The Philadelphia Flyers announced the arrival of a brand new mascot today. Gritty will be present at all home games and the general reaction was probably a little bit different to what the team had hoped. The orange and clad fans took to social media to voice their confusion, disagreement and even upset. But this is Philadelphia and after all this is a mascot designed to bring a fun element to games for the younger generation. With that in mind, we asked our loyal followers of @PhiladelphiaSN to give their reactions using only a gif. Below are some of the most iconic responses.
https://twitter.com/YapTrapMike/status/1044302974716190720
https://twitter.com/pbraxmeier/status/1044300068273225728
https://twitter.com/pbraxmeier/status/1044300150167011328
https://twitter.com/realdonovanl/status/1044303455433691137
https://twitter.com/bhav1028/status/1044303712418705408
https://twitter.com/crenshaw99/status/1044304076299743233
https://twitter.com/Gem2Flyy/status/1044337845572440064
https://twitter.com/GreencastBR/status/1044249408324423682
https://twitter.com/GID_it_done/status/1044251465987117056
https://twitter.com/schupuff/status/1044292010557956096
https://twitter.com/michaelwatkins7/status/1044300633149329408
https://twitter.com/MisterWhitworth/status/1044249074856267777
https://twitter.com/UndergroundPHI/status/1044304968864473089
https://twitter.com/JigarHDesai/status/1044300093862694913
As we can see, there was a mixed reaction. Hopefully 'Gritty' will continue to make friends throughout the year and even after a hostile welcome, he's wasted little time winning over the die-hards...
https://twitter.com/GrittyNHL/status/1044258341017587713
BURRRRNEDDDDD.
