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I've long said I hate the majority of our fanbase and I stand by that.
Minus you fine people, of course.
Minus you fine people, of course.
Devils 2019-20 team discussion (news and notes) IV
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njdevils1982
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"And then the fans found out I wasn't from New Jersey, and they came after me. Like, physically," Hughes said.
He claims that while running around the 300 level of the arena, a man accosted him for being unworthy of the Devils sweater -- a ringer, dancing for money, instead of a true fan. The incident was close to boiling over when security stepped in and escorted the angry fan out of the arena.
But the abuse didn't stop there. Hughes said fans sent threatening messages through his website, saying he wasn't welcome at the arena and he would "get smacked" if he showed up to perform again.
I'll take things that probably never happened for $500.
There is also no 300 level in the arena but since this probably happened in his dreams that does make more sense.
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I don’t even remember this guy but I do remember when we had a “game host” who I hated with every fiber of my being. I hope that guy is in a gutter somewhere with whatever bozo thought was a good idea to hire him.
He's been around just for throwing t shirts but hasn't been the game host for awhile.
As for t shirt guy I do remember him at a few games but I don't remember him being there for 15 more games like he says Lou wanted him back for.
He clearly is his biggest fan and boosted up these stories for this puff piece waste of an article.
NJDevs26
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I mean it sounds a little far fetched but some New Jerseyans are insanely tribal about their state.
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I remember seeing him win a few key offensive zone faceoffs, particularly on the power play.
I mean, obviously offensive zone, he doesn't really get defensive starts.
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Devils731
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the wingers have a lot of responsibility in the defensive zone and need to work very hard as they move through their responsibilities and their responsibilities update.
The guy has worked in probably 20 arenas at this point and you expect him to know the layout of all of them?
Given the amount of hate this guy received on message boards, I'll assume there's some truth to this - not that any of those people did anything, but certainly the attitude of 'f*** this guy' was prevalent.
We don't have a 300 level but if we did it sure sounds like where the cheap seats would be and thus where the poors would sit. So it's a more believable story.
It's also weird that there's no collective memory of this incident.
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"And then the fans found out I wasn't from New Jersey, and they came after me. Like, physically," Hughes said.
He claims that while running around the 300 level of the arena, a man accosted him for being unworthy of the Devils sweater -- a ringer, dancing for money, instead of a true fan. The incident was close to boiling over when security stepped in and escorted the angry fan out of the arena.
But the abuse didn't stop there. Hughes said fans sent threatening messages through his website, saying he wasn't welcome at the arena and he would "get smacked" if he showed up to perform again.
If he ever walked by 233 back then I'm sure that happened.
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I remember the guys appearances. The majority of the crowd was way into him every time. It pretty quickly became clear to regular attendees that he was a ringer(who wears 5 shirts to a game other than a hired employee?) but since the crowd got pumped up by him he was generally liked.
I do remember after the outing of the article that he still got a big reaction from the crowd but there was now some smaller negative reaction. He wasn’t asked back anymore soon after.
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The only time I remember an injured player randomly joining a road trip when they didn't originally travel in recent memory was when Zacha popped up in the middle of one. It was either last year or the year before.
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i remember seeing this guy at the game for my first time i thought he was legit devils fan so to me its interesting and i never really thought about the "magician code" that he mentions. That is now ruined by social media and all that stuff which wasn't around 15-20 years ago.
a lot of people are hating on this guy for some reason? you gotta relax you know the kids at games probably really love the guy doing his dancing routine
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