Breaking down today's Leon Draisaitl interview debacle
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- Опубліковано 17 січ 2022
- Sports interview CAN be better. This is an interaction today between Leon Draisaitl of the Edmonton Oilers and Jim Matheson, Hall of Fame hockey writer.
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I hate when the media interviewers ask players those trap questions where the player looks bad however they answer. Best response is to say no comment. Otherwise you might be throwing your teammates and coaches under the bus or taking responsibility yourself for the team's shortcomings, either way it makes the player look bad. Players have the right to be upset at the interviewers for asking crappy questions.
Yeah it sucks. They do these questions on purpose to get ads revenue from clicks on this interview and such. But it makes the players look bad. =\
Great piece. No matter the recent struggles from the team, Draisaitl has proven he's an elite player and didn't deserve the disrespect given by Matheson.
@@James42072 yea, I'm not an oiler fan but that reporter was out of line, respect to dri I would have given that reporter an earfull, what a dick
that reporter is a tool
I believe Jim is getting too old for his profession, I thought he was already retired. obviously not!!! wondering if he would have asked same line of questioning to Mcdavid, Nuge or Keith?
Jim matheson is the mark Schwartz of hockey
Not an Oilers fan, but Leon showed loads of patience here. Of course he doesn't want to be there. It's required by the league. If they were both in the same room I doubt Matheson would have had the balls to provoke him that way. I've seen some sports media discussing this today, and I thought it was kind of like the police investigating themselves. Leon deserves an award for the restraint he showed here. Matheson has been doing this job for awhile, he surely can see the guy is not going to open up. Why is he pushing his buttons? I think it's obvious who the aggressor is. Why is the reporter so emotionally wrapped up in this? When Leon says "nope. You go ahead. You know everything".
He's saying, screw you loser. I hope this reporter gets all the negative feedback he deserves.
Backstory: According to Bob Stauffer (Oilers play by play colorman with 630CHED), Matheson was "running around all morning looking for a fight"... Seems like things were a tad premeditated.
Matheson seems incompetent.
The main reason the Oilers lost waa lack of Goals...Matheson obviously doesn't know Hockey well enough to ask questions about shuffled lines, longer shifts, or lack of a stable roster.
I agree he obviously don’t know the game.. scoring is a problem right now as well as goaltending has been subpar at best. Juggling lines due to Covid.. this guy needs to go..
I’d love to see Matheson use questions like this with Tortorella!
I would pay to see that!
Oilers fan here he wants too be there he just hates having to speak to the media right now cause especially Jim Matheson here they been asking him the same questions for weeks now. And I understand it’s the players job to be at these press things but you can only hold it back for so long really. It start too get really annoying after awhile being asked the same questions over and over. I feel Leon handled it pretty professionally and Jim Matheson didn’t
Matheson generally asks bone head questions and was pushing it too far
He was like the 95-pound playground bully who got to decide who rides next.
Leon, answered every question with potential upside. He said we have to get better at everything. That the ultimate leadership of becoming the best. Better at everything.
These guys get asked the same questions almost every single day by Edmonton/Oilers media. They have barely played any games as well, so it's not like their situation has changed at all. The 5th time you hear the exact same question, I would be annoyed too.
This was really fascinating to watch along with your input and analysis. I like this style of video!
I have no horses in this race between the reporter and Draisaitl, and imo the reporter was basically trolling by the end which is pretty unprofessional
Mostly very poor questions being asked. Matheson should apologize
Imagine if the reporter asked that to Torts 😂😂
Ya torts… real scary lol not
😂😂😂😂
I instantly lose respect for any man who uses the word “pissy “ in any context
Not an oilers fan but respect to Leon for this
absolutely, what kindergarten language is that ?? High paid and "educated" reporters ask you if your´re pissy ! LOL
11:33 This part is incorrect. To say that Leon gave him nothing is blatantly false. Leon gave him the best answer to his question since there wasn't just one thing to get better at. "Everything" was a valid answer. Jim was clearly looking for Leon to throw someone under the bus. Leon is not in the position to call out one thing on the team that needs fixing. That's management and the front office to work on, that's not a question for Leon.
Oilers fans are sick of Matheson asking the players stupid questions but he'll give management a lot of soft balls. They're too afraid to lose their credentials for doing their job.
