Re: Tony rips on his own fansDamon Hynes wrote:
> On Jul 4, 4:22 pm, Alan Jones <ajo...@intrtek,com > wrote:
>> STEWART'S DEFENSE: Tony Stewart sharply defended crew chief Greg
>> Zipadelli's decision to pit late in last weekend's race at New
>> Hampshire, saying "it's easy to be an armchair quarterback."
>>
>> Stewart dominated the race but wound up 13th when officials stopped it
>> 17 laps early because of rain. Zipadelli called for the late pit stop
>> -- most of the leaders followed suit -- and Stewart found himself in
>> the middle of the pack when the rain started a few minutes later. Many
>> of Stewart's fans were critical this week of Zipadelli's call.
>>
>> "You see all of this criticism from people and it's people who can't
>> even control their own lives and they want to sit here and tell us how
>> to run race teams on the weekend," Stewart said. "I find that highly
>> amusing that people think that they've got a better solution all the
>> time than what we do. It's easy after it's all over to say, 'Well you
>> should've done this. What was he thinking?'
>>
>> "If they were that smart, they would be crew chiefs, and obviously
>> they're not that smart listening to the criticism. It just frustrates
>> you as a driver knowing that you've got a crew chief that's won two
>> championships and 30-plus races with you that people think they are a
>> lot smarter than and they're not."
>>
>> http :// sports,es pn.go,com /espn/wire?section=auto&id473091
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> I didn't see where he was ripping on his fans, though.
Try:
"If they were that smart, they would be crew chiefs, and obviously
they're not that smart listening to the criticism."
I think its funny.
He should take diplomacy lessons from Bobby Knight.
(But maybe that's part of TS'S charm.)