I don't care how poor a team is playing or how disappointing they are to fans, no player should have to hear an applause by hometown fans when he gets injured. To me, "fans" whom do that don't qualify as genuine fans. Unfortunately, Houston Texans starting quarterback Matt Schaub had to experience this very thing during his team's 38-13 loss to the St. Louis Rams on Sunday. Schaub went down with an apparent ankle injury and many of the hometown fans applauded the event.
This was a classless move by the fans whom partook in this act. Secondly, it makes them appear fairly ignorant as well. Matt Schaub has led the Texans to two consecutive playoff berths and while he's struggled this season, especially when it comes to turnovers, he was turning in a very efficient performance before going down with the injury on Sunday. He completed 15 of 21 pass attempts for 186 yards (8.6 per), for a quarterback rating of 98.5. How did the despicable "fans'" hero, back-up quarterback T.J. Yates do? He was 12 for 17 for 98 yards (5.8 per), with 2 interceptions - one which got run back for a touchdown, for a quarterback rating of just 45.3.
It'll be interesting to see how Schaub responds when he comes back from the ankle injury, especially at home games. He may be able to block out such distractions, but after receiving threats from fans - one even coming to his home to berate him - and then hearing applause when he went down with an injury, I'd want to head elsewhere once the season was through. No player deserves that kind of disrespect, especially from hometown fans, no matter how poorly he's playing. Hopefully, Schaub's able to bounce back from the injury fairly quickly and perform well throughout the remainder of the season, and hopefully the fans whom cheered him going down with an injury learn from their mistake and never commit such a careless act again.
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This was a classless move by the fans whom partook in this act. Secondly, it makes them appear fairly ignorant as well. Matt Schaub has led the Texans to two consecutive playoff berths and while he's struggled this season, especially when it comes to turnovers, he was turning in a very efficient performance before going down with the injury on Sunday. He completed 15 of 21 pass attempts for 186 yards (8.6 per), for a quarterback rating of 98.5. How did the despicable "fans'" hero, back-up quarterback T.J. Yates do? He was 12 for 17 for 98 yards (5.8 per), with 2 interceptions - one which got run back for a touchdown, for a quarterback rating of just 45.3.
It'll be interesting to see how Schaub responds when he comes back from the ankle injury, especially at home games. He may be able to block out such distractions, but after receiving threats from fans - one even coming to his home to berate him - and then hearing applause when he went down with an injury, I'd want to head elsewhere once the season was through. No player deserves that kind of disrespect, especially from hometown fans, no matter how poorly he's playing. Hopefully, Schaub's able to bounce back from the injury fairly quickly and perform well throughout the remainder of the season, and hopefully the fans whom cheered him going down with an injury learn from their mistake and never commit such a careless act again.
http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=331013034
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