Obviously, I felt that way about both of those guys. Otherwise, they would not have been playing. Lopes, who was booed at times during his playing career, empathized with his players. We don't need anyone to tell us, or boo us. We don't need to see things in the paper or whatever.
Most athletes are very honest.
They're the first ones to tell you when they're going bad. I don't need to tell them. They don't need to tell me. They don't need to hear it from anybody. That goes with the turf.