tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600575121886358008.post4698616299002898526..comments2023-04-28T05:53:41.295-04:00Comments on Vintage Leaf Memories - Michael Langlois: Is it wrong for the media to contact a player’s family? I don’t think soMichael Langloishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17526281022840514679noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600575121886358008.post-48825854564481601182011-11-14T12:42:27.094-05:002011-11-14T12:42:27.094-05:00I can see both sides of the argument. I wonder wha...I can see both sides of the argument. I wonder what James Reimer thinks?Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600575121886358008.post-74806114122415551792011-11-14T09:32:26.792-05:002011-11-14T09:32:26.792-05:00Thanks Hogie. I respect your view on this.Thanks Hogie. I respect your view on this.Michael Langloishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526281022840514679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600575121886358008.post-86612691117541278192011-11-14T09:04:34.395-05:002011-11-14T09:04:34.395-05:00I'm siding with the Leafs on this one. I don&#...I'm siding with the Leafs on this one. I don't think it's categorically wrong for a journalist to contact a player's mother to get more information on his health condition, but I do think it's inappropriate and sets a dangerous precedent. I'm sure teams are very protective of this information as to not give any advantage to any teams they'll be playing in the near future. If I was a player, even with the expectations of being under a harsher media spotlight, I would still expect some degree of privacy. Would you expect Leafs management/PR not to kick up a fuss and allow this precedent? What next, calling Uncle Tom to dig up what this player was like during high school? I'm sure this would not make players very happy and Leafs management don't need their players to be more distracted than they already are.Hogienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600575121886358008.post-76773370599464243022011-11-13T21:18:28.529-05:002011-11-13T21:18:28.529-05:00Well saidWell saidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600575121886358008.post-32135214314106526232011-11-13T14:59:25.471-05:002011-11-13T14:59:25.471-05:00Very well articulated Bobby C. Great post.Very well articulated Bobby C. Great post.Michael Langloishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17526281022840514679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-600575121886358008.post-3663617128793937622011-11-13T13:21:45.160-05:002011-11-13T13:21:45.160-05:00The biggest lesson we can take from this controver...The biggest lesson we can take from this controversy is the Leafs’ management mania for information management. Trades now often come out of the blue and news announcements are actually news. Press scrums consist of, what I assume to be a Leaf employee asking the lead and majority of questions. Pity the serious journalist playing on a field tilted in favor of pr hacks. These dog and pony shows remind me of the browbeaten Washington press corps. They know the limits of what can be asked, do not dare transgress those limits. Truth suffers. It appears that this media management mania has been inappropriately applied to Dave Feschuck. I am not sure where Ron Wilson was when his players’ moms were changing diapers, but I am certain he was not changing their nappies. Obviously, players’ families have an interest in their sons’ health, especially with something as serious as a concussion. Sports teams can pay players as much as the market dictates, but they do not own them and they have not purchased their families’ consent. Mothers, fathers, and spouses can still have an opinion about their sons’ and daughters’ health. A journalist can still ask questions and family members can comment on or off the record. Good on Dave Feschuk, and good on Mrs. Reimer for going on record with a serious, insightful commentary, so lacking in cliché-ridden sports journalism. Unfortunately however, her truthful response has lead to more suspicion, accurate or inaccurate, of a cover up. We need to know if James Reimers' injury was handled appropriately. We do not need the sad buffoonery of last night’s Hot Stove. Am I alone in pining for the days of Al Strachan? Surely, he would have brought the debate back to reality? Oh, I forgot, Strachan was removed from the show and no one with his journalistic pedigree brought in to replace him. Now it is up to the Hot Stove moderator to point out that Feschuck was bringing to light to complex, serious questions about the most important hockey issue of the day. How convenient for the Leafs. How convenient for the hockey industry.Bobby Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796285286162225158noreply@blogger.com