I’m with Charlie on the Voracek stuff. It really wasn’t much different than when Nate Thompson lit up Alex (twice) other than the tone taken. Agree or disagree, both were giving objective analysis, and both guys decided they were going to react to it by shitposting back like anybody does on Twitter (including me). Voracek has been searching himself for years on more than one platform, including this one.
However, to get an unsolicited reaction, it’s not what journalists do on purpose, but they’ll gladly take it and take just that little bit they can hold up. It is less so now, but back in the day it would be gold, that’s why the Jim Salisbury-Nick Castallanos stuff blew up.
The main difference is that Voracek is/was, obviously, a better player, but those guys the past few years have spent way to much time being extremely online engaging with negative energy on purpose.
So, Jake, when you read this, don’t worry you already blocked me for something you obviously searched yourself, because you weren’t tagged. Make better use of your energy.