Opinions of this hand please!!

Any Opinions on the following hand.... got slated by half the table for this "move"

PokerStars Hand #100092985553: Tournament #747475459, $0.91+$0.09 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2013/06/15 20:54:10 WET [2013/06/15 15:54:10 ET]
Table '747475459 4' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: imallinwid99 (1420 in chips) 
Seat 2: liafar7 (4530 in chips) 
Seat 3: MrGev55 (3424 in chips) 
Seat 6: dimyan_kuz (3686 in chips) 
Seat 7: Rivers2Cross (1470 in chips) 
Seat 8: smtar (2995 in chips) 
Seat 9: Fòve (6159 in chips) 
Rivers2Cross: posts small blind 100
smtar: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to imallinwid99 [8c 7h]
Fòve: calls 200
imallinwid99: raises 1220 to 1420 and is all-in
liafar7: folds 
MrGev55: folds 
dimyan_kuz: folds 
Rivers2Cross: folds 
smtar: folds 
Fòve: calls 1220
*** FLOP *** [8s 9h 4c]
*** TURN *** [8s 9h 4c] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [8s 9h 4c 2c] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Fòve: shows [Js Qs] (a pair of Nines)
imallinwid99: shows [8c 7h] (two pair, Nines and Eights)
imallinwid99 collected 3140 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3140 | Rake 0 
Board [8s 9h 4c 2c 9s]
Seat 1: imallinwid99 showed [8c 7h] and won (3140) with two pair, Nines and Eights
Seat 2: liafar7 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: MrGev55 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: dimyan_kuz (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Rivers2Cross (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: smtar (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Fòve showed [Js Qs] and lost with a pair of Nines

78 off looks very weak at early position.

Yeh Im no doing this with 78 off, if we are first in and late position is ok but with a limped and early position pretty much never working without a showdown an with a hand this weak we dont want that.

way too fast and loose with a full table in early position you really lucked out there