Overall, it's a great breakdown of the exchange than most podcast put out there trying to piggy back off the click bait.
Although slightly more adversarial and directed personally, this is quite typical with Leon and this reporter. The mutual dislike has been obvious for years. JM knows the buttons to push with Leon and this time he did. Why...? who knows. This reporter is well past his prime and clearly just tolerated by his peers and coaches/atheletes. Nothing surprising after watching this for years. Damn entertaining though. Enjoyed your breakdown of the exchange.
The questions lacked depth from the interviewer. Thanks for the laugh
Matheson was aping the exact words many Canadian parents use when their children talk back at them. Completely patronizing and unbecoming for a professional sports interviewer.
Brodie, I liked this. This is the best commentary I've seen on this. Lots of media types jumped to Jim Matheson's defense as they have a right to. Lots of us fans jumped to Leon's defense. Leon can be an ornery guy of that there is no doubt. He's also the second best or 1A player on the team and an assistant captain who thought after years of struggling that the team was moving toward annual contention the past few seasons. The GM spent $25 million in the off season on what he thought would improve the team. It's very much up for debate if it has made them better or worse. Jim Matheson has covered the Oilers forever perhaps he feels he has certain leeway or right to get answers from players. That's certainly what I took from this exchange. He wasn't going to stop until he got the answers he wanted and when he didn't he wanted to escalate the interaction.
I've been an Oilers fan for 35 years so I watch all these media sessions on Twitter or UA-cam. From my observation a number of Oiler players have issues with the local media and the questioning. A number of them don't like the way Matheson asks questions or the type he asks. It's not just Leon. Most just answer and move on but the body language says they have no time for it. Leon, as is his personality, doesn't care. If he doesn't like the question or doesn't want to be at the podium you know it. What I can tell you, at least from my perspective is Leon cares. He cares greatly in fact. He and McDavid signed long term to win there in Edmonton. Both are extremely frustrated with the team and its evolution. Their frustration has been obvious on and off the ice the past month or so. That's not good for us fans as we wonder how long it is until they both as for a new address. However, that's another topic for another day.
The media in Edmonton and its not just Jim Matheson but others as well have covered the team and been around hockey long enough to know when the players are short tempered. Yesterday was one of those days and Matheson for sure but Leon as well should have looked at ways to defuse the situation instead of escalate it. I really have no problem with the exchange when I watch it again. Jim and Leon are human and both have emotions and both may have been looking for something. However, with the team in the situation and Edmonton being a small market cold Canadian city an exchange like that going viral does nothing to help the team today or going forward. Hopefully, today's media availability goes smoother or soon enough I think the Oiler players will refuse to even do this and simply take the league or team fine to avoid it.
One last thing I will say is if Jim Matheson plans to have a go at one of the pillars of the team on the ice then the fan base would like him to have a go at the team owner, team president, general manager and coach in the same fashion as they are just as much responsible for the performance of the team as the players.
Doug
Matheson doesn't have the right to ask Leon why he's so pissy. That is unprofessional.
Bla bla . Retire already. Old age brings senile quality. You know how stressed this young man is? Pressure and rather not have to talk.
I enjoyed this breakdown immensely. A great in depth look and fair analysis of two people and two sides of the industry.
I saw jim matheson at a grocery store in Edmonton yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
For real?
The exact same thing happened to me twice. Once with Leon Draisaitl and once with Quentin Tarantino. It's weird.
Jim Matheson has been around a long time. Did he ever ask this line of questions to Gretzky, Messier, Glen Sather, etc..? Leon Draisaitl, could have walked out. But he chose to stay and answer these questions. It will be interesting to see how Draisaitl responds to Matheson, once the Oilers start winning.......
The best revenge would be to just ignore every question Jim ever asks. No Comment Jim: FOR EVER from the entire team!
Because if Jim asked something like thst to Gretz or Mess he would have got his ass kicked by someone
@@jamesgentry13 buy someone??? Buy cement head lol
The world has changed Matheson.......the players are now smarter than you. Time to stick to curling or retire for the sake of the team. The toxicity of the YEG media over the past 20 years has run out many players and im afraid there will be more. FIRE MATHESON!!!
That "one thing" question is such a bait question. A throw something/someone under the bus kinda question. It was a brutal exchange. All the players have had interesting interactions with Jim over the years. This isn't his first negative interaction.
