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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Exactly. Assuming that the official ended Yakupov's career. The official showed a lack of remorse. Blamed the media and Oilers for the incident. Blamed it on a concussion, while going hiking and playing golf immediately after the event while "not being able to recall" the incident when asked...But seeing as that isn't the case. I guess, no my logic does not seem to suggest that the ref was scum.
If he did it because he was not in a sound state of mind, then he should have been remorseful instead of blaming the media and refs. He very possibly ended the career of a veteran official and blamed the refs and media for his suspension. That makes him scum in my book.
Let's say you are driving and some kid on a bike swerves from the sidewalk to the road. You hit him, completely accidentally and at no fault of your own. But if your first thought is to text your friends about the big scratch on your car instead of the child being lifted to the hospital, you are scum.
Again, that's assuming that Wideman did not intentionally just mean to push the ref out of his way. Big dumb hockey player doing something stupid in fit of rage isn't exactly surprising, except that it was an official this time. If the linesman had a Nashville jersey on, not a single person is calling this an "accident."
No one defended Chris Simon when he two-handed Hollweg, yet he had just very likely suffered a similar degree of brain injury.
If he was not wearing a Flaming C during the incident, this thread would be entirely different.
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Once again we are dealing with a guy that is not in a sound state of mind. Aggressive behaviour is a side effect. It is natural to be mad about the situation. I think Wideman is remorseful but also angry how much this has carried on.
As for the Chris Simon incident.
Yes, there was not the same understanding to the avereage fan even only 9 years ago to the understanding of brain injuries. Had we known then what we do know know we could at least have a dialogue of why he might of acted so. The facts are it was not publicly common knowledge the effects of jead trauma to the same level we know now. It's a. " If I knew then what I know now" and "hindsight is 20/20"scenarios.
Wideman didn't text about the stupid refs untill a day or 2 after untill the circus show started around the situation. Comparing it to hitting a kid in your car and immediately sending a friend comparisons are just plain silly. The two have no correlation to one another and are terrible comparisons. Wideman apologized to Henderson during the game already.
The only people in this situation that look like bafoons are the NHL for letting Wideman and Henderson finish the game out. The Flames could uabe gone down a man and the N.H.l. have other officials in the wings that can fill in in case of a medicail emergency.