Gritty Talk Part III: Cleared after investigation into assault (Feb. 3, 2020)

[gertbfrobe16]

What the heck is this it's amazing!

edit:
Beam me up, Captain!

sorry colbert, your show still sucks so bad, even gritty can't save you.

 

[Hextallent63]

I was watching the new IT movie today and I swear to God the thought kept running through my head of those kids just need to get ahold of gritty. If they had gritty theyd be okay. If they had gritty he could just look IT right in the eyes and make IT spontaneously combust from fear

 

[kudymen]

I was so wrong about Gritty

 

[Sawdalite]

What some here where waiting for. ^^^

 

[Lord Defect]

What some here where waiting for. ^^^

Of course I was at the game Monday and won’t be to a game for a while.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

They were sold out almost immediately.

 

[catbellysqueezer]

Wow, they sold out on the bleacher creature site and won't be back in until April 20th now

 

[HammerTime44]

Wow, they sold out on the bleacher creature site and won't be back in until April 20th now

4/20 is the perfect date for Gritty.

 

[kudymen]

Kind of a scary shot

 

[Dicky Dangles]

I don't know how or why this is a thing, but I'll just leave this here.

 

[Sawdalite]

 

[catbellysqueezer]

Is it too soon to start a petition to get him on the cover of the NHL 20

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Did Gritty punch a 13-year-old boy in the back? Philadelphia detectives are investigating

Chris Greenwell brought his boy Brandon to the Wells Fargo Center one night in November to meet the most famous person on the Philadelphia Flyers payroll: Gritty.

The Flyers had invited Greenwell and his 13-year-old son to get a photo and some face time with the fuzzy, googly-eyed mascot, all part of an exclusive event for season ticket holders. But after waiting in line for about an hour behind dozens of fans to get to Gritty, something shocking happened, according to Greenwell.

Gritty punched Brandon in the back, Greenwell claims.

In Greenwell’s telling, Brandon playfully patted the mascot on the head after the photo was taken. As Brandon walked away, Gritty got out of his chair, “took a running start," and “punched my son as hard as he could," Greenwell said Wednesday.

Officials at Comcast Spectacor, the company that owns the Flyers, told Greenwell there is no video footage of the incident because the “cameras in that area of the center are focused on other locations,” according to emails between Greenwell and officials. The company claimed it conducted an investigation that included interviews with Gritty, and “Gritty’s handler,” but couldn’t verify Greenwell’s account.

 

[kudymen]

I've got some words here but I'm not sure if they are acceptable in 2020

 

[Beef Invictus]

wut

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

You have to be dead inside to not laugh out loud when you read "As Brandon walked away, Gritty got out of his chair, “took a running start," and “punched my son as hard as he could.""

 

[Starat327]

Everyone trying to make a quick buck.

 

[flyersfan187]

Hmm

 

[Chinatown88]

PeepoThink

 

[kudymen]

Screw it I will say it.

Should have punched the dad in a gritty way, pun(ch) intended

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I saw this when the dad posted in a Season Ticket Holder group back in December asking if anyone saw it occur.

Who knows what happened.

Gritty is a dick actually and does things that he probably shouldn't be doing. He probably did punch the kid as a joke because he was hitting him on the head but no chance he ran up and punched him as hard as he could. No ill intent but it's the world we live in.

Also, the guy claims to not have an attorney and just wanted to handle it with the organization and they offered some things to smooth it over. Not sure what exactly he's looking for at that point unless it's money (aka free tickets) but I don't want to make any accusations.

EDIT: Reread it and it looks like all he was asking for was to be shown on the screen or meet the team and get an autograph. The team offered to let him sit on the bench for warm-ups (which is a standard perk for being a STH anyway, which the dad is anyway). I read it as the Flyers offered all of that.

 

[Rebels57]

This just adds to The Gritty One's mystique

What a LEGEND

In all seriousness, there's no f***ing way this happened the way this account claims. It's completely absurd.

 

[kudymen]

In all seriousness, there's no ****ing way this happened the way this account claims. It's completely absurd.

It is also reported Gritty was doing meth and acid just seconds later, glueing puppy heads on the ceiling

 

[Danko]

If all the guy was asking for was to let the kid into the locker room to meet the players, they should have done it just to make it go away.

I was laughing pretty hard reading this though.

 

[DancingPanther]

Little snot nosed bastard probably deserved it