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Originally Posted by Machiavelli
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Yeah see that's kind of my beef, I love the way Thornton reacted to it. I just don't think the Sharks PR department statement was necessary. If they wanted to say anything, it should've been, "That's just Joe. He's a great guy in the room who also happens to have a sense of humour, and we think he revealed exactly how ridiculous the notion that Tomas Hertl was being in any way disrespectful by scoring a highlight-reel goal truly is."
Everything about the tight-assed feigned-offense-taken crowd in this whole series of events, from Oates getting worked up about an awesome highlight that can only draw attention to the sport in a positive way (next on Sportscenter, we know we barely ever mention hockey but look what this rookie and future star did tonight), to trying to make players as faceless and monotonous as possible, is crap.
Let the players play and let them have a personality. It doesn't disrespect the sport, it makes the sport all the more entertaining and enhances our enjoyment of it as fans. Draw the "disrespect" line at Anisimov and Asham style celebrations, stuff like taunting your opposition.
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Originally Posted by Stay Golden
As the THT panel pointed out 20 reporters decided to not report this comment yet the Canuck honk did.
It is clear to me he reported this to bring a distraction to the Sharks who were playing his Canucks.
He can say he did it because bla bla bla his employer would have been upset if he didn't. Ya right his reason was 2 fold.
His tactic did not work they got smacked in the mouth 4-1. Thornton gets 2 assists and now Botchford looks like a shrew amongst his peers.
Thanks for posting that 19Yzerman i got to see one more time...Lebrun take a final dig at Botchford and say "i know 1 thing i hope he (as in Thornton) scores 4 goals tonight"
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This is all well and good, and yeah everyone should have been cheering for Joe last night because he's freaking awesome at hockey and his team kicks ass and should win the Pacific division. There's literally nothing about that team to dislike right now. But it doesn't change the fact that you were full of crap when you put words in the dude's mouth, and then called HIM a liar. If you're going to take a position on journalistic integrity it's probably best not to be full of BS while doing so.