36'er fans reserve the right to boo anyone in an oponents jersey. Ex-36'er legend or not.
He got a decent cheer before the game I'm sure he can cope.

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where have you been all season??? giving fouled off players a send off is tradition at the dome, it is just part of the fun. Do you have a sense of humor ?

"there would not be three out of the four 36ers flags there if it wasn't for Darnell Mee."

Funny. I thought we only won two with him and KB. If my memory serves me rightly, Bill Jones and Mark Davis ..... and Willie Farley and Matt Garrison were the two import pairings in the other titles.

And anyway, this is Australia. We love getting into people. I say boo him, and boo him loud ..... and then if he returns, cheer him again. The Aussie fickle fan - gotta love it.

And Darnell would have almost expected it. He knows the Adelaide crowd, and knows that they would have given him a ride.

It is a pity though, it all stemmed from something that should have never hapened, but thats in another thread :)

thats terrible the crowd should of not bood the best player in the league and former sixer championship player.really i would of expected it in victoria but not adelaide...

"where have you been all season??? giving fouled off players a send off is tradition at the dome, it is just part of the fun. Do you have a sense of humor ?"

I know very well it's a tradition, a stupid one at that, I have been a season ticket holder for about 8 years. I don't see the freakin point in jeering an opposition player when it's obvious 36ers are going to win. It just proves Adelaide (well, the majority) crowds are morons and are not there to watch the game, rather to be seen there and be 'trendy'

And it is also laughable that you question my sense of humour. I guess that answers your question...

I would rather have a Mee over a Farley any day

sure does !

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so thats what i need to be trendy .. a season ticket around my neck.

"don't see the freakin point in jeering an opposition player when it's obvious 36ers are going to win."
we lost you moron !

Actually, giving them a send off is a tradition in almost every stadium I've ever visited.

Part of the game. Also the way the Adelaide crowd does it is part of what makes playing in Adelaide intimidating for opposition teams.

Eeven Goorjian acknowledges Adelaide fans are the hardest to play in front of, because of the way they can intimdate the opposition, and lift the 36ers when needed.

Goorjian hates the Adelaide crowd because of their knowledge of the game. They pick up every error the opposition make and call it out for the refs to pick up. For Goorjian, its like playing a game with 5,000 refs.

it was definatley a foul but at the end i think he was just preventing him from falling down. mee destroys farley in evry way and he shut him down

It's a common thing for the crowd to attempt to distract the opposing team. Helps to stop opposing momentum, lifts the team, etc. Generally gets the crowd more into the game. Is it really 'disrespectful'? I doubt that Darnell would really be affected by the crowd's response to his foul. It happens (to a degree) in all sports.

Love your work EC.

If all the rumours are true that Darnell wanted to finish his career in Adelaide, things might have changed after saturday nights game.

"don't see the freakin point in jeering an opposition player when it's obvious 36ers are going to win."

Heh, whoops. Well I'm sure even in your blonde state you'd be able to see what I meant

"If all the rumours are true that Darnell wanted to finish his career in Adelaide, things might have changed after saturday nights game."


As if he would even care.

yeah he is a pro player and knows how much this town respects him so i would think he would take it as a game reaction not as a real personal attack. That said i never thought i would have heard them boo him before that day and i was kinda sad that they did it, no one in my section near me did and i was grateful for that at least.

It's fine to boo players, but not legends of the club like Darnell.

Whoever started this post is acting like a grandma. It's a part of being in an elite sport, you're not just playing the other team, but the venue and the crowd. Being an elite sportsman i'm sure Mee wouldn't have even bat an eyelid about it. Get over it.

It just makes our crowd look unintelligent. Like we dont know the sport. Darnell has been a great player for our club and it annoys me when people who dont know the game like cut sick for a tough foul. Basketball is a contact sport so the crowd should stop being soft. Rule of bball, you dont give the opposition easy buckets. Plus hit the road jack should be reserved for when were winning. It just struggles that we do it when were about to recieve a tough lose

I haven't been to a (decent) game for a bit, but the Adelaide crowd is one with a long memory. Just ask Mark Bradtke, Shane Heal, Flopper Lowry. They also remember (and appreciate) the good stuff but LOVE a villan. Once the next game has come through town everyone will have forgotten about Mee, especially if he comes back.

It is part of being a elite anything. You will never please all of the people all of the time.

cough cough, a bit of dust on this thread champ