Carcillo "spamming" twitter with concussion related tweets/links

[WesMcCauley]

I follow this guy on twitter and he tweets about concussions, replies to other people in hockey´s tweets with tons of concussion related things even if their tweet has nothing to do with concussions. I have never seen anyone tweet about one thing as much as he does. He does it all day every day. Anyone know whats going on? Is he on a mission or something?

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[illpucks]

@WesMcCauley Maybe if you issued more major penalties, he wouldn't need to.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

something very disingenuous about a player of Carcillo's ilk championing the concussion movement. considering he gave out more than his fair share on questionable hits.

 

[Daximus]

something very disingenuous about a player of Carcillo's ilk championing the concussion movement. considering he gave out more than his fair share on questionable hits.

Probably a bit of a mid-life crisis manifesting in regret there. Might think this is his ticket to forgiving himself.

 

[tom leafers]

something very disingenuous about a player of Carcillo's ilk championing the concussion movement. considering he gave out more than his fair share on questionable hits.

I was thinking the same thing. Never really liked him as a player but i guess what hes doing is a good thing? maby?

 

[MikeK]

I've blocked him so I don't see it.

 

[CallMeShaft]

He was best of friends with Steve Montador, who passed away at the age of 35 (and four days before his girlfriend gave birth) due to his issues with concussions during his career.

Carcillo changed after Montador died. He was still pretty physical for the remainder of that season and playoffs (Steve died in February, Carcillo and the Hawks went on to win the cup that year (2015)), but he called it quits and retired after that. He had more than enough in the tank to play several more years too.

 

[Dr Pepper]

something very disingenuous about a player of Carcillo's ilk championing the concussion movement. considering he gave out more than his fair share on questionable hits.

Perhaps, until you see who's been in the DoPS lately.

I don't recall George Parros shying away from contact when he was a player.

 

[Pilky01]

No zealot like a convert.

 

[tny760]

something very disingenuous about a player of Carcillo's ilk championing the concussion movement. considering he gave out more than his fair share on questionable hits.

personally i'd rather hear it from someone who's been there and done that and recognizes the severity of what he(and others) have done

Gone | By Daniel Carcillo

as was said, montador changed carcillo

 

[Pickle Rick]

Anyone who holds this guy's past mistakes against him when he's obviously recognized his faults and is now trying to be a positive influence is just a really sad person that really lacks compassion. It may be annoying to some people but personally I'm glad he's looking to help other people (and himself at the same time).

 

[ThatGuy22]

Anyone who holds this guy's past mistakes against him when he's obviously recognized his faults and is now trying to be a positive influence is just a really sad person that really lacks compassion. It may be annoying to some people but personally I'm glad he's looking to help other people (and himself at the same time).

Personally, I disagree. I've seen him write/speak alot on the topic, and i've never seen him with any sort of introspective on the actions he's took as a player to put other players in danger. Lately he's been talking alot about how the NHL has done wrong, in order to be taken seriously he needs to admit and draw attention to the actions he took as a player, and how he regrets them.

That hasn't happened as far as i've been able to tell, and until it does it's fair to give him a bit of an eye roll.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Anyone who holds this guy's past mistakes against him when he's obviously recognized his faults and is now trying to be a positive influence is just a really sad person that really lacks compassion. It may be annoying to some people but personally I'm glad he's looking to help other people (and himself at the same time).

Not so much a lack of compassion, as bemusement at seeing “activism” by the guy who regularly orchestrated nonsense like this:



Players like Carcillo are the very reason we now have anti-headshot and anti-fighting rules. A decade ago the game was infested with rats like him, who made a living out of running around trying to cut their peers’ careers short. This is not a guy who played a “gritty” game within the lines of what was acceptable, like Montador. He was a problem child from Day One and frankly we don’t really need his voice in this debate — the people who were actually ahead of the curve in the argument were arguing against HIM all along.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Anyone who holds this guy's past mistakes against him when he's obviously recognized his faults and is now trying to be a positive influence is just a really sad person that really lacks compassion. It may be annoying to some people but personally I'm glad he's looking to help other people (and himself at the same time).

maybe so, but blaming the NHL is a cop out and dodges responsibility for how he chose to play the game. no one forced him to play the way he did but himself

he's not an idiot, I doubt he needed to be told elbowing people in the head was bad for their health.

