Kansas/Carolina

[canuckrefguy]

Up here in Canada, the same things happened when hockey great Wayne Gretzky got traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the L.A. Kings. People villified the Oilers' owner, Peter Pocklington, burning him in effigy. Some even turned on Gretzky, despite him bringing them four Stanley Cup Championships. Hell, they even blamed Janet Jones (they married the year before he was traded) for "stealing" him away. To make matters worse, the Gretzky-led Kings knocked the Oilers out of the playoffs the next season.

For many, it took years for the bitterness to wear off.

People are passionate about sports. Sometimes passion comes out different ways. Many times it comes out the wrong way.