There were definitely some Steeler fans who were not ready for a black qb. There are racists scumbags everywhere.You eat wings like I eat Popeyes or Chinese. Often.
Ironically considering all the crap you give Packer fans, I remember people quietly wondering if Pittsburgh was ready for a black QB in the 90s.
Popeyes is always out of spicy chicken.
But everyone got on the bandwagon pretty damn quickly because of his early success. We had never seen anything like it before or since. He was actually a good receiver and in the beginning an even better qb. After a lot of shitty qbs we all bought into having an exciting one real quick.
Though I do remember some weird rumors that Slash was secretly gay when he first started playing qb. Being a fucking moron when I was a teenager it actually bothered me then when friends would make fun of the Steelers for having a "gay qb". I was a moron for the slur bothering me and also because the rumors were idiotic. They involved Kordell creeping around downtown Pittsburgh at night looking for secret BJs. I think that is how my more retarded friends imagined gay people operated. Or maybe we thought it was like some episode of Threes Company. The world has changed a lot since then!