Flyers apologize for “disrespectful remarks” by their social media team towards reporters

[MXD]

Well if people like yourself didn’t keep quoting and responding to my posts I wouldn’t have more than a couple posts. People keep responding to me so if I answer them. It’s simply that. A response to someone talking to me….

No one would've replied to your post had you not beed offended in the first place.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

No one would've replied to your post had you not beed offended in the first place.

The story of modern society: People looking for reasons to be angry.

 

[93gilmour93]

No one would've replied to your post had you not beed offended in the first place.

How am I offended lol. I find the whole thing ridiculous but not offensive. Just stating facts

 

[Troy McClure]

Unprofessional yes. Requiring a public apology by the entire organization? Not in my opinion, but it's not my organization. I'd call the PR rep into my office, tell them to be more careful during press conferences, and tell them to personally apologize to the reporter.

But it wasn't an apology by the entire organization. It was a statement written out and put online. There might have been two people involved in the whole process. It costs the team nothing to put out an apology like this.

 

[Osakahaus]

Thats a golden response, I don't care who said it

Props to that Flyers got, even if he got fired

 

[Rich Nixon]

For the record PR departments are mostly made up of media members who got tired of being incredibly broke and tired all the time

ftfy but otherwise correct

pretty funny on the "thin-skinned" comments too when people are discussing a profession that revolves around questioning people who often don't want to talk to you, then using the scant and vague bullshit you get back to create work specifically for public consumption and criticism. it's inherently a pretty thick-skinned job. any ya'll noble plumbers snake a toilet for an audience of ten thousand plus people who are all convinced they could do it better? no? hmm.

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

It was unprofessional but it's nothing to get up in arms about IMO. Much worse things have been said on hot mics.

I happen to agree with you, but it’s never a good idea to premise your argument based on worse stuff happening.

 

[Mike C]

This post is pretty revealing. This incident is a pretty cut and dry case of a PR person f***ing up (remember that part of the job description of a PR person is to maintain good relationships with the media and strive towards creating positive PR for the team/organization they represent). But because the question was asked by a woman people are now "white knights" for thinking someone working in PR probably shouldn't do the exact opposite of their job description lol.


I've gotten fired from so many jobs lately for refusing to do my job correctly when it doesn't even matter considering the price of bread. Doesn't my former employees have anything more important to think about than what I do with the time they were paying me for? Cancel culture is insane.

Switch to day old from outlet stores, might give you some evidently needed job stability

 

[Choralone]

Some people in this thread are saying an apology should be made personally, not publicly. In a case where the insult or offense is public, the apology should be public. Otherwise, it just seems like a dodge to save face and protect your ego.

Also, if you screw up but keep your head down and wait for your organization to apologize on your behalf, you've done it wrong...

 

[Mike C]

And really what would we do without grown men to hit on our teenage girls

Rely on other teenage girls to do so?

I wanna know if I get to laugh at the Flyers or overly sensitive sports reporters.

I'm gonna go C "both of the above"

 

[brentashton]

Sports reporters can be very thin skinned and if reporters haven't come forward with what was said yet I have a hard time thinking it was overly heinous.

“Why do you have to be so pissy?”
Jim Matheson, Edmonton Journal to Leon Draisaitl after Leon answered his series of questions succinctly.

”Hey Spec, can I talk to you?” MCDavid to Sportsent reporter Mark Spector after a press conference, where it’s been suggested that CMcD tuned him in over his approach to players.

Both reporters are notable spoon fed primmadonas that turn on players who make them earn their living.
Examples 1 and 1A why some players hate talking to the media.

 

[Mike C]

That coming from Mollie, who attacked a player over his political beliefs, which has nothing to do with reporting about hockey. She is probably the last one who should be talking and telling people to “be better”.

Very unwoke, insensitive, misogynistic and judgemental of you to iterate that!

LOVE IT! KEEP IT COMING

 

[Mike C]

“Why do you have to be so pissy?”
Jim Matheson, Edmonton Journal to Leon Draisaitl after Leon answered his series of questions succinctly.

”Hey Spec, can I talk to you?” MCDavid to Sportsent reporter Mark Spector after a press conference, where it’s been suggested that CMcD tuned him in over his approach to players.

Both reporters are notable spoon fed primmadonas that turn on players who make them earn their living.
Examples 1 and 1A why some players hate talking to the media.

