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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
The choices he made ended his NHL career and cost him a slam dunk induction into the Hall of Fame. They resulted in significant criticism when his drug problems started to become public. They cost him relationships and a pile of money bigger than any of us will ever see.
The choices he made have also sent a pedophile predator back to jail and have helped raise awareness and support for sexual assault victims, especially male victims.
The guy was one of the better players of his generation, won a Stanley Cup, won Olympic gold, is easily top three all time in Flames history.
For all your talk about "absolving" him being wrong, I think this is more a matter of you desiring to punish him for some reason. It smacks me as being something along the lines of the Moore/Bertuzzi thing where people just wanted to see a guy beat down over and over and over again until they were personally satisfied.
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I don't dislike Theo at all, I just don't think he should have his number retired because things he said after he left about the Flames organization, he is responsible for the #### that comes out of his mouth not anyone else.
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Originally Posted by flameswin
A convenient excuse? Okay now we're just entering full ###### territory. I'm honestly going to talk to him today and see if he wants to join in on this discussion. What a bunch of ignorance in this thread. You guys seriously have no idea, no god dam idea what you're talking about.
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I have no idea what I am talking about? Thanks for informing me of that.
But guess what? I know exactly what I am talking about!
No one deserves a free pass for acting like a jerk. Not Theo, not you, not me, no one. It was his choice to act like an ass and if that keeps his number out of the rafters so be it.