Thursday, April 21, 2005
Guppy burning bridges
The Chicago Fire's handling of the Peter Wilt situation raised the ire of a lot of people last week. This piece encapsulates that rage best, I think.
Now comes the rehabilitation of John Guppy, someone, it should be said, who should be given an opportunity to do his job without incurring the wrath of Fire supporters. Such wrath should be aimed at the people that bungled the Wilt situation, not Guppy himself. Now, if Guppy screws over the Fire faithful, well, then, that's a different story...but he should be given a chance.
Still, Guppy should not attempt to win over his new constituency with quotes like this:
Now comes the rehabilitation of John Guppy, someone, it should be said, who should be given an opportunity to do his job without incurring the wrath of Fire supporters. Such wrath should be aimed at the people that bungled the Wilt situation, not Guppy himself. Now, if Guppy screws over the Fire faithful, well, then, that's a different story...but he should be given a chance.
Still, Guppy should not attempt to win over his new constituency with quotes like this:
"If you look around MLS right now I don't know if there's a team that's got a better situation than the Chicago Fire," Guppy said. "The team has a successful track record on the field, fans that obviously care about the team — which I don't think you see in every other market, the MetroStars for example — and a beautiful soccer facility (in Bridgeview) in the ground that will open up in 12 months."That's ridiculous. There's no reason to spit on Metrostars fans like that. I only hope the reporter mangled this quote.
