Robert Henson not making any friends with the fans...

[poopoobigelow]

a few things:

he's right to call out the fans on this one... i am a fan of a lot of sports teams, and redskins fans are the most fickle, fair-weather, sky-is-falling, x player isn't good enough for this team, i'm smarter than guys who have been in this business for 30 years group of fans i've ever seen... reading forums and talking to people around town, and i am often aghast at the things people say about our team... often times, i am like, "do you even like the redskins?"...

look, this isn't the 80s... i wish it was (and not just because i love a good mustache)... this is our team, now -- let's act like it... does that mean that we shouldn't question, get frustrated, etc? no... but, who really boos a team when they win?!

when we all looked at the schedule, most of us realistically had a loss in new york and a win in this game... and it's turned out like we all thought... relax... sure, i would have liked to blow these guys out... but, we won... this is the nfl... as bad as a team is, any team can beat any team any given week... see this same match-up last season, for example...

on the bright side, the things we were most worried about going into the season have been some of our strengths -- campbell, kelly, ARE and the o-line have played very well... and play-calling, which has been atrocious for the last 10 games or so, is the easiest thing to change out of our weak spots...

henson is going to be a decent player... i saw quite a few of his college games and he's got talent... i don't blame him at all and i couldn't believe they were getting booed at the end... if portis, fletcher or santana had said this, we'd be applauding them for sticking up for the team...

that is all for my second post...

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by poopoobigelow

a few things:

he's right to call out the fans on this one... i am a fan of a lot of sports teams, and redskins fans are the most fickle, fair-weather, sky-is-falling, x player isn't good enough for this team, i'm smarter than guys who have been in this business for 30 years group of fans i've ever seen... reading forums and talking to people around town, and i am often aghast at the things people say about our team... often times, i am like, "do you even like the redskins?"...

look, this isn't the 80s... i wish it was (and not just because i love a good mustache)... this is our team, now -- let's act like it... does that mean that we shouldn't question, get frustrated, etc? no... but, who really boos a team when they win?!

when we all looked at the schedule, most of us realistically had a loss in new york and a win in this game... and it's turned out like we all thought... relax... sure, i would have liked to blow these guys out... but, we won... this is the nfl... as bad as a team is, any team can beat any team any given week... see this same match-up last season, for example...

on the bright side, the things we were most worried about going into the season have been some of our strengths -- campbell, kelly, ARE and the o-line have played very well... and play-calling, which has been atrocious for the last 10 games or so, is the easiest thing to change out of our weak spots...

henson is going to be a decent player... i saw quite a few of his college games and he's got talent... i don't blame him at all and i couldn't believe they were getting booed at the end... if portis, fletcher or santana had said this, we'd be applauding them for sticking up for the team...

that is all for my second post...

Absolutely not. An asshat is an asshat no matter who's doing the asshattery. Henson.Is.An.Asshat. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then I'm pretty sure it's a duck.

[skins89moss]

Well I don't have a tweeter account and don't want one either, but the fans should be the least of the Redskins troubles so far. I have been here from George Allen to George Gibbs 2nd coaching stint so Ive seen the good and the bad. No this team is not our worst team but Zorn has to much talent not to be a better offense. At least all the J. Campbell haters can't blame him. Robert Henson you have been here for a few months as a Redskin player so you don't know the frustration that Redskins fans have been living with for the last few season watching this offense struggle to score. Henson please work hard and help this team when you get your chance to play thats what you should focus on . Redskin fans love this team thats why it is so painful to watch this team take 2 steps forward and 3 steps back.

[skins89moss]

Originally Posted by skins89moss

Well I don't have a tweeter account and don't want one either, but the fans should be the least of the Redskins troubles so far. I have been here from George Allen to George Gibbs 2nd coaching stint so Ive seen the good and the bad. No this team is not our worst team but Zorn has to much talent not to be a better offense. At least all the J. Campbell haters can't blame him. Robert Henson you have been here for a few months as a Redskin player so you don't know the frustration that Redskins fans have been living with for the last few season watching this offense struggle to score. Henson please work hard and help this team when you get your chance to play thats what you should focus on . Redskin fans love this team thats why it is so painful to watch this team take 2 steps forward and 3 steps back.

I just watched Robert Henson with Larry Michaels and he now realizes that he let his emotions get the best of him and was sorry for the statement he tweeted. Lets move on and get back to football. If fans boo thats their right but to throw something from the stands is out right BS. That fan needs to get his ass kicked. This is not the black hole were you expect ignorant behavior. HTTR.

[SmootSmack]

Dumb mistake on Henson's part. What you say and what you think shouldn't always be the same thing. Plus, the biggest mistake really is when he gets into the whole "I've already made more money than you'll ever make at your 9 to 5 McDonalds job." That was unnecessary.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Dumb mistake on Henson's part. What you say and what you think shouldn't always be the same thing. Plus, the biggest mistake really is when he gets into the whole "I've already made more money than you'll ever make at your 9 to 5 McDonalds job." That was unnecessary.

I too thought the McDonalds comment was just a little over the top. He will learn you can't always say what you think.

My family has been going to Redskins games for many, many years, long before Lombardi, Allen and Gibbs1. We have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly, but we have never booed even when the teams were much more horrible than the team we see today. However, we have always been of the opinion fans have the right to voice their displeasure, the players need to be mature enough to understand that.

[dmvskinzfan08]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Dumb mistake on Henson's part. What you say and what you think shouldn't always be the same thing. Plus, the biggest mistake really is when he gets into the whole "I've already made more money than you'll ever make at your 9 to 5 McDonalds job." That was unnecessary.

