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Originally Posted by nik-
I'm pretty sure "be crass when talking to people who disagree with you" isn't part of the mandate. The guy kind of comes across as a jerk.
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His job isn't even really to be a public spokesperson, that's the genius of owning a hockey team. Treliving/the coach/the star player are the public faces for the plebs. King is the corporate face, building interest in corporate tickets, boxes, advertising and promotion, liaising with the calgary chamber of commerce (which he used to head...) etc etc.
It is why he appears to come across so tone-deaf to the general public, he is the wrong messenger for the general public but you'd be hard pressed to find a better messenger for the rest of Corporate Calgary and the province.
Glad handing is a different skill than politicking publicly, which is one of Nenshi's skills and why King ends up looking so poor in those types of exchanges.