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Originally Posted by DazzlinDino
This is a really good post and some great examples. Being a deaf person I often encourage people to walk in my shoes a little bit, and then they will understand how difficult it can be. For example, if I'm out with a group of friends and they're all chatting and having a good time, it is pretty hard for me to lip read everybody and keep up with the conversation; So then they might be a little confused about why I'm not participating. But if you give them a pair of earphones and turn the music up and then ask them to lip read and keep up with what's going on, it is pretty hard. To top it off, if I don't understand somebody right away sometimes they get frustrated. Imagine that I have to put up with that all day. It helps to try and walk in Johnny shoes a little bit, he was probably very conflicted. On top of that being a young guy, as you said he probably could have handled it a little better. I bet you if he had to do it over again he would do it differently, and he would have probably been more upfront with the organization about his feelings. The funny thing is.., Johnny's probably a really good guy, but somehow people want to paint him as someone who is thoughtless and was trying to hurt the organization. It's like I said being a deaf person, sometimes people are talking to me behind my back, and they think I'm being rude, when I actually, would be happy to smile and interact with them.
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Do you think Gaudreau walked in the Flames shoes a bit, and thought about their position at all? Do you think he walks in the fans shoes a bit, to understand where they are coming from and why they may be frustrated at his handling of it?
Understand he is a nice guy and conflicted and all that, he also is an adult and violated what I would consider to be very basic parameters of respect when discussing a contract. Basic things like being as upfront as possible to a team that already paid you over $45MM to play hockey for them over around a decade or so. It would have cost Johnny precisely zero to just be honest and it is opaquely clear he was not.
A lot of forgiveness for a person that showed the Flames, the city, the fans absolutely zero respect, whatsoever.
It's hilarious people are "shocked" at the reaction to Johnny's departure.