Chan Gailey admonishes hecklers, withholds autographs to them

Ben Roethlisberger may not have heard a hint of displeasure at Steelers training camp this year, but Bills quarterback Trent Edwards can’t say the same thing.  And Bills coach Chan Gailey wasn’t happy about it Tuesday.

Gailey walked over to a group of Edwards hecklers during Tuesday’s practice and admonished them, according to the team’s website.

“I just explained to them why the players wouldn’t be over there to sign
some autographs for them,” Gailey said.  “They said some things during
practice that were derogatory to a couple of our players. And if you say
something derogatory to one of us you say it to all of us, so I told
them not to sign for that group.”

The move may not go over well, but we like it.  Edwards appreciated the gesture, but pointed out the the fans can say whatever they want.  That’s true.

Anyone can choose to be an unhappy, angry knucklehead in life.  But you can’t complain then if you get treated like one.

66 responses to “Chan Gailey admonishes hecklers, withholds autographs to them

  1. I like the way Chan’s been doing things. Don’t know if it equals wins this year, but at least it feels like the ship has direction now.

  2. Bills fans should appreciate that they even have a team, even if no star caliber players want to play there.

  3. What Chan Gailey is really saying is that the “Good Fans” need to take care of the “Bad Fans” if they want to get the perks.

  4. Did Gailey also inform the fans that Edwards would be taking his ball and going home?

  5. besides the typo which made me wonder if this was about some football player I have never heard about….I like this story. It’s nice to hear that a coach will stick up for the players even when it is only concerning a couple drunk morons heckling from the sidelines.
    Jauron would have went to Trent and said, “don’t let it bother you…I’m scared of them too, but if you ignore them; eventually they will get into their cars and drive home”.

  6. Wow what a surprise, VY and the titans kick ass last night and not a single comment on it because Vince does well. Not a single trash on Leinheart for stinking it up once again. You seem to be the most raciest POS in the world. Watch first game VY throws an interception it’ll be up here within 15 minutes, and not after the game, 15 minutes after the interception. Go back to the sticks you Raciest Bastards

  7. Anyone can choose to be an unhappy, angry internet rumormonger in life. But you can’t complain then if you get treated like one.

  8. The bills prospects this year rest on the sholders of Edwards. Period. If he plays well, then the team will do well. If not, or if Fitzpatrick takes over, the Bills wont win more than 5-6 games.
    I’m a Bills fan. I wouldn’t boo Edwards. Hell, I would bring him some food if I thaught it would help.

  9. As usual, all of the UBER classey posters, jumping on a typo, let it go children…..
    I for one like Gailey’s approach, I don’t think you should be allowed to heckle at a TC practice. It’s a privlidge to be there in the first place, show the players a little respect. It’s easy to chastize these guys, but ANY of them are better at the game on their WORST day than any of us would be on our BEST, so a little perspective might be in order before you decide to talk trash…..

  10. Gailey attributes heightened sensitivity to insult to his immigrant grandfather, also named Chan.

  11. I agree.
    We haven’t had a head coach since Marv Levy, and it looks like we fnally have a guy who can rebuild this mess.

  12. Thanks for the life lessons Gregg. Not sure what we would do without you. Im glad i get my bible study and sports news all in one place. This site is the ultimate in pot meet kettle.

  13. If I sucked I would expect to be heckled and then as a fan when I heckle I would expect to not get an autograph… makes perfect sense.

  14. Trent Edwards getting booed/hurt/tearful/angry/cut would be the best thing to happen to this team in a while. The guy is a pathological loser, he didn’t win any games in college, he hasn’t won in the pros, and i doubt he won games then. (He actually did, in fact he was undefeated in high school, just exaggerating to make a point here). Plus the guys hasn’t played a full season at any level since high school. Hes a train wreck in a train wreck of an organization and if he were starting for my team I’d boo him the coach and the entire organization.

  15. Trent Edwards sucks moose nuts as a QB, but its nice to see a coach stick up for his players. the fans have every right to be annoying and to heckle, but they dont have a right to an autograph.

  16. I would trade places with a Bills fan in a heartbeat.
    Signed
    Cleveland Browns Fan

  17. Daglo says:
    August 24, 2010 12:52 PM
    Wow what a surprise, VY and the titans kick ass last night and not a single comment on it because Vince does well. Not a single trash on Leinheart for stinking it up once again. You seem to be the most raciest POS in the world. Watch first game VY throws an interception it’ll be up here within 15 minutes, and not after the game, 15 minutes after the interception. Go back to the sticks you Raciest Bastards
    ——————————————
    Were you born retarded or did you spend your entire life trying to achieve that goal? Learn to spell “racist” and then return to your ignorant, race-baiting world of perpetual victimization.

