just to be specific -he didnt call them terrorists, just said that the "passion" excuse didnt sit with him. his analogy isnt wrong, probably in this PC age wasnt the best one to use.
that said i'm not sure why he didnt think he'd get the reception he did. I take my hat off to him for going down there cos he knew what he was walking into and still went and did what he, as CEO had to do (passing on the shield).
he's not the first player/official to get booed at a presentation he wont be the last. do you think the reception at brookie would have been any different if manly won the minor premiership? I think he took this one pretty personally, he probably just needed to say "it was disappointing it happened as this was a chance to acknowledge the storm for their efforts this year" and leave it at that