[KC Chiefs.com] Seventy-two hours after Eric Winston touched off a storm when he was critical of Chiefs fans who may have cheered the injury to quarterback Matt Cassel, chairman Clark Hunt issued a statement in their defense.
“Over the last few days, there has been a lot of talk about our fans, and I feel like it’s important to set the record straight,” the statement reads.
“I know our fans. They are passionate, hardworking, loyal, educated football fans, and they are the heart and soul of the Arrowhead experience. They know cheering an injury to anyone in any stadium is unacceptable.
“I want to make it perfectly clear:
“A small few who may have cheered when Matt went down do not accurately represent the best fans in the National Football League. Period.”
Some fans cheered while Cassel was down on the field last Sunday with a concussion but it’s unclear whether they were cheering for Cassel’s injury or the fact Brady Quinn was on the field and preparing to replace Cassel.
I am sure some of the fans were inappropriate. However, this does not excuse or should blind us from management’s inability to properly select a coaches and or players. Look at the other teams who can do it but we can’t—- marty’s way wan’t so bad was it?
Comment by tdmt — October 10, 2012 @ 9:35 pm
Just because you have been inherited to the position does not mean you can run it. As for the heartless idiots who may have cheered on Cassels injury…. please leave your memorabilia at the door and find another team.
Comment by dave — October 15, 2012 @ 5:44 pm
Not that I condone nor accept that cheering for an injury is ok, but how is this any different than boxing match or UFC fight? Or better yet, how about a hockey game? I know to some it may sound like apples and oranges here but, seriously, how is it any different when you cheer at a boxing match or wrestling event? Im sure that most fans at Arrowhead that day were in fact not cheering that he was injured, but the fact that he was no longer the qb. just like at a hockey game when a fight breaks out, no fan wants a player to get seriously hurt, like paralyzed or somthing to that effect. But how is it different?
Comment by chief fogg — October 15, 2012 @ 7:13 pm