Leon stoked the flames as well but it all starts with the questions. Bad questions get bad answers.
Wow. Mathesson always asks ridiculous questions but this by far is the most unprofessional. He needs to go. He asks all the players and coach’s ridiculous questions which is why they all react to Jim with a short answer, if any
Why are you so pissy?! Very disappointed! The intellect of a child-Matheson! Yeah you are! Very unprofessional Matheson!
Earlier in the year Matheson went overboard criticizing Koskinen. I’m guessing he has lost the respect of the players and that they are just putting up with him.
Wow great piece.
Thanks for showing this.
Canada is a tough place to play. Those were pissy questions, to be fair. Garbage in, garbage out.
Very good breakdown. Maybe time for Jim 2 retire.
Great segment Brodie! I was hoping he would pull a Dan Boyle….
11:54 made me smirk for some reason 😂
Low point of the season for sure. We were six points out of the playoffs at this point, and now we've clinched a playoff spot as well as being one win away from clinching home ice to boot. Leon has 55 goals, and 108 points with three games left in the regular season. Huge turnaround when we fired Tip, and promoted Jay Woodcroft to head coach.
This was incredibly unprofessional on the part of Matheson. I think we have all seen teams go through losing streaks. Hell the sharks struggled hard through a long one last season. Interviews become almost painful. Obviously anyone involved or invested in the team want to see the team turn things around. With that said if everything in professional sports were that simple..well you would have a lot more people involved in professional sports. Sometimes you can do the right things to get yourself back on track and still not get the bounces. In general Draisaitl kept it pretty calm given the tone of the questions.
Really loved this breakdown Brodie! Definitely feel like Jim escalated that whole situation more so than Leon. Like you said he could have been going through anything, family stuff, just a bad day or whatever. I felt like Jim’s questions were just poking at him a bit to much
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Holland is a great GM and a great man. Tippett is a Jack Adams coach. The fault is from the years of trash management before and these 2 great guys just came in and inherited a decades worth of failure. It's not their fault.
great video. thanks
Had it been me, I might just have come over the counter and brightened the color of JMs cheeks with backhanded and forehands until he started to whimper,,,,,
Leon is great with backhand 😅😅😅
He obviously felt how pointless it is to answer the same question over and over again. Matheson’s question just happened to be the final straw.
Great take!
we Germans always try to be as polite as possible, believe me, but there is of course a limit.
Fan of both sharks and oilers and honestly the Oilers have AWFUL media reporters. I really appreciate your analysis for this particular interview
Leon handled that very well. Obviously it's a frustrating stretch of play for the team and I don't blame him for not wanting to discuss a textbook amount of philosophy about it and about what the team needs to do. This could have easily turned into a breakdown rant or just an outright argument but Leon kept good composure, paused and didn't fly off the handle.
Good one I loved Leon keep it up 😅
You need to look at the questions this reporter asks everyone on that team. He asks the most bizarre questions.
To me it’s obvious. Teams need to establish a rhythm. Get into a groove and develop some positive momentum. To achieve this they need to play a predictable stable schedule, with the same linemates game after game. Teams have not been able to do that this year, especially in Canada. It’s called Covid. And you can’t ignore it.
I can't believe how the Edmonton media bully the best player of NHL...
Its not Draisatl that is the best player, thats McDavid.
The sports.media does have to do better. They were struggling for work and stories to cover when the leagues when postponed because of Covid
Oilers media is the worst. They give Kassian a rainbow drink as a prop. Leon, should bring his own banana pecan muffins. Fire this media and keep it on hockey.
I think this is the biggest problem with sports in Edmonton. I grew up in Edmonton and don’t watch sports much anymore and never listen to the reporters. Jim should have retired 20 - 25 years ago. Leon and the team are frustrated with the media and the stupidity at question time. The coach would do his team and the fans a favour if he didn’t allow it to happen at all. Tim
if im a hockey play like Leon thats used to winning or being on the top of the division/league/conference and suddenly went to not having won a game in almost a month and having so many games postponed and not being so good, id probably go about it the same way. but i can agree that both sides probably couldve tried harder to not have let it get to that point. i mean obviously when you lose 6 in a row, of course youd be frustrated but fans and the media should be able to get this kinda stuff from press conferences. you could tell he was frustrated but again both sides couldve done some things differently
Why do you gotta write such a pissy comment?
