I don’t like to use acceptable and
coarse language on my blog but some of this stuff needs to be exposed because I
think this type of "anti-social" behavior is unacceptable and almost
as bad as some of the racial epithets that were posted on line after the Joel
Ward goal.
Yesterday
I illustrated lack of class by some Flyers fans – I know that there were quite
a few of the Flyers fan base that was very upset with Brendan Shanahan because of
Claude Giroux’s suspension. Personally, I think the NHL made the right decision
in suspending Claude Giroux for his illegal hit to the head on Dainius Zubrus,
what I found puzzling is some of the tweets directed at the VP of Player
safety.
Just for the record I think that Shanahan has done an inconsistent job but I don't know if he deserves some of this crap that has been directed his way. I know Shanahan is a public figures but this stuff is unacceptable.
These people
have to be proud of themselves; here we have homophobic slurs directed at
Brendan Shanahan which again goes beyond the realm of what is considered
acceptable and decent behavior.
I also think
that we have a few conspiracy theorists that blame Shanahan for the Flyers loss
because he once played for the New Jersey Devils. I guess it wasn't the Flyers fault for not playing better in the last four games. The Devils were better and the suspension to Giroux probably didn't make that much of a difference because the Flyers had nothing in response to the Devils in this series.
