Originally Posted by
chief31
It is always difficult to avoid hating Croyle, when you have to defend Huard on a regular basis. As I am sure it difficult for the reverse.
I feel that when Croyle does start, I will have to deal with the current Huard-haters' bashing me if I try to back him. "You didn't want him, you didn't like him." When the opposite is true.
The fact that I defend Huard doesn't mean that I have anything, at all, against Croyle. In fact the basis of my backing of Huard is about preserving and educating Croyle.
I won't have any problem supprting croyle when he does get to start, because I will enjoy arguing those who try to put me in some anti-Croyle camp.
And if Croyle has some success, then people will try to tell me "I told you so.", but I will have the argument of "No, I told you so." Because I can point to the time that Huard kept him on the sidelines as the reason for his success.
And if he plays poorly, then it should be very quiet. In fact, if that were to be the case, I expect that I would be the first to defend Croyle from all of his current supporters. As those who are in such a big hurry to get Croyle in, would likely be the same bunch who would be in a huge hurry to get rid of him, if they don't see what they want to out of him.
As for all of the "go watch some other team" remarks, it is amazing how people who had nearly left this site, for being told similar things, can turn around and hurl those exact same stones.
There is a difference between having loyalty to the team, and having loyalty to every player on the team. For example, how many people were so staunch in their support of Ryan Simms, when he was hear, failing to meet expectations? Many Chiefs fans were tired of Dante Hall, and were ready to see him go. I was one, despite my love of Trent Green, who was raging over the fact that Huard got pulled when Trent returned last year.I tend to be kind of negative about LJ too. This doesn't make me any less of a Chiefs fan.
How many people show a serious dislike for Herm Edwards, or Carl Peterson? They, too, are a part of the Chiefs. Showing negativity towrad specific members of the team is not an anti-Chiefs attitude. It is an attempt at constructive criticism. Yes, even if the criticism is aimed at Damon Huard, it is still an attempt at constuctive criticism, in hopes that the team could become a better team.
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