View Single Post
Old 06-26-2015, 11:38 AM   #976
Buff
Franchise Player
 
Buff's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: I don't belong here
Exp:
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by heep223 View Post
Really? I've never heard that before.
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.
Buff is online now