so i was watching the indy-ne game the other day and in comes adam vinatieri to kick a field goal. and i can't believe how shocked i was when the new england fans started booing him. booing vinatieri. the guy who made all those clutch kicks for THEIR patriots. the guy who won super bowls with HIS leg. they think he's a traitor because he went to the colts. but can you really blame him? i mean, the patriots are a team that loses a lot of talent every year. and let's face it, he's a kicker, they don't make a lot of money. he got a better offer somewhere else. and the personnel felt they didn't need him and wanted to build around brady and his receivers instead. i just can't believe they booed someone they admired as a local hero. i was a patriots fan, but now i feel ashamed to be one. don't you?
2006-11-07 05:56:55 · 17 answers · asked by immisterkevin 4 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
its their way of dealing with the loss...
2006-11-07 05:59:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've been a patriots fan for over 10 years. And personally I wouldn't boo Vinatieri, but at the same time I understand why pats fans would boo him. The patriots are a unique team. They don't want or need big name stars. You can have your Mcnabb, T.O., Vick, or Chad Johnsons. The patriots will take your no-name players who go out there and get it done every week. We'll take Teddy Bruschi, Ben Watson, Asante Samuel, and Richard Seymour. Even Tom Brady was someone nobody had ever heard of until he got a chance to play. He was a third string QB at Michigan. The patriots want players who want to play and win, and who don't have money as a primary motivation. When a player decides that money is the most important thing and demand more money or threaten to holdout, Belichick and Craft say, "there's the door, see you later". When Vinatieri wanted to be paid more they let him go and signed a rookie to take his place. Same thing with Deion Branch. Rookie Chad Jackson is now filling in. That's why pats fans boo Vinatieri. Because the left for more money. He decided money was more important than being part of the team and being a patriot. This team attitude is why players like Junior Seau retire and then come out of retirement three days later to play one more season with the pats. Same thing with Doug Flutie. The patriots are an unorthodox team but so far it has worked. They've won 3 of the last 5 superbowls and are 6-2 so far this season so they most be doing something right.
P.S. Vinatieri is the best clutch kicker of all time and I think he'll be the first kicker to make it into the hall of fame. He deserves it.
2006-11-07 08:43:26 · answer #2 · answered by lucky_3_17 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-21 10:34:32 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people from the east are just like that, its accepted and common to be a dick. i used to drive an airport shuttle (cincinnati) and people from massachusettes esspecially would be surprized at how friendly everyone was. its just a different world over there
additionally to refute other statements, hes getting older and he wanted to play inside so he could have more quality years of kicking, begrudge a man for talking care of himself and his leg. are the pats traitors when they cut you, they can leave a player but how dare a player leave the patriots.
question to pats/bruins fans
would you have booed ray borque in an avalanche jersey?, he had to agree to be traded or did his years of good service mean nothing
2006-11-07 06:06:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Listen to all of you. Don't you know that we root for our team, not players. Once a player leaves, he is dead to us. We root for the uniform! And for u that is ashamed to be a Pats fan - grow a frickin spine!
2006-11-07 06:48:33 · answer #5 · answered by Jim G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. If it wasn't for him there would be no talk about the Patriots being a dynasty team. It was so sad. But heck, I was happy that the Colts beat them.
2006-11-07 05:59:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You need to keep this in mind...These are the same people that root for the Red Sox. That's what the f is wrong with them.
2006-11-07 06:45:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LMAO just like they booed A-Rod in Boston. They are just morons in that part of the country, I've visited there several times and they are loud mouth morons, all of them!
2006-11-07 05:59:19 · answer #8 · answered by Jersey Style 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They were probably upset he left them in the first place,,,It did hurt when he left right? So thats the way they show it.
2006-11-07 06:59:00 · answer #9 · answered by Grazia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theres nothing wrong with them. actually theve got a great record and you should be very gratefull the coach has been able to keep the team going this good for this long now!!!!!
2006-11-07 06:05:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
they BOOed him because he rejected the Pats offer and ran for more money.. I would Boo him too
2006-11-07 06:05:44 · answer #11 · answered by jefferson 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