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Originally Posted by Roy Keane
I would just boo Wells more, it means that he lets it get to him. Good players are able to block the hecklers out.
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I think it depends on the player. Some players perform better with the attention. I've often seen junior players dig deeper to throw egg in fans faces (see example above).
Remember these guys are entertainers, that's their job to entertain us. If that's making a big play, then signing a baseball and giving it to a fan heckling him, all the power to the player.
I think that's better than trying to ignore then and cracking, which I've also seen happen (hell I've seen a goaltender blow a 6-0 lead because of a certain jack@$$ started to heckle him with the shutout because the game was out of hand
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All in all it's part of the game, I respect any player that can give it back tastefully. One up each other I say, as long as the player is getting it done on the playing surface they're still doing their job