I'm trying to understand this. He's a NHL owner and billionaire businessman. What are the professional standards for these folks when it comes to the media? You may feel he should do certain things and that's fine. But I'm not aware of set of professional standards governing this. The ones that do have professional standards are the reporters.
Again this may be your desire for how he should act but NHL owners are not under any obligation to do what you wish he was doing. The guys in the organization who are obligated on a daily basis to deal with the local media do so equally.
But I do understand where you're coming from even if I don't share your take.
Where are the standards of prefessionalism for the media, players, GMs, coaches, team executives ala Ted Black, or anyone else documented?
I don't know of anywhere that documents this type of stuff.
It's all personal opinions about how these people should carry themselves.
I happen to have the opinion that if Terry feels like he doesn't have to talk, then that's fine. I think it looks petty when he talks to the AP and not to the News, is all.
Just like I thought it was rather weak that Black had no comment on the generally negative reception from the fans that the new 3rd jersey got.
Black didn't HAVE to respond. But, I thought he should have given his role with the organization and the fact that he's been really accessible throughout his time with the club.
I think it's weak to duck and hide when times get tough.
Just like when fans want players to "stand up and be held accountable" by the media when things go bad, I think the same expectations for the management of the club isn't out of line.
Yeah, I just don't think that Terry Pegula is under any professional obligation to give his time to any particular media outlet. He can talk to any of them, and I don't think it has any bearing on his professionalism. TBN isn't a part of the NHL, Terry didn't buy into their company, he doesn't owe their journalists any favors over any other set of journalists.
We will have to agree to disagree then.
I think the optics are bad, at best.
An owner that wants to build "Hockey Heaven" and he repeatedly avoids talking to the one newspaper in town. That doesn't look good to me.