Comments on: Rashard Mendenhall tells fans they need to be supportive

By: billmiller3

billmiller3 — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:36:40 +0000

I have never booed anyone in black & gold in my life. BUT – dear Rashard – it IS my RIGHT to do so as a paying customer. I suppose when you go to a restaurant and don’t get the meal you believe you’re paying for, you just eat it an go on your merry way. I doubt it. Between this moronic tweet and the one about your idol bin Laden, you may not have the mental faculties necessary to use Twitter.

By: steelcurtainn

steelcurtainn — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:52:57 +0000

He’s right you should be supportive. But you should expect criticism when you lose to a team like the lowly titans. A team you should easily beat. The defense is no doubt underachieving.

By: steelychick

steelychick — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:18:10 +0000

Be supportive – SERIOUSLY?????? Did you look around that stadium on Thursday night? Did you see a sea of Terrible Towels, hear the chants of “Heath, Heath, Heath” every time he caught a ball? Did you hear the Titans fans – oh, that’s right, their own score board has to cue them to yell on first down. Mendenhall – you better put up or shut up – your fans are alive and well, invest thousands of dollars every year following our beloved team, and have never been anything BUT supportive. Just take a look around – you are never really at an “away” game, nor are you in a hostile environment. The flag of Steeler Nation flies high and proud, now you do the same.

By: matto8929

matto8929 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 15:25:21 +0000

My mom gets me a Steeler McFarlane figure every year for Christmas. I tell her ahead of time if she’s going to then get me anybody but Mendenhall. I’d rather have Joe Flacco.

By: matto8929

matto8929 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 15:23:15 +0000

Mendenhall probably couldn’t do anything else than play football. Without the fans, he wouldn’t have any means of putting food on his family’s table.

By: joebee78

joebee78 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:15:21 +0000

Sorry Rashard. Pittsburgh fans only care about ehat a player does on the field and if they’re performing. They will support players that are rapists, wife beaters, drunks, steroid users, etc etc (all the while preaching about how the Rooneys run a clean ship) but as soon as they stop performing, no more love from the fans.

By: samoanjungle

samoanjungle — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:30:38 +0000

@Kane337 – The Old Steelers fans are accustomed to bad seasons.
What did they have, like 40 bad seasons before ever making it to the playoffs when there were only like a dozen teams?

By: kravenm3

kravenm3 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 12:33:56 +0000

“Rashard Mendenhall tells fans they need to be supportive”

Fans tell Rashard Mendenhall he needs to file a “Hurt Feelings Report” with the Steelers FO.

If the fans (I have been one my entire life) didn’t care we wouldn’t complain. It doesn’t mean we no longer support the team. The truth is that I will watch every single game, win or lose. I’ll be happy if the Steelers win and upset if they lose. However, my support will never wane.

By: beanengelby

beanengelby — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:40:53 +0000

Haley ….. Thanks guys from ur friendly CHIEFS fan !!

By: patswillreign

patswillreign — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 06:32:38 +0000

NO!…you need to be supportive…of my fantasy team

By: stoolerz

stoolerz — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:16:15 +0000

Looks like some of the yellow and black turnips are falling off of the bandwagon. Surprised, shouldn’t be-Pittsburgh is know for being fair weather fans.

By: jeffa43

jeffa43 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:12:03 +0000

Dude, just play ball. Idiot

By: blackcatnfl

blackcatnfl — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:57:13 +0000

But you let my team down, man!! And by my team, i mean the Tin Foil Hat Turkeyballs, my fantasy football team.

By: mmmpierogi

mmmpierogi — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:41:08 +0000

johnnyjagfan says:
Oct 12, 2012 9:33 PM
Its not like a caravan drove from the ‘Burgh…those fans live as close as the Titan fans.

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Kind of ironic, given that I know a ton of people that made the 9.5 hour drive from PA to watch this game. Pretty sure most Titans fans didn’t drive that far.

By: iamthefootballjerk

iamthefootballjerk — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:39:43 +0000

Maybe he needs to stop taking what amounts to fans’ money so he can start flipping burgers instead.

By: ravenator

ravenator — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:25:33 +0000

This team is a joke. Maybe Mendenhall should worry less about people ripping him on his twitter account and more about getting a bid for the playoffs. What a cry baby!

