Is Jim Leonhard in Hot Water with Jets fans for Calling them Out?

Jim Leonhard @jimleonhard was pissed when he heard boos directed towards his QB during player introductions.  I’ve made my opinion known in this post, so I won’t rehash it here but now Twitter is speaking out about Jim calling the fans out.

TheJetsStream Jim Leonhard on fans booing Sanchez in pre-gm (via WFAN): “As players, you say, ‘You know what? I guess we’re in this 1 today by ourselves” 11/29/11 1:10 PM

TheJetsStream Jim Leonhard (cont): “We can’t rely on the crowd to give us that energy because it’s already started off on a bad note.” #nyj 11/29/11 1:11 PM

Jim Leonhard left no secret that he wasn’t happy with boos directed at Mark Sanchez before the Jets’ 28-24 win over the Bills on Sunday. The veteran safety, one of the most fan-friendly players on Rex Ryan’s team, admitted on Tuesday that he took exception to some fans’ expressing frustration with the quarterback during introductions.

“I think we have a great crowd,” Leonhard told WFAN . “I think probably for one of the first times I was kind of disappointed. Our starting quarterback gets booed in introductions. SLps As players, you kind of turn to each other and say, ‘You know what? I guess we’re in this one today by ourselves. We can’t rely on the crowd to give us that energy because it’s already started off on a bad note.’ So I will say that this past weekend was really the first time that I’ve been kind of frustrated going into a game, which is bad.”

“We have passionate fans, as passionate as anybody and they understand the game of football,” Leonhard added. “So, I give them the benefit of the doubt on a lot of things, but SLps there’s a lot of situations where we control. (If) we start (off) a little hotter, you know that crowd is going to get riled up.”

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I like the fact that Jim is sticking up for his QB.

Fans Calling Out Jim

jmarchese I remember how Jim Leonard was one of my favorite Jets. Seems like a distant memory. Shut it & tackle someone… E. Smith & MadBacker too 11/30/11 11:34 AM

kevindepew Next time I fumble a $7 hot dog or have one of my $11 beers intercepted from my $105 seat at the Jets game, Jim Leonhard can boo me. 11/30/11 11:34 AM

BringBackMason Jim Leonhard needs to shut up and stop attacking the fans that boo Sanchez, especially when he has not had a good season. 11/30/11 10:55 AM

FBEsposito New York Jets safety Jim Leonhard is frustrated that Jets fans booed Mark Sanchez. He’s right, safeties deserve their fair share of booing. 11/29/11 5:19 PM

Fans Supporting Jim

craiglaurasam Jim Leonhard is right too many Jets fans are too critical & not supportive enough…2 straight AFC Championship games aren’t enough 11/29/11 1:23 PM

SteveCordero Jim Leonhard isnt complaining about #Jet fans booing in game. He’s taking issue w/ booing during introductions. Thats just dumb of fans #nyj 11/29/11 3:57 PM

maxinabillion Jim Leonhard keeping it REAL. #JETS 11/29/11 1:14 PM

So, do you support Jim, or are you one of those fans that thinks he needs to be quiet?