Last week, Philadelphia fans were hit by two punches, first of all Punished by Danny Green Because of the dying struggle to save a player from the poor playoff performance in history, and then be told that the city’s most passionate new starting quarterback is one of the most sought after in the NFL.

Both Ben Simmons and Jalen Hurts tell a story about modern fans of the city of brotherly love.

Green, the 34-year-old, 12-year-old veteran, after spending more than ten years in low-stress environments such as Cleveland, San Antonio, Toronto and Los Angeles, he played his first year for the 76ers in the 2020-21 season. His impression is deaf and mute. This is the epitome of Johnny’s recent appearance of contemporary athletes. He really didn’t know the experience of the 76ers’ loyal fans before Simmons’ defeat in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Atlanta Hawks. How much.

“I think this is something that the city needs to change,” Green said in an interview “Take off with John Clark” podcast“I love our fans, but when things don’t go well, they can’t let you down. This is one thing I don’t agree with or like.”

In the end, a large group of loyal Philadelphia fans were very loyal to Simmons and considered him an elite player-although Jimmy Butler’s obvious flaw of 4.3 on his way to South Beach was painful-they actually went Attack anyone who disagrees.

After Simmons grew into an “All-Star” and “Twitter Doomsday” was ridiculously released, the embarrassing premature victory lap was taken while ignoring how easy Simmons was when a good team entered the playoffs The subject of response.

This support is both awesome and almost impractical.

This is also an understandable context.

The so-called “process”. The mediocrity of the previous years had fueled a league of idiots who believed they had failed, and they actually won. Bryan Colangelo’s biggest embarrassment comes down to the oversized collar and “Burnergate”. Even before you realize the personnel error, the anger of the shooting god won two first-place picks in Markelle Fultz and Simmons, all the way to [hopefully] When it comes to actual shooting, it’s impossible to pretend not to know about star players — forget to shoot — in a league that is always called a make-or-break league.

Ordinary fans of the 76ers may interfere with Simmons more than any player in the history of a city. The third baseman of the Hall of Fame described it like this: “Philadelphia is the only city where you can experience the thrill of victory and the pain of reading. Two days will be fine.”

On a more personal level, Mike Schmidt is arguably the greatest third baseman of all time. For young readers, this is how to describe playing in a cauldron of passion: “You are doing your best , You attacked, they booed you. I acted as if it didn’t bother me, like I didn’t hear anything from the fans, but the truth is that I heard every word of it, and it killed me.”

The current Philadelphia fans are far more loyal than this, so that 4 years of inefficient shooting and giving up an easy dunk at the end of the season must be Simmons’ turning points.

In other places, punch lines are much easier.

Simmons’s performance is not the last straw to crush the camel. This is an atomic bomb that fell directly on a poor cloven-hoofed ungulate.

But this only makes the locals feel the pain of losing, because the NBA’s injuries and attrition provide them with the easiest path imaginable.

Even Simmons himself quickly turned this page Southern California mansion worth $17.5 million with Get BBC host Maya Jama.

Now, turning to the Eagles, where most of the fans have accepted the injury, there is no real empirical evidence of anything other than the cap of mediocrity as a player and the 2022 draft pick in Deshaun Watson or the top 10 thing.

Chris Sims and Dan Orlovsky became the enemy of the country. The former insisted on his four career first round picks and a 52% completion rate. In an era when 65% is a passing score Not among the top 40 QBs in the world and the latter, once the favorite of the locals who defended Carson Wentz at all costs, became Benedict Arnold who defended Carson Wentz at all costs.

However, when The Action Network was named Hurts, it surprised me The sixth-ranked NFL player on Instagram.

The report analyzes negative social media posts mentioning top players in the past 12 months, revealing the number of abused posts and which celebrities are the biggest victims. Action Network revealed that from May 2020 to May 2021, Hurts received 34,380 negative posts.

Then the real conclusions drawn from the data hit me. Philadelphia has cultivated an unproven player, so much that fanatics outside the city are shooting Hertz.

Considering that the top five on the list are Tom Brady, Patrick Mahoms, Aaron Donald, Drew Briss, maybe even more weird than Hertz and Josh Norman. Modern Philadelphia fans have elevated Hertz so quickly that he has attracted as many haters as legends and superstars.

If there is some good news, it’s that you don’t have to worry about hurting to get bunny ears like Simmons, or to a lesser extent, Wentz.

It hurts just to ignore it.

“I try to stay away from rat poison,” the current QB1 explained last season.

Whether it is blind authorization or unfair judgment, it is best to avoid any white noise.

“You have to ask [Alabama] coach [Nick] Saban,” Hertz explained. “He also knows rat poison. It’s all external factors. I have already talked a little about external factors. This is not good for us and what we are trying to do as a team. “

As for Philadelphia in 2021?Call it the only city where you can experience the thrill of victory [on rare occasions] And the pain of blowing it disproportionately.

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John McMullen is a writer for PhillyVoice.com, covering the Eagles and NFL for Sports Illustrated and JAKIB media. He is also the co-host of “Birds 365”, a daily streaming show covering the Eagles and the NFL, and the host of “Extending the Play” at AM1490 in South Zeeland.You can contact him [email protected].

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