Yes, I'm saying we should dictate through the legal system what may or may not be asked in the media. Same thing.
Yeah b/c I said exactly what you just wrote
What I meant is that there is such a thing as freedom of the press and sure berube is engaging in freedom of speech but look at the example he is providing for the players? Now we have Hartnell having a tweeting war with a member of the media like a teen. Seriously, people don't get it. Berube needs to be the one that is more professional and "lead" by example. The media is doing what it always does.....
Yeah b/c I said exactly what you just wrote
What I meant is that there is such a thing as freedom of the press and sure berube is engaging in freedom of speech but look at the example he is providing for the players? Now we have Hartnell having a tweeting war with a member of the media like a teen. Seriously, people don't get it. Berube needs to be the one that is more professional and "lead" by example. The media is doing what it always does.....
You compared my point to North Korea, so, yes, it is exactly what you implied.
And one tweet from Hartnell is now a tweet war. Give me a break. Good for the players for making it clear that they don't accept losing. What the hell is wrong with that? I'd prefer if Twitter was altogether abolished, but don't act as if Hartnell's tweet is somehow a distraction to the team.
For too long the media has gotten away with its schtick. The only one who was able to control them was Pronger, and he did it through asserting himself by condescending the ignorance and stupidity of the press. That was proactive, and it worked. It worked great.
Berube's (and Hartnell's) comments are not a distraction. A distraction would be the media crucifying the captain and leaders of the team, and the team responding after the fact. Yeah, that would be a distraction. But, wait, haven't we seen that before? How'd that turn out? Richards was reactive, and it totally blew up in his face.
The team needs to be proactive in sticking up for each other before it gets to that point. Call the media out, make them feel stupid. Then if they decide to call players out, they can do it with no credibility, and it will be humorous rather than distractive.
The media is a part of the game here, unfortunately. You can't just close your ears and say, "Let's ignore it all!" You have to adress it before it turns into a bigger issue, otherwise you'll be creating more problems down the road than you're preventing.
You compared my point to North Korea, so, yes, it is exactly what you implied.
And one tweet from Hartnell is now a tweet war. Give me a break. Good for the players for making it clear that they don't accept losing. What the hell is wrong with that? I'd prefer if Twitter was altogether abolished, but don't act as if Hartnell's tweet is somehow a distraction to the team.
For too long the media has gotten away with its schtick. The only one who was able to control them was Pronger, and he did it through asserting himself by condescending the ignorance and stupidity of the press. That was proactive, and it worked. It worked great.
Berube's (and Hartnell's) comments are not a distraction. A distraction would be the media crucifying the captain and leaders of the team, and the team responding after the fact. Yeah, that would be a distraction. But, wait, haven't we seen that before? How'd that turn out? Richards was reactive, and it totally blew up in his face.
The team needs to be proactive in sticking up for each other before it gets to that point. Call the media out, make them feel stupid. Then if they decide to call players out, they can do it with no credibility, and it will be humorous rather than distractive.
The media is a part of the game here, unfortunately. You can't just close your ears and say, "Let's ignore it all!" You have to adress it before it turns into a bigger issue, otherwise you'll be creating more problems down the road than you're preventing.
Um, no. Richards was never able to put the media in their place. That opened the door for them to jump all over him, and he was forced to deal with the problem after it became a distraction. Again, reactive, not proactive.
And let the media become a cloud surrounding the team? Like I said, you need to deal with it. Eating the punches does nothing but give you bruises all over your face. You can't just say, "Ignore it and move on".
And if Richards had been able to assert himself and put the media down from the get-go, then it would never have been an issue at all. Instead he acted whiny and indifferent with them, the media pounced, and then he had to fight back after it blew up.
This is true, but the media is particularly more vindictive, whiny, and spiteful in Philly than it is anywhere else. The media in the TOR or MTL still ultimately want the Leafs and Habs to win.
Probably because you totally invented that reasoning out of thin air. Well done. 10/10 strawman, for sure.
