree with that sentiment. I just don’t agree on singling out one guy when the entire team laid a big egg and has several times. I saw Favors and Mitchell competeting last night. I dont remember anything anyone else did. Can’t take frustrations out on one guy who missed shots when this was a team effort at just looking bad. I can see people’s points, but I don’t take Mitchell as someone preaching to fans as much as he just actually cares about his teammates. If I were him I would be a bit more frustrated with the open missed looks off all his passes. Again last night he should have had about 5 assists that didn’t happen. I mentioned a week ago Hood was getting plenty of hate on social media and wondered when it would break, I guess last night was it. I just don’t get the animosity to one guy. Were fans expecting Rodney to be Hayward? I don’t think it’s ever going to happen. He’s a roll player with specific skills, deal with it and move forward.
You just don’t boo one guy because this is what t turns into, issues between fans and players. You boo the whole team and maybe they look at their terrible performance. You boo one guy and it unsettled that guy and his teammates over it obviously. I’ll say it again that game last night deserved boos, one guy alone didn’t. The effort was horrible, and my guess is Hoods won’t be much better nor will his attitude. You’re starting to see he doesn’t have very thick skin, and it bothers him in a way he seems to resent it.
mdalby
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I don't think the booing was necessarily a total reflection on Hood. It was just that he was jacking up shots and his one make was a complete gift from heaven since he banked in a 3. I think it was Rubio that had a completely open shot and then passes to Hood and he then puts up a contested shot without any hesitation. And that offensive possession got booed.
The offense was a complete joke at that point. Nobody could hit anything except for Fav dunks.
The offense was a complete joke at that point. Nobody could hit anything except for Fav dunks.
I wouldnt boo Hood right now. He is trying and I like him.
I would boo a player on my team if he did something I didn't like.
There is nothing wrong with booing. It's a part of sports. You cheer for things you like, you boo for things you don't like.
If a player stops trying and putting in effort I would boo him. If a player does something malicious I would boo him.
Fans spend a lot of time and money on sports. They have a right to boo their team if they don't like what is happening. They have a right to express their frustration. I guess the alternative is to simple quit watching and quit being a fan as well to express your frustration but a little booing seems less extreme.
If a player can't handle being booed sports are the wrong career.
I would boo a player on my team if he did something I didn't like.
There is nothing wrong with booing. It's a part of sports. You cheer for things you like, you boo for things you don't like.
If a player stops trying and putting in effort I would boo him. If a player does something malicious I would boo him.
Fans spend a lot of time and money on sports. They have a right to boo their team if they don't like what is happening. They have a right to express their frustration. I guess the alternative is to simple quit watching and quit being a fan as well to express your frustration but a little booing seems less extreme.
If a player can't handle being booed sports are the wrong career.