McSorley breaks his silence on the Brashear incident

[drtheglob]

In a recent interview, Marty McSorley talked about the Brashear incident.​

-Have you spoken to Donald Brashear at any point over the last 24 years?
-No, no.
-If you were to speak to Donald Brashear, what would you say to him?
-It would be different than if, like Sandy McCarthy and I had a number of fights. Probie and I had a number of fights, and I saw those guys, spent time with them, and I really enjoyed those guys. And those guys, we understood each other. We performed on the ice. We stood up to how the job, the guys like Clark Gillies and Dave Semenko before us, did their job, and guys like Gino Odjick did his job with class. A tough job. A very tough job with class. Not sure, not so sure about the other one.

Link to podcast below. McSorley appears starting at 22:08:

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[MXD]

In a recent interview, Marty McSorley talked about the Brashear incident.​

-Have you spoken to Donald Brashear at any point over the last 24 years?
-No, no.
-If you were to speak to Donald Brashear, what would you say to him?
-It would be different than if, like Sandy McCarthy and I had a number of fights. Probie and I had a number of fights, and I saw those guys, spent time with them, and I really enjoyed those guys. And those guys, we understood each other. We performed on the ice. We stood up to how the job, the guys like Clark Gillies and Dave Semenko before us, did their job, and guys like Gino Odjick did his job with class. A tough job. A very tough job with class. Not sure, not so sure about the other one.

Link to podcast below. McSorley appears starting at 22:08:

"The other one".
Get rek't, Marty. In the end, you'll mostly be remember as the smooth-brained who couldn't be bothered with changing his stick with a few minutes left and your team in the lead in game 2 of the SCFinals.

 

[The Panther]

I heard McSorley talk about this incident before, and in Marty's version of it, Brashear had been goading him into a fight the entire game, constantly chirping him to fight, which McSorley refused, as perhaps he was under coach's orders not to take a bad penalty or whatever. Then, late in the game, maybe the outcome was decided, so McSorley finally gave into Brashear's taunts, but then suddenly Brashear wouldn't fight. McSorley then chased him a bit and wacked him on the head.

Certainly an idiotic play by McSorley and basically ended his NHL career. Then again, I never though the smack looked that bad; I've certainly seen much worse stick-work by several other players (two alone by Gary Suter) that didn't result in national headlines or career-ending suspensions.

As McSorley goes, his spear on Mike Bullard in April 1988 was much worse.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

I heard McSorley talk about this incident before, and in Marty's version of it, Brashear had been goading him into a fight the entire game, constantly chirping him to fight, which McSorley refused, as perhaps he was under coach's orders not to take a bad penalty or whatever. Then, late in the game, maybe the outcome was decided, so McSorley finally gave into Brashear's taunts, but then suddenly Brashear wouldn't fight. McSorley then chased him a bit and wacked him on the head.

Certainly an idiotic play by McSorley and basically ended his NHL career. Then again, I never though the smack looked that bad; I've certainly seen much worse stick-work by several other players (two alone by Gary Suter) that didn't result in national headlines or career-ending suspensions.

As McSorley goes, his spear on Mike Bullard in April 1988 was much worse.

I'd say McLaren on Zednik was way worse too

 

[Crosby2010]

McSorley was always popular amongst players in the league, especially the tough guys. Brashear was never popular that way. I always leaned on the side of McSorley. He shouldn't have whacked him with his stick, although he probably was just trying to get his attention. However there was always something that bothered me about Brashear. McSorley was much more than just a fighter. He led the NHL in +/- in 1991. That's saying a lot.

 

[JianYang]

I heard it live and it was a bizarre interview.

He was basically saying that it was the ice and chinstrap's fault for brashear's injury. Then he went on to talk about something kariya did in the following preseason but he didn't get punished for it because of his status.

He was clearly annoyed to talk about it and was basically justifying what he did.

 

[The Panther]

Yeah, I mean, you can't really expect NHL-ers of a different era to logically discuss their passion-plays of a long-ago era rationally. It wasn't rational by nature then, and trying to explain it in today's context is going to be awkward.

It's a bit like if a middle-aged guy sits down with an interviewer on camera, and he's suddenly asked: "So, remember 30 years ago when you were still dating your wife and you slept with her co-worker three times? Explain!" Maybe if the guy in question has been to couples' therapy for years he can do it, but otherwise he's just going to sound stumbly and awkward if he's unprepared.

 

[PB37]

Yeah, I mean, you can't really expect NHL-ers of a different era to logically discuss their passion-plays of a long-ago era rationally. It wasn't rational by nature then, and trying to explain it in today's context is going to be awkward.

It's a bit like if a middle-aged guy sits down with an interviewer on camera, and he's suddenly asked: "So, remember 30 years ago when you were still dating your wife and you slept with her co-worker three times? Explain!" Maybe if the guy in question has been to couples' therapy for years he can do it, but otherwise he's just going to sound stumbly and awkward if he's unprepared.

Oddly specific example there, sir