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-King- · 10-13-2013, 03:02 PM

Cushing calls fans cheering Schaub injury “barbaric”
Posted by Mike Florio on October 13, 2013, 4:39 PM EDT

During Sunday’s ugly loss by the Texans to the Rams, things got even uglier at Reliant Stadium.

Down went quarterback Matt Schaub with an injury — and up came the cheers from the home fans.

After the game, Texans linebacker Brian Cushing called the fans “barbaric” for their response, via Will Grubb of SportsRadio 610 in Houston.

It’s a strong word from Cushing, especially since cameras caught him and defensive end J.J. Watt yukking it up, Derek Anderson style, while the Texans were trailing 38-6.

Regardless, it’s never appropriate to cheer or celebrate any injury, whether to a member of the home team or the visiting team.

ModSocks · 10-14-2013, 02:41 PM

So do we get to laugh and point and make fun of Texans fans now? Call them classless, disgusting and the worse fans in the NFL? This going to get plastered all over talk radio and T.V...?

You know? Kinda like how the media and fans from the other 31 teams did us last year?

Ace Gunner · 10-14-2013, 02:44 PM

is there something wrong with "barbaric" at a football game. no. unless you're rog & the yuppie puppie gen.

Molitoth · 10-14-2013, 02:54 PM

I still side with the fans. Cheering for change, not for injury.

Pitt Gorilla · 10-14-2013, 03:02 PM

It's certainly classless.

-King- · 10-14-2013, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Molitoth

I still side with the fans. Cheering for change, not for injury.

Then cheer when TJ Yates run onto the field. Not when Matt Shaub gets injured. It's definitely cheering for injury.

underEJ · 10-14-2013, 03:22 PM

I have the same reaction I did when it was at Arrowhead last year. The media is using it to fan flames of dissent for stories, and they ask questions to players to get them to speak badly about fans. In the emotion of the moment, I hope the players realize their fans are not truly cheering an injury. Well, almost all of them probably aren't. I didn't see the incident in Houston so I don't know how similar it was to last year, but at Arrowhead, the majority of that cheering was misidentified as "cheering an injury." When you are in the stands you don't always see the whole picture on the field. A player down is often not seen until long after the end of a play. It isn't like watching it on tv where a camera is immediately trolling around the guy.

Everyone needs to start giving people a little benefit of the doubt that most fans are more thoughtful than that. And the media is a bunch of people paid to stir shit up who haven't watched a game as fans in the stands that paid a huge amount of money to see a crapfest in a long long time. Even in the case of the jerks who were truly cheering, it is the forced change they are cheering, not the injury to a guy. I would hope that would be mentioned, but as typical of the polarizing force that is media, that doesn't seem to be the place they go because they actually want angry fans clicking on their website driving up traffic.

Molitoth · 10-14-2013, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by -King-

Then cheer when TJ Yates run onto the field. Not when Matt Shaub gets injured. It's definitely cheering for injury.

I haven't heard or watched when exactly the cheers went down for Schaub, I'm just trying to relate to last year with Cassel. I didn't cheer that he got hurt, I cheered for change.

Simple as that.

**Bugeater** · 10-14-2013, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Down4Chiefs

Fans are never hoping the QB who's injured stays down and has to retire.

Actually I was hoping for that very thing with Cassel numerous times.

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-King- ▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓ Join Date: Jan 2009 Casino cash: $2365743	Cushing calls fans cheering Schaub injury “barbaric” Cushing calls fans cheering Schaub injury “barbaric” Posted by Mike Florio on October 13, 2013, 4:39 PM EDT During Sunday’s ugly loss by the Texans to the Rams, things got even uglier at Reliant Stadium. Down went quarterback Matt Schaub with an injury — and up came the cheers from the home fans. After the game, Texans linebacker Brian Cushing called the fans “barbaric” for their response, via Will Grubb of SportsRadio 610 in Houston. It’s a strong word from Cushing, especially since cameras caught him and defensive end J.J. Watt yukking it up, Derek Anderson style, while the Texans were trailing 38-6. Regardless, it’s never appropriate to cheer or celebrate any injury, whether to a member of the home team or the visiting team.
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underEJ Veteran Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles Casino cash: $6893141	I have the same reaction I did when it was at Arrowhead last year. The media is using it to fan flames of dissent for stories, and they ask questions to players to get them to speak badly about fans. In the emotion of the moment, I hope the players realize their fans are not truly cheering an injury. Well, almost all of them probably aren't. I didn't see the incident in Houston so I don't know how similar it was to last year, but at Arrowhead, the majority of that cheering was misidentified as "cheering an injury." When you are in the stands you don't always see the whole picture on the field. A player down is often not seen until long after the end of a play. It isn't like watching it on tv where a camera is immediately trolling around the guy. Everyone needs to start giving people a little benefit of the doubt that most fans are more thoughtful than that. And the media is a bunch of people paid to stir shit up who haven't watched a game as fans in the stands that paid a huge amount of money to see a crapfest in a long long time. Even in the case of the jerks who were truly cheering, it is the forced change they are cheering, not the injury to a guy. I would hope that would be mentioned, but as typical of the polarizing force that is media, that doesn't seem to be the place they go because they actually want angry fans clicking on their website driving up traffic.
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