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Originally Posted by heep223
Really? I've never heard that before.
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Fans expect more out of their hometown boys and ride them hard when they aren't the teams best player second in, second out. It is especially hard on the hometown boys parents to see and hear the fans in the stands or on the streets talking trash about their kid.
I recall Mike Vernon's parents, mom especially, had a hard time with that during the latter part of Vernon's 1st tenure in Calgary.