Auston Matthews
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Highlander
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El Capitan HeadbangerBates said:
OldTimeHockey
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Zee said:
Or, you know....22 and drunk. Should he have known better....sure. Have most of us made equal or worse decisions at 2am? Definitely.
Zee
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OldTimeHockey said:Zee said:
Or, you know....22 and drunk. Should he have known better....sure. Have most of us made equal or worse decisions at 2am? Definitely.
In this culture, a bunch of guys approaching a woman's car at 2am and making her feel uncomfortable? Drunk isn't an excuse. This is a bad bad look, we can only hope the charges prove false.
OldTimeHockey
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Zee said:OldTimeHockey said:Zee said:
Or, you know....22 and drunk. Should he have known better....sure. Have most of us made equal or worse decisions at 2am? Definitely.
In this culture, a bunch of guys approaching a woman's car at 2am and making her feel uncomfortable? Drunk isn't an excuse. This is a bad bad look, we can only hope the charges prove false.
You're right on that part. No group of guys should be approaching a car at 2am in the morning...or any time for that matter.
Zee
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OldTimeHockey said:Zee said:OldTimeHockey said:Zee said:
Or, you know....22 and drunk. Should he have known better....sure. Have most of us made equal or worse decisions at 2am? Definitely.
In this culture, a bunch of guys approaching a woman's car at 2am and making her feel uncomfortable? Drunk isn't an excuse. This is a bad bad look, we can only hope the charges prove false.
You're right on that part. No group of guys should be approaching a car at 2am in the morning...or any time for that matter.
How soon before Steve Simmons drops an article condemning Matthews to hell?
herman
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This is bad and should not be made light of.
Dubas needs to respond accordingly and make clear what the team knew and when. If they?re serious about making good people as well as good players, hold them to that standard. Kadri was suspended for ostensibly being late to a team meeting and this is technically a couple steps up from that. Lay down the law early because skill does not absolve you from disgusting behaviour.
Dubas needs to respond accordingly and make clear what the team knew and when. If they?re serious about making good people as well as good players, hold them to that standard. Kadri was suspended for ostensibly being late to a team meeting and this is technically a couple steps up from that. Lay down the law early because skill does not absolve you from disgusting behaviour.
herman
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I think Zee and OldTimeHockey already sort of addressed the spectrum of response:
There?s the Barstool bros will be bros attitude of haha drunk fun. And then there?s the very real reality that men will follow women at any time of day to accost them for whatever reason, making them feel unsafe, let alone a group of intoxicated men of athletic size and build at 2 am.
If people just keep letting boys get away with stupid garbage because that?s what being a boy means, then they become men who believe they can get away with anything and next thing you know they?re ?governing? countries. This culture harms men as much as women and everyone else in between.
There?s the Barstool bros will be bros attitude of haha drunk fun. And then there?s the very real reality that men will follow women at any time of day to accost them for whatever reason, making them feel unsafe, let alone a group of intoxicated men of athletic size and build at 2 am.
If people just keep letting boys get away with stupid garbage because that?s what being a boy means, then they become men who believe they can get away with anything and next thing you know they?re ?governing? countries. This culture harms men as much as women and everyone else in between.
I never really figured Matthews was a saint off the ice, but this was just dumb and dangerous. Period. He's lucky this didn't escalate in the heat of the moment. One of his friends could have gotten more aggressive when challenged by the woman. Or who even knows, what if the woman was carrying a weapon and felt her life was in danger by a group of drunk men. I'd expect this to cost Matthews the C, at the very least until next season.
Phileas Fogg
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Really disappointing behavior to say the least, he's clearly got a lot of growing up to do.
If they are going to name him captain at this point, I'd be extremely disappointed in the franchise.
If they are going to name him captain at this point, I'd be extremely disappointed in the franchise.