Did he really say that? OMG!! This is the very point I as making in my rant. We have a right to boo them before during or after the game. If we pay our hard earned money for expensive tickets. henson hasn't been on the team long enough and hasn't contributed ish to the team. So he doesn't have the right to say anything. As far as the McDonalds comment. That is unacceptable. If someone did work at McDonald's and came to see our team play and spent their hard earned money to watch the game and we give a piss poor perfomance then we can show our displeasure. Throwing stuff no. First I have heard of that. But the message needed to be sent to them. That we are fed up and we expect another level of professionalism and passion. I hope he's not on the team next year. Seriously. He's not that great of an athelete. That was so disrespectful.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by dmvskinzfan08

Did he really say that? OMG!! This is the very point I as making in my rant. We have a right to boo them before during or after the game. If we pay our hard earned money for expensive tickets. henson hasn't been on the team long enough and hasn't contributed ish to the team. So he doesn't have the right to say anything. As far as the McDonalds comment. That is unacceptable. If someone did work at McDonald's and came to see our team play and spent their hard earned money to watch the game and we give a piss poor perfomance then we can show our displeasure. Throwing stuff no. First I have heard of that. But the message needed to be sent to them. That we are fed up and we expect another level of professionalism and passion. I hope he's not on the team next year. Seriously. He's not that great of an athelete. That was so disrespectful.

Well, it was out of line for him to say it and he apologized. Henson didn't grow up with a silver spoon in his mouth and he's been through a lot just to get to where he is today. I say we forgive him and move on.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Well, it was out of line for him to say it and he apologized. Henson didn't grow up with a silver spoon in his mouth and he's been through a lot just to get to where he is today. I say we forgive him and move on.

Agreed. Chalk it up to youth, emotion and stupidity. People learn and grow. I suspect he'll be the better because of this now.

[Hog1]

Yo Bob? Mike Westbrook here, you ever hear of.....death match> Cage fighting?

[bigmarley4]

I was at the game and I booed heartily. I'm not cheering 3 FG's against one of the worst defensive teams in the NFL. No one was even remotely excited after the game, it was like a loss.

[SC Skins Fan]

I am never a fan of booing your own team, and excoriate Eagles fans for doing so, but I have to believe that the fans were booing Jim Zorn today. And Jim Zorn deserved to get booed.

The one thing I will say in his defense is that going for it twice on 4th down was the correct call. Better to have run and lost than to never have run at all as Gregg Easterbrook likes to say. The actual play call was uninspired, but the decision was ultimately correct. But man, if Donnie Avery had come up with that catch ...... oh brother. At least we did not have an eight man blitz called this time.

[Pocket$ $traight]

Am I the only one that thinks the home fans were a complete joke yesterday?

The booing at half-time was warranted. But when the game was coming down the wire the crowd barely made a sound until the last drive. That is pathetic. Then these same idiots boo...AFTER A WIN.

Seriously? Um, we are not the Steelers. We are not the Patriots. Has it really come to this? WE ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO TAKE WINS FOR GRANTED.

If you are a person who won't cheer your team when they need it but then will boo after we win, just sell your tickets to a real fan because you are an embarassment. One of the last things that this team could trumpet was fan loyalty and even that is going down the toilet.

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by Pocket$ $traight

Am I the only one that thinks the home fans were a complete joke yesterday?

The booing at half-time was warranted. But when the game was coming down the wire the crowd barely made a sound until the last drive. That is pathetic. Then these same idiots boo...AFTER A WIN.

Seriously? Um, we are not the Steelers. We are not the Patriots. Has it really come to this? WE ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO TAKE WINS FOR GRANTED.

If you are a person who won't cheer your team when they need it but then will boo after we win, just sell your tickets to a real fan because you are an embarassment. One of the last things that this team could trumpet was fan loyalty and even that is going down the toilet.

Fans pay for their tickets, they can boo all they want. Does that make it right? Not necessarily.

The fans aren't idiots.. They're just tired of seeing this team struggle year in and year out against teams who are obviously worse than they are.

Redskins fandom is a weird thing. We'll hate you when you're bad and love you when you're good. But I think the Redskins have some of the most loyal and classiest fans you'll ever meet.

Plus, you're not taking into account that Henson basically patronized and alienated the entire Redskins fan base by saying, he makes more than we'll ever make working our 9 to 5. That is screaming Napoleon complex.

If Henson had a problem with the booing and tweeted his feelings about it with some TACT, that's okay. But the fact he was a complete douchebag, is what's getting him so much backlash.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Pocket$ $traight

Am I the only one that thinks the home fans were a complete joke yesterday?

The booing at half-time was warranted. But when the game was coming down the wire the crowd barely made a sound until the last drive. That is pathetic. Then these same idiots boo...AFTER A WIN.

Seriously? Um, we are not the Steelers. We are not the Patriots. Has it really come to this? WE ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO TAKE WINS FOR GRANTED.

If you are a person who won't cheer your team when they need it but then will boo after we win, just sell your tickets to a real fan because you are an embarassment. One of the last things that this team could trumpet was fan loyalty and even that is going down the toilet.

I agree with you 100%. I was ashamed to be a redskins fan yesterday, and it had nothing to do with their play. It had to do with my fellow "fans" at the game booing and throwing garbage at their team. The fans at FedEx were the worst in sports yesterday. That said, Henson's comments, especially about his salary, were WAY out of line.