After Redskins linebacker
Mason Foster's private conversation in which he was critical of fans and the team was leaked, many were quick to jump on the player's back for what they deemed to be inappropriate comments.
In an Instagram direct message,
Foster allegedly told a fan: ""F**k this team and this fan base" and "Yeah and I'm not f***in wit it or being a scape goat to make fans feel better about all these big money ppl who ain't playin or getting dogged out."
But
106.7 The Fan's Grant Paulsen saw the conversation only as an upset employee blowing off steam by complaining about his job.
Now that Jay Gruden has confirmed the Mason Foster social media stuff, some quick thoughts. My main takeaway will always be that publishing a private conversation is shameful. Should never happen. Foster used bad judgement to say those things to someone he doesn't know.
— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen)
December 12, 2018 If you have never complained about your job, bosses, or colleagues good for you. Most of us have. Most players vent negative things about their outfit after 5 losses in 6 games. Mason Foster's mistake was to voice his frustrations outside of his circle.
— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen)
December 12, 2018 If you got rid of every player who ever said something like Mason Foster did, there would not be enough players to field a team. Most of your favorite players would have been run out of town a while ago. It is the equivalent of you and your colleagues complaining about your gig.
— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen)
December 12, 2018 That all said: Mason Foster should know better. He is a team captain and he can't be sending comments like that to strangers. Bad decision even if it was said privately. Fans are understandably going to get mad.
— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen)
December 12, 2018 I long for the days of the Redskins' biggest problem being that their offense was not able to make a big play to help take pressure off their outstanding defense.
— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen)
December 12, 2018 Paulsen is correct to say Foster's comments are hardly the Redskins biggest issue. (Nor are the comments from Foster worse than ones made by Wizards guards Bradley Beal and John Wall.)
"Foster used bad judgment to say those things to someone he doesn't know," Paulsen wrote on Twitter, but "It is the equivalent of you and your colleagues complaining about your gig."