At the end of the day, Metheson, you're a reporter, you're not important and youre a coward for jumping someone when their down ..way to go you duster Metheson, you are a real brave guy with a room full of people protecting you.. talk to Leon like that in a back ally you duster
Nice breakdown Mr. Brazil. I blame the reporter. He verbally poked him repeatedly and then insulted him, unprofessional, to say the least.
Reporter gets pissy at a player he deems pissy.
Recipe for a bad press conference lol
You watch the questions the media asks. A few years ago it was all about winning face offs so the team improved. Earlier this year we were winning games but the media was complaining about the goals against. Crazy. We have an offensive team. Run and gun. I liked it. Well now our coach is trying to reduce the goals against and if you look at the losses over the last month there have been very few goals against but fewer for. Now the media is complaining about the losses. I think when you complain to much everyone gets sick of it. Think about when your wife nags and complains. How gracious are you?
How quickly the media wants trades, wants someone fired or thinks they can run the team better. I’m sick of it and the players are sick of it and its starting to show. How sweet it would be if the team heard positive reinforcements instead of the nagging. Turn off the media and watch patiently as they transform into a defensive powerhouse. Would everyone be happy then? Would we find something new to bitch about? What do you think Jim? Tim
Hall of fame players retired, hall of fame reporter past his prime should maybe consider retiring?🤔
Jim was trolling because he asked the coach the same question if Leon should be showing his frustration on the ice and he said he didn’t see it?
Normal journalists DONT GRILL POLITICIANS that hard!🤔. Hmm, maybe they should!
Just going to throw this out there. Is the NHL telling Canadian Teams to "Tank" because of the Covid border restrictions? Is the NHL preemptively avoiding the inevitable circus that the playoffs will become with the insane restrictions that are being placed on everyone at the Canadian Border? The regular season is fast becoming a gong show with the protocols taking players out of the line up. Will this be the first season ever without a single Canadian team in the Playoffs? That might be too obvious but a 1st Round exit by the TML would actually be expected, and serve to give "plausible deniability" to the league that they don't want ANY Canadian teams to participate in the playoffs in the current Covid situation. Vancouver will likely "just miss" the playoff cut and look for the Jets to go on a "sudden slide". Look at what has happened to the Flames of late. Suddenly they are tanking too?
2016 had no Canadian teams in the playoffs
I think you have it backwards, it's the restrictions that are throwing a wrench into the Canadian teams momentums. You can't get on a roll when your games are postponed and psychologically/subconsciously your own province is working against your team winning. I've seen noticeable dips from Oilers and Canucks after forced breaks.
This is a case of two guys having really bad days at the same time and both hitting their tipping points at the same time.
This is GOLD nuggets on top of the GOAT's hot chili 🌶️ 🔥
Matheson is a bum for that.
It's almost like a retail setting where a customer mistreats a store worker who can't really come back at them
Matheson is a baiter. What Edmonton needs are reporters who can respectfully ask questions, not jerks who try to stir up the pot and cause division in the dressing room.
this has nothing to do with "wanting to be there" ... those reporters could ask a ton of interesting questions ... but no.
I don’t care I like seeing a little emotion from a nhl player during an interview. I’m a flyers fan and it would be nice for our captain to show some negative emotion about the teams for us to see. This stuff is for the fans who can’t be in the locker room that are invested in the teams and live and die for. Can’t stand the robotic interviews. Maybe they have to give these interviews to much.
Leon 26 goals and 28 assists yet team is still losing how can he not be frustrated. Jim Matheson is a jerk. Leon was honest and didn't sell anyone out. I think EK65 needs to get some apples and give Leon some advice. Not Leons fault though. Questions for a long time have lacked substance and imagination. Maybe Demelo needs to get his stick microphone and show Jim how to do it
Why is everyone on Draisaitles side, it’s clearly him not the reporter
In your opinion. Most disagree, including myself.
Because press conferences are actually dumb
Edmonton not having won a game in a month and on the cusp of solving their problems by signing Evander Kane is completely and utterly hilarious.
I know our media is bad but here we are in the spotlight being talked about around the league... Matheson is cringe
Why would the reporter go there? They should be grateful they have 2 Hart Trophy winning players on their team. Edmonton always expects too much from their team, that's what the 80s will do to you.
