Gugny Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Here's my take: When Durant went down, many people in the crowd instinctively celebrated that, although it was something bad, something happened that was going to benefit the Raptors. I noticed that the vast majority of the crowd tempered their emotions almost immediately; they also respectfully clapped for Durant as he was helped off the court. Let's not sit here and say that last night's crowd in Toronto is comparable to any Philly crowd. Not even close. I really just think it happened very quickly, instincts took over and behavior was almost immediately corrected. P.S. - Get over the Bills "almost going to Toronto." Yesterday's news, which I'm personally tired of hearing about. It's over. Move on. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 I cannot believe how upset this is making you. The crowd that was there was .00000001 percent of the city. You don’t paint the entire city with the same paintbrush. BTW...I was at the Bills/Cardinals game where Trent Edwards got knocked out. The section I was in was making fun of Edwards for being lifeless on the ground. They were yelling “is he dead??”; “where’s the sniper located??”; “someone get the chalk outline!” Etc... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Basketball is a classless game. Why do you think they call basketball players: "Cagers" It's part of the game, not an indictment of a city. It ain't golf. Sheesh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 7 hours ago, Ol Dirty B said: Guy tore his Achilles. The GM is in tears right now. But I'm the one off base here. All of you giving a pass on cheering an injury is ***** horrible. Yea you were a 1000% wrong. The president of basketball operation is in tears talking about maybe a torn achilles. Cheer on you trash bags in Toronto, and the defenders of that too. I don’t see much of that. Cheering an injury is classless. I just don’t get the thread title. You have a small subset of a huge city at the game in the first place and then an even smaller subset of the fans at the game who cheered. How, again, is Toronto an awful city? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 if this is a sports thing i get it, but the city itself is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 9 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: I love that city classless reaction by their fans but it doesn’t define the city. There are a lot of fan bases that have and would do the same. Just sports and alcohol and a championship on the line. i wouldn’t do it but I won’t let it change how I view Toronto. How would we react if it were Tom Brady? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy KGB Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) 40 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Basketball is a classless game. Why do you think they call basketball players: "Cagers" It's part of the game, not an indictment of a city. It ain't golf. Sheesh... What ^^ Take it easy with the 70’s references ??? And Toronto is awesome. I hope Ol Dirty can rebound from this devastating event Edited June 11, 2019 by Teddy KGB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Cheering an injury of an opposing player is wrong. Period. If anyone in this forum doesn’t understand that, they’re a clueless ass. Toronto is one of the great cities of the world. Period. The two concepts are not mutually exclusive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Joshin' Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Cheering for an injury is not right. You can not hold city accountable for a few bad fans in a championship game when emotions run high. Are the Bills fans branded because one idiot fell from the upper deck? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-baby! Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Get off your high horse princess. He came back too early and now has to pay the price. Toronto is still a great city. Good luck to your warriors. 48 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said: How would we react if it were Tom Brady? I remember the Brady broke his leg chant and he wasn’t even playing in Buffalo at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 47 minutes ago, Teddy KGB said: What ^^ Take it easy with the 70’s references ??? And Toronto is awesome. I hope Ol Dirty can rebound from this devastating event 70s... Like pre-1940s.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagon127 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 8 hours ago, Ol Dirty B said: Yea you were a 1000% wrong. The president of basketball operation is in tears talking about maybe a torn achilles. Cheer on you trash bags in Toronto, and the defenders of that too. I am not a defender of what Toronto did. I know how crowds work. You are living in a dream world where you really think Buffalo, and other cities, wouldn't have a few fans that in the heat of the moment, don't accidently cheer a superstar get injured in a major game. Hopefully after sleeping you have cooled down a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 The OP is an awful person. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 8 hours ago, Ol Dirty B said: No but your ma did. Tell the handsy old bag to lay off. My Mom was cheering for the KD injury for at least 15 minutes. Was it before or after that? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-baby! Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 10 minutes ago, meazza said: The OP is an awful person. What city is she from? Just want to know what city I hate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, Q-baby! said: What city is she from? Just want to know what city I hate. Probably somewhere old and dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewPort71 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 7 hours ago, bbb said: I do remember being at the 2008 opener and word was getting around that Brady had blown out his ACL..............And, people would cheer when they heard it. Might be different if he was on the field. I was at the home opener against Seattle in 2008 also and when the news of Brady's injury spread around the Ralph the reaction of the Bills fans was pure happiness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 50 minutes ago, wagon127 said: I am not a defender of what Toronto did. I know how crowds work. You are living in a dream world where you really think Buffalo, and other cities, wouldn't have a few fans that in the heat of the moment, don't accidently cheer a superstar get injured in a major game. Hopefully after sleeping you have cooled down a bit. Actual Bills and football fans are at the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-baby! Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 52 minutes ago, LewPort71 said: I was at the home opener against Seattle in 2008 also and when the news of Brady's injury spread around the Ralph the reaction of the Bills fans was pure happiness. Yep, that’s the game I mentioned earlier. In my section the chant was “Brady broke his leg! Brady broke his leg.” Not just a couple of people either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 My takeaway from all of this is that Kyle Lowry is a pretty solid dude. First, he handled himself extremely well after the shoving incident at GS. Then, he implored the crowd last night not to cheer Durant's injury. Just a good guy. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 I expected this thread to be about homelessness and schizophrenia. Instead, just a basketball game. Toronto's problems are way beyond cheering injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachT Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 keep in mind Raps just stole the ball and scored a basket which was part of the cheering .. I'm sure a few idiots were happy to see him hurt but not majority 10 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said: I expected this thread to be about homelessness and schizophrenia. Instead, just a basketball game. Toronto's problems are way beyond cheering injuries. lol what are you talking about? I live 30 min away from Toronto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) 32 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said: I expected this thread to be about homelessness and schizophrenia. Instead, just a basketball game. Toronto's problems are way beyond cheering injuries. the saddest beta cucks in my life are strutting around like they are playing the game i know their type, they would have offered me a ******** after I scored 20 in high school and university games i don't understand how putatively intelligent people lose it over this, this is no more reality than watching Game of Thrones or listening to the White Album. Edited June 11, 2019 by row_33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 34 minutes ago, CoachT said: keep in mind Raps just stole the ball and scored a basket which was part of the cheering .. I'm sure a few idiots were happy to see him hurt but not majority lol what are you talking about? I live 30 min away from Toronto I am talking about the homeless rate in Toronto, on par with cities like Chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachT Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said: I am talking about the homeless rate in Toronto, on par with cities like Chicago. The population for Chicago and Toronto itself might be comparable. But Toronto has a massive surrounding urban area (GTA) which might technically be different municipalities, but is basically the same city. If you want to understand Torontos homeless situation you have to consider all of the GTA. We have our issues but it's nothing like what I'm reading about some American cities today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordio Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 2 hours ago, LewPort71 said: I was at the home opener against Seattle in 2008 also and when the news of Brady's injury spread around the Ralph the reaction of the Bills fans was pure happiness. Haha, I remember that day. I was in the bathroom at the Ralph when the news broke out about Brady. The whole bathroom erupted like we won the super bowl. As I recall, I was one of the guys leading the cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 8 minutes ago, CoachT said: The population for Chicago and Toronto itself might be comparable. But Toronto has a massive surrounding urban area (GTA) which might technically be different municipalities, but is basically the same city. If you want to understand Torontos homeless situation you have to consider all of the GTA. We have our issues but it's nothing like what I'm reading about some American cities today. I can’t speak to the homelessness issue, but Chicago’s total metro area population is about 50% larger than Toronto’s. 9.5M to about 6.2M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachT Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 10 minutes ago, BarleyNY said: I can’t speak to the homelessness issue, but Chicago’s total metro area population is about 50% larger than Toronto’s. 9.5M to about 6.2M. take a look at google earth .. GTA is insanely big and populated. There is a reason the widest and one of the busiest highways is here (401). