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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

No. There's a reason he apologized afterwards. He handled it terribly.



It's ok to say he handled things really badly, because he did.

I'm not glad the guy passed away, my original point is that the Kyle Beach story is what I think of when I think of Rocky Wirtz. It tarnished anything positive he did for the team on the ice. IMO, of course.

Whoops, you're right.

About halfway through the event, Mark Lazerus, a reporter from The Athletic attempted to ask Wirtz a question about what the Blackhawks are doing to make sure that what happened to Kyle Beach doesn’t happen to anyone else.

“I think the report speaks for itself. The people who were involved are no longer here. We’re not looking back on 2010, we’re looking forward. And we’re not going to talk about 2010,” Wirtz said, referencing the Jenner & Block report published last fall that highlighted a number of failures made by the Blackhawks after a former player — Beach — reported that he was sexually assaulted by then video coach Brad Aldrich during the team’s run to the 2010 Stanley Cup.

After a brief follow-up from the reporter, Wirtz repeated himself, saying “We’re moving forward, that is my answer. Now, what’s your next question?”

Wirtz’s son Danny, who is the Blackhawks’ CEO and was also part of the panel, then spoke up saying “I can pick up to what we are doing today” but he was interrupted by his father, who said, “no, that’s none of your business” while pointing out to the crowd.

“What we’re going to do today is our business, I don’t think it’s any of your business,” the senior Wirtz said back to the reporter. When asked why, Wirtz responded “Because I don’t think it’s any of your business. You don’t work for the company.”

“If someone in the company asks that question, we’ll answer it,” Wirtz continued. “And I think you should get on to the next subject. We’re not going to talk about Kyle Beach, we’re not going to talk about anything that happened. Now we’re moving on, what more do I have to say? Do you want to keep asking the same question, and hear the same answer?”

I was literally about to highlight the part where it says his son spoke up to prove you wrong, but luckily I was able to prove myself wrong instead.

He does come off as a butthole here, for sure.