 

[Pilky01]

Personally, I disagree. I've seen him write/speak alot on the topic, and i've never seen him with any sort of introspective on the actions he's took as a player to put other players in danger. Lately he's been talking alot about how the NHL has done wrong, in order to be taken seriously he needs to admit and draw attention to the actions he took as a player, and how he regrets them.

That hasn't happened as far as i've been able to tell, and until it does it's fair to give him a bit of an eye roll.

If people didn't play like Dan Carcillo there would be nothing for Dan Carcillo to now rail against.

 

[Pickle Rick]

I don't disagree with you guys as far as his past. Maybe I'm just naive and give people the benefit of the doubt even when they don't deserve it, but given the choice I'd rather be on the positive side of things instead of cynical. I agree about the anti-NHL stuff and that makes him hypocritical. Its too bad some of the message gets sent down the drain along with the other stuff.

 

[WesMcCauley]

Anyone who holds this guy's past mistakes against him when he's obviously recognized his faults and is now trying to be a positive influence is just a really sad person that really lacks compassion. It may be annoying to some people but personally I'm glad he's looking to help other people (and himself at the same time).

I feel its something more there than just trying to be a positive influence. I obviously dont have any info to back that statement up with and its just speculation from me. But his behavior is just very weird, the way he is "spamming" all kinds of tweets etc. Specially with the reputation he had and the way he played.

 

[AngelDuck]

These guys are a bunch of babies. Should have picked a different career if you were going to cry about things after you made your money doing what YOU chose.

This guy chose to be a fighter/agitator type player. He chose to run around like an idiot and start a bunch of crap with other players. The league didn't make him do anything. He got his ass kicked a couple times and is now bitter at the league for "not protecting him".

What a bunch of garbage.

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

Carcillo in 2015: Gotta See It: Carcillo's blindsided cross-check on Perreault - Sportsnet.ca
Major injury. It's pretty sad that he didn't care about injuries in the game until it affected him directly. He gave them out real good, and he's an absolute hypocrite.

 

[karnige]

he was always a shady guy on the ice but he did take a lot of punishment also. but he had to, to have a job. I can see both sides.

 

[Agent Zub]

I don't disagree with you guys as far as his past. Maybe I'm just naive and give people the benefit of the doubt even when they don't deserve it, but given the choice I'd rather be on the positive side of things instead of cynical. I agree about the anti-NHL stuff and that makes him hypocritical. Its too bad some of the message gets sent down the drain along with the other stuff.

I'm all for that, but he needs to own up to his own behaviour as guy who made millions by giving guys concussions.

 

[sandysan]

He was best of friends with Steve Montador, who passed away at the age of 35 (and four days before his girlfriend gave birth) due to his issues with concussions during his career.

Carcillo changed after Montador died. He was still pretty physical for the remainder of that season and playoffs (Steve died in February, Carcillo and the Hawks went on to win the cup that year (2015)), but he called it quits and retired after that. He had more than enough in the tank to play several more years too.

I thought montador died of heart problems. How that is related to his concussions? I thought ( and I may be wrong) that his to screen was negative.

Irrespective of the cause it WAS too early but I'm not sure linking it to concussions does anyone any good.

 

[clydesdale line]

I thought montador died of heart problems. How that is related to his concussions? I thought ( and I may be wrong) that his to screen was negative.

He took his own life.. how is that related to heart problems? (CTE was also found in his brain during an autopsy)

 

[sandysan]

He took his own life.. how is that related to heart problems? (CTE was also found in his brain during an autopsy)

I'm sure he probably had prostate cancer as well but that didn't kill him.

If he took his own life, my memory must be going as well.

 

[zizbuka]

Why does everyone think it's a league's responsibility to stop players from head hunting? Former NFL players are suing the league, even though for years they were told to stop leading with their head. It's the players fault he's getting and/or giving concussions, it needs to stop there.

If you want to blame something, blame Sportscenter. Too many players were looking for 'highlight reel' hits, and stopped checking, or tackling in the NFL. The players need to be the ones to stop this nonsense.