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 CrusaderPi
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| RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 10 February 2022 16:20 |
It's not surprising that keyboard warriors in the twitter universe could trash the guy. The amount of ugliness that happens in this site, I am sure pales to twitter than can be a true cesspool. It's too bad that it didn't work out for him. Sports is a tough business and something had to change but people lost their jobs today and that in my books isn't something people should be making fun of or celebrating. But that isn't how many people roll on consequence less social media.
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Keyboard warriors? Come on. Haven't you been loudly complaining about people simply not working hard enough and forgetting to show up for puck drop? Don't be so pious. No one here has said anything terrible about Dave Tippett, the person. But we should be allowed to discuss how bad his decision making has been and the impact that has had on the team many people still pay to watch. Dave Tippett, the hockey coach, is fair game. The same should be true for Tippett's former bosses. I'm not being a keyboard warrior when I say Tippett is bad at his job. Holland is also bad at his job. So is Nicholson. Same for Lowe, the goalie coach, half the defensemen, our starting goalie, and every single scout the Oilers employ.
I doubt many people here watch sports hoping that everyone does well and has a good time. We know, especially here, that for someone to win someone else has to lose. This isn't economics or politics. Sports is a true zero sum game. I see no problem with people acknowledging the hard reality that this firing likely makes their team more likely to win in the short term. That's probably tough on the public figures who are part of the games we watch, but I don't think it's an unknown principle to them. Perform better or be disposed of.
Now, maybe Adam shouldn't be suggesting executives go to games and imbibe a little too much. That's probably fair. He doesn't actually know who is drinking or if they have any unrelated health issue. But this seems to be a failing of the Oilers and the one place they don't are about public relations. Why they'd allow their broadcast partners to show a drunk Gretzky and possible tipsy Bobby Nicks is beyond me. Moreover, I don't think it is our job to pretend what we have seen didn't happen. I've seen reasonably drunk Gretzky on my TV. I'm not going to pretend otherwise.
Here's some Joe Namath. I still blame the broadcaster. No way should that dude have been on camera.
Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.
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