  18. @daglo, you should scroll down the page, they did the titans- cardinals one liners at 8am..dont know what else you need from that game..also, i watched VY last night too, he was good, but nothing to write home about, some floating passes, and a few behind washington where washington had to do the heavy lifting to make sure VY got his stats…finally, i’m not sure why you’re calling florio “racy” because thats the base word of “raciest” that you continued to use…so congratulations florio, according to this dummy, you have the most vigor, and zest, thus you are the “raciest”

  19. I like how @Meldog criticizes a typo then says, “Jauron would have went…”
    Nice work

  20. I like the bills. I usually hate other teams. What a compliment to have haters. What an even larger compliment to have them post sarcasm. Go bills.

  21. It would be a tossup deciding whose autograph I would want less…Trent Edwards’s or Mike Florio’s.

  22. Daglo, you seem to be the most ignorantiest doosh (yes I know how it’s actually spelled, I typed it phonetically for Daglo’s sake.) What did this post have to do with Vince Young? If you want to hear raves about him, start a fansite. There at least 2 reasons you didn’t see an article on him here:
    1) He’s mediocre.
    2) PFT is the US Weekly of football. It isn’t here to cover games or performances, just spread rumors & gossip about anything and anyone related to the sports world.
    Once you figure that out, perhaps you will stop being the most angriest bastard trying to play the raciest card.

  23. hmm. you are a buffalo bills fan. your team lost 4 straight super bowls, then slowly, but persistently fell apart over the years. your team has no real QB and no real players. you have a good shot at being the worst team in the league this year.
    sounds to me like the fans should heckle and say derogatory things.

  24. As a loyal Bills season ticket holder I can assure you that there most certainly are Bills fans. There is at least 72,000 of them for each home game and yes despite our dismal records and talent we do sell out each and every week. I love the haters on here! At least we can say that we are loyal fans regardless of what product is on the field. I bet you are all Saints fans and ” have been for years” right? Ask the Jaguars what it says about your fan base when you can’t even sell out 1 game a year.
    Chan was right to do what he did. Fans have a right to feel anyway they want but they also have the right to have it thrown right back in there face. True Bills fans don’t care who is the QB as long as he wins.

  25. Nice to see a coach stand up for a decent guy; not like the pathetic coach, owner, and organization in Pittsburgh protecting some rapist.
    I’d rather root for a losing team with class, than for a team that wins but supports a serial rapist.

  26. 4th Amigo says:
    August 24, 2010 12:59 PM
    As usual, all of the UBER classey posters, jumping on a typo, let it go children…..
    I for one like Gailey’s approach, I don’t think you should be allowed to heckle at a TC practice. It’s a privlidge to be there in the first place, show the players a little respect. It’s easy to chastize these guys, but ANY of them are better at the game on their WORST day than any of us would be on our BEST, so a little perspective might be in order before you decide to talk trash…..
    ____________________________
    excellent…well said!

  27. Hey, you kids! Get off my lawn!
    Do the Bills end practice early so Gailey and his 71 year old boss can make the early bird special?
    Is shuffleboard part of their off-season program?
    Are Gailey’s game films in VHS or Beta?
    Hey grandpa, you know what stops heckling? Winning. How about you give that a shot?

  28. maybe daglo is the smart one here. just tryn 2 upset evreyone here by his dumb rant and goofy-ass 3rd grade spelling. damn daglo just go away.

  29. 4th amigo said
    I for one like Gailey’s approach, I don’t think you should be allowed to heckle at a TC practice. It’s a privlidge to be there in the first place, show the players a little respect. It’s easy to chastize these guys, but ANY of them are better at the game on their WORST day than any of us would be on our BEST, so a little perspective might be in order before you decide to talk trash…..
    that’s easy to say, what team you like? I went to TC in 2008 for the bears and had to sit through Rex Grossman and Kyle Orton struggle to master one of the simplest offenses in the league with the top receivers being Brandon Lloyd and Devin Hester, how could you do anything but heckle? the only negative thing about it is it was almost too easy. in otherwords, if your teams sucks in TC, you voice your opinion, just don’t say anything inappropriate around the little ones

  30. Aw whatsa matter FAS and all you other haters, got your diapers all dirty over the fact the Steeler fans didn’t turn on Ben? Just like you soooo wanted him traded, too… cry widdle babies, cry! Momma gonna change that dirty poo poo diaper soon, don’t worry.

  31. HAHAHA, alienate the short bus’s worth of fans you already have because of 1 guys heckling? Maybe the bills SHOULD move to canada, cause they have no balls to be in NY. Hey Gailey, you relalize that for every non home, (and maybe a majority of the home games) you will have this year there will be PLENTY of heckling. Might as well get used to drowning it out now, you dont want Edwards to throw a pick, cause someone called his mom a prostitute.

  32. I wish the Bills well..it’s gonna be tough with Miami, NY, and NE looking pretty formidable.

  33. Who wouldn’t want to play for a coach who goes above and beyond for his players?
    …Chan is the coach Buffalo has been waiting for.