Breaking down? Like it’s a play that was drawn up down 2-1 on the PP
"why are you so pissy, Loyn, äh .. Leon ?"
maybe booze a bit less, my reporter friend.
I think we forget that Athletes are people too. And I understand how players get frustrated with reporters. Honestly, I think most* reporters ask dumb questions. If you can answer the question yourself, don't ask it.
17:11 Hire better people. You said so yourself earlier, you would not have taken the questioning where it went. Matheson is a hack and bottom feeder, and the fact this clown is in any HoF, is an insult to said HoF. Matheson should've been let go, decades ago already.
This is 100% on Jim. I would've responded, far, far, FAR worse than Leon did. So, props to Draisaitl for keeping his composure, where you could see in his face at the end, he wanted to unload on this parasitic slug.
Why Leon I wish all players were like him scored 55 goals Stil nudging on him one of best player but I I’d again they used to say back day wanted Paul Coffey to be traded too so stupid enough is enough good for Leon I loved 😅
Matheson has outgrown his usefulness....Granted he has been covering the team for decades but if he can't do better than to try and provoke Leon into saying something he cant answer in public...its time to move on.
Thats too personal!! Are you a psychologist?
Both of you
What
Matheson is nothing but an old fart who's never played the game. I hope from now on Draisaitl answers every one of his questions with one word answers. Time to retire Matheson and go cover curling or figure skating.
Yeah fault on both sides. First of all, almost everyone agrees that the Oilers biggest problem is goaltending. That said, Draisaitl didnt want to throw his goalies under the bus - nor should he. Matheson the reporter irresponsibly tried to bait him and that just agravated Draisaitl further.
Fault on both sides!?? That was a fucking ambush.
Jim was way out of line for a professional.
I think both were in the wrong. However, Matheson overstepped his boundaries as a media member, especially when asking "why are you so pissy?" not once, but twice. You said it best, Brodie. What was Draisaitl supposed to say? I get that Matheson was trying to get more out of Draisaitl, but when the bear isn't in the mood to be poked, you stop. That's also something you pointed out. Now, should Draisaitl have shot back with "you do it, you know everything"? Probably not, but I understand him getting undoubtedly irritated with Matheson's question. When you poke the bear too many times that's just not really in the mood, you should expect an aggressive responsive, because whether or not that's the answer you wanted, that's what you get! So, I completely understand it from Draisaitl's POV. In the end, Matheson... bruh... respect the player's time and they're probably more likely to answer you next time. That and rephrase your questions so that they don't sound so ridiculous.
A few others have said this, too, by the way, but I really like your breakdown of the interview. Great insight and observations!
Just unprofessional conduct on Mathesons part. A cringe worthy set of questions.
“Why are you so pissy, Leon?” Because I’m forced to be here taking these dumbass questions from you. As far as being pissy… Welcome to Canada.
Mathewson deserved ack days him and marks Spector wanted Paul Coffey out town to be traded probably Leon heard that already not chance Mathewson not with Leon sorry good for him 😅
It's the Oilers who cares....they now have Kane they be real good now lmfao
this didn't age well :D
It would have been great if leon asked " are you still trying to become relavent by asking non good questions?)
Maybe Matheson is getting old? Time to consider retirement?
He's sick of Edmonton.
Your making out of a mole hill
I did not click on this to listen to you babble on endlessly! You might be wise to remember THEY are the ones playing the game, THEY are the ones battling evey night, THEY are the ones getting paid millions to have an opinion, you not so much, yet all I hear is your voice!
What did you expect? It's HIS channel after all. You're free to unsubscribe if you dislike Brodie that much, and if you can't give constructive criticism I guess most uploaders would be happy to get rid of you.
Good questions
by Jim Matheson
About time a journalist asked a public figure
to be honest with his answers. Unfortunately Leon was anything but truthful
You're alone on thinking they're good questions. It's like a gf trying to start a fight.
Those were terrible questions
Matheson is a Hockey Hall of Fame sportswriter. Not a hack, as suggested by some commentators.
Draisaitl's dismissive body language, and annoyance with interviews, is consistent not matter who is interviewing him.
Nah he's a hack. The same reporter tried to stir shit between 2 players to get them to fight during a game and resulted in one getting a broken orbital bone
Matheson is a hack.