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Maybe Bills fans should be offering to help Toronto fans with this? So it's deplorable to cheer when another teams player is injured in the game, but it's ok to start chants and cheer when the player is not an opponent that day and is Brady Beers should not be thrown into the field or playing surface after a bad call is made in a heated playoff game. Fans should only throw 'adult toys' on the field during regular season games after a regular play has completed Fans of all teams have idiots who give the franchises 'black eyes' for a few days because of dumb things they do (usually after spending the entire game drinking). It gets even worse in the playoffs and championship. In GS one of their investors/owners shoved a Raptors player when he ended up falling into the crowd. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 2 hours ago, CoachT said: keep in mind Raps just stole the ball and scored a basket which was part of the cheering .. I'm sure a few idiots were happy to see him hurt but not majority lol what are you talking about? I live 30 min away from Toronto At first I was inclined to think that but the cheering went on for far far to long to think that. There was plenty of time for anyone with a functioning brain to process what had happened long before the cheering stopped. Even if you account for the slower Canadian processing there was still time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBills808 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 https://streamable.com/y162d Raps fans outside JP after injury...Cousins confirmed fans inside building behaving similarly. Bad look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 I'm still surprised at the behavior of Raptors fans. I have been to several major sporting events in Toronto over the years and I remember a mostly quiet and indifferent crowd. I don't remember any such behavior when Fitzpatrick got his chest caved in by London Fletcher. No one in Rogers Centre seemed happy when Stevie's hands broke and he put it on the ground against ATL. In fact, throughout the entire Toronto series I don't recall any cheering at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-baby! Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 16 minutes ago, Jauronimo said: I'm still surprised at the behavior of Raptors fans. I have been to several major sporting events in Toronto over the years and I remember a mostly quiet and indifferent crowd. I don't remember any such behavior when Fitzpatrick got his chest caved in by London Fletcher. No one in Rogers Centre seemed happy when Stevie's hands broke and he put it on the ground against ATL. In fact, throughout the entire Toronto series I don't recall any cheering at all. There wasn't a team from Toronto in those games. No one cared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, Q-baby! said: There wasn't a team from Toronto in those games. No one cared. What? Explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-baby! Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, Jauronimo said: What? Explain. The Buffalo Bills! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterbluesky Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 6 hours ago, meazza said: Probably somewhere old and dirty. Did you know Anthony Bourdain's favorite place to spend time in...was Montreal?He took some chefs under his wing up there and made them known to the world.. Seattle...took the shotgun ride in his mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol Dirty B Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 10 hours ago, May Day 10 said: I have no problem with it. If i was in attendance for a potential Sabres cup clinching game, and a star player (who team x is having trouble performing without) goes down... my first reaction is cheering. Well your name shows you're a clown. Hockey fans are Neanderthals. I'll give you bonus points if you actually know the correct pronunciation of the word. 6 hours ago, row_33 said: the saddest beta cucks in my life are strutting around like they are playing the game i know their type, they would have offered me a ******** after I scored 20 in high school and university games i don't understand how putatively intelligent people lose it over this, this is no more reality than watching Game of Thrones or listening to the White Album. What the ***** is this gibberish? 6 hours ago, CoachT said: keep in mind Raps just stole the ball and scored a basket which was part of the cheering .. I'm sure a few idiots were happy to see him hurt but not majority lol what are you talking about? I live 30 min away from Toronto That wasn't what happened at all. Raptors fans are trying to pass that off as an excuse. They were cheering well after the whistle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 18 hours ago, Jauronimo said: Buffalo fans would never do anything classless, thats for sure. Jauronimo always ready with a tactical nuke of a post. Just sitting there with a finger on the button. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-baby! Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 50 minutes ago, Ol Dirty B said: Well your name shows you're a clown. Hockey fans are Neanderthals. I'll give you bonus points if you actually know the correct pronunciation of the word. What the ***** is this gibberish? That wasn't what happened at all. Raptors fans are trying to pass that off as an excuse. They were cheering well after the whistle. Interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAF43 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 This thread is exhibits A-Z about emotional rankings after a Bills game that I cannot stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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