  34. Daglo bro you need to calm down and no way is he raciest or however you spelled it idiot. Who wants to talk about VY? Only thing I would want to hear about him is if he tries to kill himself again hahaha nevermind that wasn’t nice.

  35. If these players that are making a ton of money can’t handle some heckling, they shouldn’t be there. Show some mental toughness.

  36. TheToolofTools says:
    I would trade places with a Bills fan in a heartbeat. Signed Cleveland Browns Fan
    ————
    Really? Well then…don’t let the door hit you square in the ass. What Cleveland doesn’t need are any more pussies who refuse to bleed with the rest of us.

  37. I’m guessing that Gailey has nothing better to do than seem like a thin-skinned, petty person who likes to sanctimoniously lecture teenagers.
    Hope Bills’ fans realize they are in for a VERY long season.

  38. Vince Young is legally retarded. I would like to see him and Corky from Life Goes On be in a tic tac toe match. Another longhorn flameout.
    How bout Sandra Lee’s Cans!
    Free Baba!!!

  39. WOW ejtowne,
    Thanks for the Buffalo geography lesson. Which is closer to the Anchor Bar?
    I agree it has no place but maybe Chan should let the hecklers personally express the dissatifaction in person to the players in a more private area to get their autographs?

  40. I’ve actually got a few to add myself:
    To get them warmed up in the morning, Gailey has all his players eat a bran muffin followed by a few brisk laps around the mall.
    From mid-September until late October, the Bills will stop holding practice so as not to interfere with prime fall foliage viewing.
    Eh, so I’m not funny. That’s ok. Made ME laugh.

  41. I’d wager some of those said derogatory comments included the use of CAPTAIN CHECKDOWN.

  42. Someone should remind this oversensitive bitch of a head coach, that Bills fans have been there long before him, and will be there long after he is gone. A head coach’s job is to coach the team, not run around like a jackass telling fans who have supported this team for decades what to think…

  43. @Bills- N- Yankees
    Thats exactly the problem with this guy, and likely why he was getting heckled. He is a loser, he hasn’t had a winning record since high school, and hes pretty fragile. Having gone to school in Buffalo, you are 100% right about the ridiculous support you guys show that team still through all this disaster. Every week I pray you guys don’t sell out so I can have the Bills blacked out in Syracuse and get a better game. But you crazy alcoholics never let it happen.

  44. Daglo, your “trolling” failed. It just made you look like the comlete idiot and d-bag that you are.

  45. I’m a Bills fan, but come on… its Buffalo. Let’s be honest, you can’t expect a class act grade of people there. The same joint that vandalized McKelvin’s lawn for a fumble and stole Thurman Thomas’s statue, they treat their hometown team like shit. Almost as bad as the Browns.
    When you’re a blackhole of a city whose largest industries are hot wings and health care to take care of all the people who binged for years on hot wings, you tend to take your frustration out on anything that moves. Unfortunately for them, the next thing that might be moving, along with those manufacturing jobs, are the Bills. Then what does the city have left to live for?

  46. I agree with TTV. Being an over sensitive head coach does not keep you away from exiting the Bills’ infamouse revolving door. They should be more respectful to angry fans. Remember coaching and playing are jobs – being a fan is a lifestyle.

  47. yes dago, er i mean daglow…………. we must be racist because we are not talking about VY on a Bills article……..
    ………. just like vy, im going to just leave, not tell anybody where i am going and make them think im a danger to myself… just to see if anybody cares.
    oh and i cant complete 60 % percent of my passes but ill make a guarantee that i will make it to the hall of fame

  48. Typical Bills response. Rumors are the kids have been there for days if not weeks, but when do they take a decisive stand? At the end of the final camp practice, so there’s no chance of backlash and an even bigger, angrier mob out there tomorrow to voice their displeasure toward an organization that insults them with an open competition where only one player ever plays with the starters, and that same player never takes a snap with the backups. This organization is the laughing stock of the league for a reason…

  49. I am a Browns fan, and as such, have suffered since Modell fired Paul Brown. Being that Buffalo is very comparable to Cleveland, I have found myself also rooting for the Bills over the years.
    I think “fans” should have more class than heckling their own players but, after years of losing, I feel their frustration. I can also see the HC defending his players, if their safety or well-being was threatened with physical harm. However, scolding some kids on their behavior was simply over-reacting.
    These “professional” players are paid big money to perform and when they come up short, the fans who have paid for their ticket, have the right to express their displeasure. (Even Jim Kelly got booed.)
    If Trent Edwards can’t take the heat, maybe he needs to get out of the kitchen.

  50. I wish AIDS upon all non-Bills fans!!!! How’s that for being bitter and rude!!!!!!!!!!

  51. What do you expect from your fans?
    Edwards has had a horrible career up there and needs to move on. Should they cheer him and say “Trent your the man, Jim Kelly couldn’t carry your jock”?
    The day that happens is the day I stop watching sports all together.

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