Darcy Sarto, on 17 April 2014 - 02:45 PM, said:
Or maybe supporters getting a little precious as usual.
If you can't take the heat stay out of the kitchen, it works both ways doesn't it?
Be careful of what you wish for. Is the old saying isn't it.
Well, yes, there may be an issue of being too precious, but equally, there's a bit of blarney going on here.
If 99.9% of fans are great in Cook's mind, then the 0.1% that aren't is such a tiny proportion that making critical comments on his part seems petty. That 0.1% can't possibly have any effect on events because they would be so out of tune with anyone else.
The '99.9% comment' is designed I think to balance the fact that Cook obviously is a bit mardy that there has been a degree of vocal discontent, but doesn't want to alienate the fans whilst getting his moan out there. It's the way a lot of managers talk.
It may be more honest of him to say "86.8% of fans are great, 13.2% of fans are bell ends" but then I don't want to put words in his mouth....
This post has been edited by Mr_Pleasant: 17 April 2014 - 03:11 PM