@@jamesgentry13 this is true. His crap muckraking ended a guys carreer.
Shove that hall of fame crap back up to fort Mac.
All the questions were about how frustrated he is at the situation....
and Jimmy boo asks the hall of fame question, "why are you so pissy?"
Like wow Jimmy, you are so smart. You figured out he's frustrated. Thats how you got into the hall.
Fricken boomers
Maybe because Leon just wants to do his job and not be bothered
Finally a reporter with balls ....
And also an interview worth watching. Players have to learn it's not just playing that earns them the multi million dollar salaries.
@@williamtraynor
Y'all are just jealous of the money they make.
They make the money putting the puck into the net. The rest is fake fluff.
When they sit to negotiate a contract , they don't bring the interview performance into the negotiation.
I see it so much, y'all resent the money they make. You are jealous and hold them to impossible expectations because of it.
And the fact that people think Jimmy has balls is juvenile. What does genitals have to do with it? Oh right, you are alluding to misogyny.
Good luck in your life
@@lumpyrex007 Why are you getting so pissey? Haha
Brodie, your video here is not very classy. I expected a little more from you. You should not be reveling in this.
Tell the reporter to show some class
Did I take crazy pills today? Oilers fans my goodness
@@pigs6486 FU,dick two wrongs don't make it right. Screw you for calling me an Oilers fan. I can't stand Edmonton.
@@mikeyj.3605 You can't possibly be preaching class, right? This is satire?
@@pigs6486 No you took crazy pills.
Draisaitl could’ve handled the situation much better as well.. pretty childish behaviour tbh
I think far too often athletes are allowed to sit up in a presser and just act like a spoiled child who just lost his Xbox privileges. You’re a professional athlete getting paid a lot of money to play a game publicly as a job and guess what, when ya do a bad job you also have to answer publicly on why people should continue to spend their money to come see you play. You don’t want to answer? Great! Go home, tell the team they can spend the money on someone who feels like acting like a responsible adult.
Shouldn't we require the media to show the same professionalism then? This reporter was being an asshole
You csnt hold the athlete to a high standard and not hild the media to a high standard
He's a human being who skates fast.
@@jamesgentry13 absolutely we should, and by the end it was to the point of two children squawking at each other and trying to get the final word in. However, had he just answered the first question, albeit annoying in his opinion, it would have set a standard. We can’t just make excuses because he’s a great talent for the team therefore there’s a Lea way. His GM should now sit him down and explain exactly why he’ll miss the next game and it’s pay. The same GM should them tell the reporter he’s also going to be denied access for the next weeks game and practice due to his behaviour.
@@old-school1969
Dude you are clearly envious of the money athletes make.
These guys are human for God's sake.
While I respect the time and effort put into this evaluation, I disagree with most of your takeaways. Let’s not forget who the reporter is - hall of famer who has covered a dozen better Oiler players than LD. I didn’t see anything unfair or idiotic about the questions at all. Nor did I see an issue with him asking for clarification on shitty answers. That’s their job. And he WAS being pissy.
You’d think a Hall of Fame writer would come up with better questions. Asking why you’re losing day after day for a month and expecting him to call out his goalie or come up with a new and insightful revelation would annoy and frustrate anyone, especially when every question is negative. Rarely do they focus on the positive aspects, one of which is consistently Leon.
You are supposed to report the story, not BE the story.
Unprofessional, big time. Not only that, but this whole interaction made the organization look bad, makes the city look bad, makes Canada look bad, makes the NHL look bad.
You can be an excellent hockey player and still have a flawed personality…..
Nothing flawed about his personality.
What was flawed
@@thatoneguy9666 As humans, we all have flaws in our personalities. It’s meant as a general statement.
@@ajh5124 I didn’t see anything flawed about Leon tho
I don't know why everyone defends the player. The reporter serves up some pretty easy, albeit uncomfortable questions, that a mature seasoned professional should be able to answer. How about, I don't know you'd have to ask the coaches. Your "Flip the script" argument makes no sense, but I bet the reporter would not be so "pissy" with his responses.
doubtful
Why are you defending the media? Shouldn't they be held to the same standard you pit on the athlete?
You don't know why?
Maybe just try.
Take a deep breath,
And let some time go by.