I got this recently via my email and figured I would share it. Both of these guys got a real hammering recently, and this email presents a supportive point of view.
Personally, I think if Chad Johnson jumped in my face I would probably be pretty confused and not really know what to do. I'd probably think later, "man I should have given him a forearm shiver or something", but I know enough about how I react to surprises to know I'd probably screw up the moment.
I guess I think that we Browns fans gotta stick together. We've got it rough enough without beating ourselves up all the time.
Anyhow, here's the email I received about the two Dawg Pounders. This has been discussed a great deal on the Watercooler.
Both of our members Dawg Pound Mike and Big Dawg have been receiving many bad emails from so called Browns fan because they did not injure Chad Johnson when he jumped into their laps in the Dawg Pound at Cleveland Browns Stadium. If you have been watching ESPN, reading newspapers, or listening to the radio, you have heard about it. Chad got some beer thrown on him by other fans sitting close to Mike and John. If you were watching the game you saw it. Chad fully expected to get beer thrown on him. Chad is a show boater and loves the attention. Anything Chad does get's national attention and this is no different.
But Mike and John should not receive bad emails, bad press, or threats from so called Browns fans because they did not injure Chad when he jumped in their laps in the Dawg Pound. Mike and John are Browns Fans. They support the Browns, they support the fan's, they support the Lake Erie Islands Browns Backers. These two guys travel around the state at their own expense and help clubs like ours raise tens of thousands of dollars for charity. I am good friends with both of them. I am proud to know both of them. They are professional fans, not professional hit men. They do not deserve the hell they are going through for this incident. They are receiving more negative communications than they are positive. This has got to stop. So please take a minute and send them a short email and tell them you support them for doing nothing to hurt Chad. If they would have hurt Chad, it would have been a black eye for the Cleveland Browns. John and Mike would have been thrown out of the stadium, they would have lost their season tickets. Thank God they are professional fan's and did the right thing.