Upon reading the entire article, his USHL coach spoke highly of his character and said that he had owned his actions.
But the magistrate at the time certainly thought little of his attitude and ripped him a new one.
The Toledo Blade report said "people closest to him can't say enough good things about him". But then some unnamed NHL scouts saying he didn't interview well or wasn't forthcoming.
A written apology was produced for the media but the family states it was never received.
It was just a despicable thing to do, that is a cold hard fact. None of us here are in much of a position to judge whether there is true remorse in his heart and it's hard not be emotionally affected by the appalling nature of what he did.
The mother of the bullied child believes the Coyotes should have contacted the family before drafting him. What do people think of that?
I also wonder if they would have had the means to do so. I would have thought court records of crimes like this involving minors would have kept the names of the victim confidential.
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