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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Would people in Winnipeg be livid if Patrick Laine showed up to a game wearing a Selanne jersey? I can't imagine they would be in fact I think they'd be ecstatic about it and think it was pretty cool. To the fans the player played in that city, not where the current franchise is.
I doubt any Titans fan associates with Earl Campbell or Warren Moon the way former Houston Oiler fans would. Even if franchise records are still held by those players. It's not like a Texans player showed up wearing an Eddie George jersey.
It's like when the Coyotes call in Dale Hawerchuck...people in Phoenix never saw him play...they identify with Shane Doan a lot more even though he's nowhere the player Hawerchuck was.
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George did play a season in Houston, but yeah he is identified more with Tennessee.
The other thing with Moon is that he was somewhat of a trailblazer for black quarterbacks so I think Watson thinks of him in that regard too.