Carter Hart leave of absence (WARNING: don't speculate. DON'T speculate.)

[Edgelord]

If you want to connect dots, folks, do it on your own time and platform.

Is there something big here?

Why such a clamp down on speculation? or is it trying to avoid another Bedard situation?

 

[zar]

This sucks. Wish him the best.

 

[Eegs]

The fact that this is happening on a Torts team is great. He is viewed as such a dinosaur but I think he's grown a lot over the years.

This comment feels like it's being pulled in 3 different directions

Edit: not trying to be an azz, I just don't understand

 

[Asinine]

As a random online dude on HFboards I demand to know whatever is going on in his personal life.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Hmmmm interesting

Hopefully things are gonna be ok

 

[D Wakaluk]

So I guess there's nothing left to talk about.

 

[King'sPawn]

I hope whatever he's dealing with gets resolved as soon as possible so he can continue to move on appropriately. I'm sure it sucks not having your head in the game, especially when your job relies so heavily on focus.

 

[Three On Zero]

Is there something big here?

Why such a clamp down on speculation? or is it trying to avoid another Bedard situation?

Defamation and speculative claims without sources is the big issue.

Trying to pry information from an admin who’s busy trying to enforce some forum rules isn’t going to end well

 

[Dotter]

Not related to Hart, but my brother suffers from PTSD and has manic episodes. All you can do is be there for him and be supportive. He's an avid gun lover and his 2nd amendment right has been stripped away by no fault of his own. It's sad.

 

[Martin Skoula]

So I guess there's nothing left to talk about.

Please copy paste a “sucks, hope he gets well soon” message

 

[Rich Nixon]

I would argue one statement is saying, please dont ask us or Hart about what is going on and respect our privacy.

The other statement is saying we dont want to talk about this anymore.

One is just a tad bit more callous than the other in my opinion.

Again, take from it what you will.

Will be interesting to watch the Flyers broadcast tonight. They're a funny organization: They're part of a media and communications company, they more-or-less own most of their local media coverage, and they hired one of their own media personalities to head the team distinctly because they wanted him controlling the narrative around the team.

They certainly narrative'd the hell out of the Gauthier trade two weeks ago, flooding their own broadcast and media outlets with Jones, Briere and CEO Hilferty chanting the company line ("he didn't want to be a Flyer!"). Tonight they'll play a game that is once again a secondary story to something else going on around the team. How they address this tonight during their broadcast will be very telling.

 

[centipede2233]

All briere’s statement was for personal issues. It didn’t refer to the substance abuse program, it didn’t refer to mental health, it didn’t refer to an injury.

 

[King'sPawn]

Yeah so what is this thread even for then if people can't really say anything lol?

People can say plenty. Particularly about what the Flyers should do in his absence, or how other teams handle sudden indefinite leaves of absence. Or cap implications, as sometimes people don't know how things like this get handled. Or how well the announcement was constructed.

Or you can just say "hope it gets resolved, etc" or something else generic.

If your imagination is limited to unsubstatiated speculation about someone's personal life, I don't know what to tell you.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

I see speculation in the thread from mental illness to injury. It seems there's 1 thing you can't speculate about and the mods should be more clear about what.

It seems like you've managed to figure it out.

 

[MXD]

There's definitely a stark contrast between the statement given by the Flyers and the statement a organization is generally expected to put forward in such circumstances.

 

[Section 104]

Wishing the best for Carter Hart and the others who take personal leave to fix problems

 

[trellaine201]

Everyone has some mental illness to some extent. Hopefully he gets whatever help he needs.

 

[Kairi Zaide]

I hope that every good person on this planet is going to be doing fine and that nothing bad happens to them. And that if bad things do happen to them, that they will be able to make a recovery and come to peace.

 

[Rich Nixon]

It is interesting to see the number of posts here that use the phrase "mental health" when that phrase does not appear anywhere in the 25-word statement the Flyers put out.

Briere has media availability tomorrow, but I believe it was already on the books before this announcement.

 

[H3ckt1k]

I hope that every good person on this planet is going to be doing fine and that nothing bad happens to them. And that if bad things do happen to them, that they will be able to make a recovery and come to peace.

I hope this especially for @Bear of Bad News. No idea how he deals with everything going on in this thread.

 

[Edgelord]

Defamation and speculative claims without sources is the big issue.

Trying to pry information from an admin who’s busy trying to enforce some forum rules isn’t going to end well

I wasn't prying per say. I was more or less looking for a lil context, usually when the main mods are handling something like this, its a relatively serious issue.

 

[Andre Palot]

More like incredibly bald people.

Leave the bald delegation out of this.

 

[PeE eL DuBoiS]

We should not speculate, but if we were to speculate...I would speculate he's been recalled by NASA for a mission into outer-f***ing-space. But again, I am not speculating beyond speculating as to what we would speculate about.

 

[93gilmour93]

Sometimes life throws you a curveball. Who knows what it is but go handle stuff and get back on the ice Carter.....

 

[PaulD]

The fact that this is happening on a Torts team is great. He is viewed as such a dinosaur but I think he's grown a lot over the years.

Coach has nothing to do with it