Dogewow
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- Feb 1, 2015
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Lol, gotta love when athletes try to start improving themselves and apologize for things and people still say this. It's a no-win situation for them because they'll never be perfect like their fans.
I know this may be shocking to you, but many players do play dirty because they are basically encouraged to play that way due to the culture. It's their last resort to sticking around and making it. Doesn't make it right, but you are absolutely clueless if you think every dirty player is the way they are just because they want to hurt as many people as they can. That's usually not the case.
A lot of what he has said is correct.
He says he's remorseful, but quickly points the finger at someone else, and makes up excuses for his actions. At no point does he take responsibility for what he did. He just says that "he feels bad". Should Don Cherry apologize to Dean McAmmond for what Downie did because he says he didn't know any better? Ridiculous.
No, not every player plays the way Downie does, otherwise everyone would be getting knocked out and concussed on a daily basis.
There are plenty of players who are fringe and do everything in their power to play in the league, without playing dirty. There are chippy players who spear, hit hard, slash, what have you, without crossing the line of dangerous.
Anyway, the real issue here is that people are lauding the guy for "having character", when he's not owing up to his actions. We understand that there are players who play dirty. I also understand that people who do things like this should owe up to their actions, or at the very least keep their mouths shut.