He asked him why he was being pissy because when he asked Draisaitl a legit question, the ever so courteous Leon said something to the effect of " I don’t know, write what you want, you know everything anyway"

Draisaitl was hurt because the guy who covered every game since the franchise inception didn't like something he wrote

It works both ways

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

He asked him why he was being pissy because when he asked Draisaitl a legit question, the ever so courteous Leon said something to the effect of " I don’t know, write what you want, you know everything anyway"

Draisaitl was hurt because the guy who covered every game since the franchise inception didn't like something he wrote

It works both ways

Defending Oilers media is definitely a take.

 

[Mike C]

Defending Oilers media is definitely a take.

I saw that whole press conference. Draisaitl was a class A dick

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I saw that whole press conference. Draisaitl was a class A dick

And? Matheson is a known jerkoff who chases players out of town. Oilers media are cancer. Get rid of them because they wont find jobs elsewhere.

 

[SjMilhouse]

Sports reporters can be very thin skinned and if reporters haven't come forward with what was said yet I have a hard time thinking it was overly heinous.

They can be the most rude, condescending assholes ever but you make one comment about them and they lose their shit as though they just default deserve 110% of everyones respect regardless of how they behave

 

[JohanFranzenstein]

Holy f***ing shit, this is the absolute funniest thing I've ever seen on this site.

 

[BigEezyE22]

I would apply the terms sloppy and boneheaded to what was done. I guess unprofessional if you're really a stickler for words. A quick apology as a CYA move then maybe a sit down in the boss's office.

Remember, this is a sports "journalist" we're talking about. Not much more significant than the peeps who churn out junk mail to fill your mailbox.

 

[brentashton]

He asked him why he was being pissy because when he asked Draisaitl a legit question, the ever so courteous Leon said something to the effect of " I don’t know, write what you want, you know everything anyway"

Draisaitl was hurt because the guy who covered every game since the franchise inception didn't like something he wrote

It works both ways

It does. But it wasn’t Leon’s responsibility to give Matheson the answer he wanted, it was his responsibility to give him a response, which he did. Matheson is generally despised by most fans in the Edmonton marketplace for his lazy and poor journalism and because he didn’t get a spoon fed response that he felt he was entitled to he was butthurt. He should have retired a decade ago and the hockey fans in Edmonton wouldn’t miss him mailing in his stories.

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

If your only job is to not be an asshole, it’s kinda pathetic to be fired for being an asshole.

 

[Zen Arcade]

Ah, must be a tradesman.

I work in machining, that kind of talk happens all the time from employee to employee, that's just the culture for better or worse.

BUT you're not going to say something like that to a customer without getting your head handed to you. Unless you're the lowest of low level grunts and no one trusts you to talk to anyone that matters you know the difference in what you can say to different people.

If you're so hung up and on how "real" you are you're probably going to be set off to the side so visitors don't have to deal with you.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

It does. But it wasn’t Leon’s responsibility to give Matheson the answer he wanted, it was his responsibility to give him a response, which he did. Matheson is generally despised by most fans in the Edmonton marketplace for his lazy and poor journalism and because he didn’t get a spoon fed response that he felt he was entitled to he was butthurt. He should have retired a decade ago and the hockey fans in Edmonton wouldn’t miss him mailing in his stories.

"We want hockey players to be honest and candid in their interviews"

Draisatl gives a candid and honest answer.

"No not that way!!!"

 

[Bocephus86]

How am I offended lol. I find the whole thing ridiculous but not offensive. Just stating facts

No need to be so triggered by the Flyers issuing an apology.

 

[Mike C]

It does. But it wasn’t Leon’s responsibility to give Matheson the answer he wanted, it was his responsibility to give him a response, which he did. Matheson is generally despised by most fans in the Edmonton marketplace for his lazy and poor journalism and because he didn’t get a spoon fed response that he felt he was entitled to he was butthurt. He should have retired a decade ago and the hockey fans in Edmonton wouldn’t miss him mailing in his stories.

Fair enough. I worked in media as locker room radio reporter in NYC in late 70s and 80s

There are MANY contentious shitty reporters but there are a fair amount of athletes that are rude, to the point where with certain guys, we'd rather the team lose than have Joe Blough be the star of the game and have to deal with insolence and condescension

I left the business in 1990 and I'm sure it's different now

There is good and bad on both sides