Darkauron
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Yeah a court mandated apology is not an apology at all lmao.
Around the League - 2022-23 season thread part I
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It's a problem with any culture where someone isn't told "no" or "stop being an idiot". Jock culture, entertainment culture, top of the corporate culture, etc. Once people think they are more important or more correct than they really are it brings out the worst in them.
sabremike
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No, I'm a reasonable person who thinks that someone who did something awful in 8th grade and has done absolutely nothing wrong since should be able to get a second chance. For example: there were a group of kids who made my life he'll in middle school and literally tossed a giant rock through my window and got nicked by the cops. Years later I ended up friends with that same person because people change.
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Dude this wasn’t ‘one’ mistake that was made, you’re buying his PR statement hook, line and sinker. It was literally YEARS of him being a sadistic punk. And there’s some dispute over him ‘doing nothing wrong since 8th grade’ to put it mildly.
There’s also zero comparison to throwing a rock through a window compared to what this kid did and said. Let him prove he’s making an effort to change by playing semipro hockey and doing community work before trying to justify a second chance under an NHL team’s employ
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he didnt say a mean word or get a DUI. Those things can be forgiven.
what he did lasted for a LONG time
f*** him.
MauDevils
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What he did was f***ing disgusting and it's not something you grow out. I wish him nothing but the worst.
sabremike
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The group of kids I mentioned spent years being sadistic punks and bullies to me to the point I hated going to school.
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No worries, the Bruins got Mitchell to tie those loose ends up before he signed that contract.
NJDevs26
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A years-late public apology right before he’s about to sign with an NHL organization…how sincere!
sabremike
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As someone who knows people whose family members who were killed by drunk drivers I find DUI quite hard to forgive.
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sorry, this goes well beyond "kids being kids"
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Sure, people change, but you have to earn it.
sabremike
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If that last bit is true the mom deserved to have to answer for herself in front of a judge every bit as much as her son did.
MasterofGrond
No, I'm not serious.
I believe in rehabilitation, truly and completely. Even for something as disgusting as this.
But the key to rehabilitation is that you should demonstrate that in some fashion. I can’t tell what’s in someone’s heart so he needs to do things, probably publicly, even if it’s just for show. Something that somebody can point to and be like “here he is making amends.”
Sweeney saying “this might be a mistake” doesn’t exactly tell me that’s been happening.
But the key to rehabilitation is that you should demonstrate that in some fashion. I can’t tell what’s in someone’s heart so he needs to do things, probably publicly, even if it’s just for show. Something that somebody can point to and be like “here he is making amends.”
Sweeney saying “this might be a mistake” doesn’t exactly tell me that’s been happening.
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The NHL shows its ass once again. What a f***ing clownshow of a league.
Second chances for what he's done should need to be earned. He has done absolutely f***ing nothing. He can't even do the bare f***ing minimum
Second chances for what he's done should need to be earned. He has done absolutely f***ing nothing. He can't even do the bare f***ing minimum
This is a bafflingly dumb comparison.
Yeah, I agree. If you made *a* mistake at a young age, depending on the severity, at some point you should be forgiven and allowed to move on with your life endeavors.
That is not what he did. He physically and emotionally tortured a kid for years. That is not just a kid throwing a rock through a window.
All these teams GMs preach "character". Yeah, I'm not betting on the character of a guy who tortured someone for years without ever showing any contrition. The Bruins players even questioned why Sweeney did this.
sabremike
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They did a LOT more than that, which I noted a few posts later. Constant Neverending harassment. And you know what I was essentially told by the school principal? "Fight them". Seriously, that is not a joke.
Devilsgrl35
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This guy is a disgrace and f Boston for signing him.
Yeah I mean on one hand it was 8th grade and kids do really dumb and cruel shit when they’re that age. But this kid doesn’t even seem the least bit remorseful and only made a statement because he was told to. I don’t think his right to earn a living should be taken away but if you’re going to be an NHL player you better take the necessary steps to better yourself as a person and show that you have righted whatever wrongs you did. Bruins should make that kid do hours upon hours of community service.
sabremike
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Idea: He gives half his earnings for this season to the victim as a former of restitution.
Comments like this are really so stupid and ridiculous, go back to Reddit with that garbage
wouldn’t go has high as half but definitely agree some restitution. And Sweeney did say they’re going to make this kid do community service so that’s a decent start I guess
Seguin doesn't fit the culture because young partier but Miller fits right in...
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