I don't believe that anyone on this board dislikes JDB! The thing they dislike is his lack of effort even after he was a healthy scratch , his GAF factor seemed lacking.
People don’t hate him despite what the poster who responded to you says. What we didn’t like was her making excuses for him and not being able to handle it. She acted like she was ready to defend him until the end of time and that anyone who criticized him was going to cause him to go to the extreme.
I can’t stand his IGAF attitude especially when it showed on the ice especially after he was benched for the third time. He skated off the ice while his line mates we battling along the boards in our own zone!
What also drove me crazy was his excuses. It was everyone else’s fault and then he’d allude to mental health struggles and then say nah it is the haters fault but never his own.
What was also frustrating was the team kept him in the line up when he looked miserable. Both parties were responsible for the struggles: DeBrusk for his need to blame everyone but himself and having a terrible attitude and the Bruins for not yanking him and digging deeper into what was really going on.
In reality, DeBrusk should have never be on the ice until he got things under control.
The one other thing I can’t stand and have zero tolerance for is anyone who claims mental health issues and then using it as an excuse in order to dodge accountability.
we can all hope after he and Cassidy’s conversation that he’s got the resources to deal with issues and that working with guys like Foligno and Kelly will return him to the player he was a few seasons ago.
If DeBrusk was honest and owned his part in what happened last year it would go a long way.
As Dom said, no more excuses. If he plays poorly people will call him out on it and that’s that.
My expectations are very low for him and I would prefer him not be on the team but I’m not the GM. He’s a Bruin and I want him to do well but leave the excuses behind.
