He said a lot worse than that and it isn't about hurting anyone it's having someone who talks like that in charge of a professional organisation, what makes it worse is it wasn't just in a joke he was using it about actual people that he worked with.
Bob I don't think I've said just as bad or worse especially not in a professional setting.
And let's be honest he was very arrogant, not that good a manager and played the fans like a fiddle trying to get them onside before it all came out.