By: ddogdaddy

ddogdaddy — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:59:39 +0000

The Steelers and the Packers have probably the biggest and most traveled fan base of any 2 teams in the NFL. Their fans will come to opposing teams “house” and be loud and proud and let everyone know how rabid and loyal they are with their towels and fake cheese . Look how successful these 2 teams have been over the last 15 years. Quite a few wins in the regular season, playoffs and a few Super Bowls. My point is it is pretty easy to be fan win you are winning. Lose a few games and listen to the griping from the same so called fans who just so happens are experts on the game and can tell you exactly what is wrong and why they are losing. Being a Colts fan, I got my lesson in humility last year after a pretty good 10 year run. My advise is shut the f*** up and just be glad you don’t have root for the Browns or Jags.

By: joewilliesshnoz

joewilliesshnoz — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:58:00 +0000

This guy’s a stiff , I’d rather see Redman play instead

By: koenig61

koenig61 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:55:19 +0000

It’s all about perspective and who says it. In Green Bay today Mike McCarthy said the following :

“You don’t overreact,” McCarthy said. “I’m not a panicker. I think it’s a punk mentality, frankly. I think it’s a loser mentality. It’s time to increase the urgency. We have a great opportunity on Sunday night football. We’re excited to play this team. This is a good team. They’re undefeated. We know how that feels. We know what that position feels like. But we’re going down to Houston to win a football game. That’s what we’re focused on. We got off to a great start today.”

Undoubtedly analyst will hail McCarthy for being a great leader and remaining calm with this statement.

Mendenhall is basically saying the same thing. He’s simply asking for the faithful not to panic, and letting them know that the team wants and needs their support. It’s easy to back a winner, it’s when things get tough that your true self is shown.

Most fans panic when things go wrong and point fingers and blame. I come to this site every day, and I see and hear the same sort of panic and blame from most fans. The same type of fans who when the teams are winning are the first to gloat and act superior.

I don’t see anything wrong with mendenhall asking for support. Could he have chosen better words? With out a doubt. But I’m smart enough to understand what he meant. He meant the same thing McCarthy said. Not panic, and don’t be a punk.

By: polarbear71

polarbear71 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:51:29 +0000

Exactly why the Bears didn’t draft him, he’s ALWAYS hurt. Walking around the sidelines while your team is out there fighting for it’s playoffs life !

By: contract

contract — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:38:36 +0000

I’m going to make this so simple that even Rashard Mendenhall can understand. As soon as some other team waves a little more money under his nose … he is gone. Steeler fans no matter how negative will be with the team until they day we DIE.

It’s not his team … it’s OUR team. He’s just a mercenary. We don’t owe him a damn thing.

By: billygoat

billygoat — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:29:26 +0000

I think he needs to close his twitter account. Only a matter of time before he says something stupid.

By: albertmn

albertmn — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:25:26 +0000

A fan is a follower of the team. If that team stinks, then the fans have the right to boo or say the team stinks. These players that think all fans are supposed to cheer regardless of how crappy they play need a reality check.

By: oldbrowndawg

oldbrowndawg — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:09:20 +0000

Shut up and play, crybaby.

By: finswins

finswins — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:03:29 +0000

Jeeez MDS, you sound as if the Steeler fans in opposing team’s stadiums are from Pittsburgh!! You DO realize that Steeler fans are everywhere…right? I’d say that a lot of Steeler fans at away games are from that particular area!!

By: joerevs300

joerevs300 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:00:56 +0000

So I suppose if we “fans” simply decide to stay home and watch it on TV, and you’re playing to an empty stadium Rashard, you’d get what you wanted. No boos or critical comments.

It’s true, there are the obsessed fantasy football degenerates that will say really stupid things.

But let’s be real here: The Steelers have played 1 complete game out of 5, and you can’t really call dominating the Jets a “statement game”. If M.Vick holds onto the football they are 1-4, and an ugly 1-4 at that.

As is, they’ve got 10 days to figure this thing out, or they can kiss the playoffs goodbye at 2-4.

By: contrarianjon

contrarianjon — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:40:30 +0000

Does questioning 911 make you unamerican?

By: Tadd

Tadd — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:39:04 +0000

What do you expect, there are a whole lot of Bandwaggon fans that currently wear Steelers gear, because their success the last few years.

Also I think if one is a true fan they can complain about the team and players, complaining does not mean you don’t like and support the team, it just means you are unhappy with this or that.

Also if not for complaining what do Browns fans have?

By: jag8r904

jag8r904 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:32:04 +0000

Rashard doesn’t like it when people talk bad about anything. Not even Osama bin Laden.

By: osuksu68

osuksu68 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:23:21 +0000

I hope he is ok and come back before the end of the season. I would like to be critical of not playing for overtime. Bad coaching in parts of this game especially at the end.