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Originally Posted by krynski
He's not a normal person. That's the point. Someone who deserves to be retired should be able to over-come his issues. He's bitter. He a prick. He's condescending, and NO ONE can deny that he thinks the world owes him one. That's what irritates me.
Lots of people have over-come similar situations and become better people. He, however, did not. As an example, if you have a psychopath who consistently defrauds people, you do not excuse his behaviour because he had a tough childhood. It's a personality fault.
It's his personality that holds him back, and he's the only one to blame. That';s the case with Fleury, IMO.
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I get the point your bitter about Theo, but what about your own comments in the bolded part?; Do they not sound bitter, condescending all the while your calling him a pr*** too?
I see Theo a little differently. Sometimes the physical abuse and emotional scars take awhile to come to the surface especially when a person keeps it inside. People who become alcoholics further problem because alcoholism is a sickness which is often used by people to cover the real pain rather than deal with their actual emotions in real life situations. That is why we see Theo becoming more and more frustrated in his later years when he played for the Rangers. It was a lot of pain and frustration coming the surface. Theo acted out on the ice because he couldn't control his emotions anymore, "it hurt too much"! That is why he had to go for treatment. Part of that treatment was first admitting he was an alcoholic, that he was sick and needed help. So while Theo was sexually abused as a child, embarrassed, ashamed, confused and deeply hurt he drank in order to deal with the pain. He did all this while performing at a high standard as hockey player; He did all this in front of millions of people and sooner or later he had to face the fact that he was only human, he was hurting and he needed help. Give the guy some slack and retire his number he deserves it.