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October 05, 2002
Turns Out Theo Fleury. .
Turns Out Theo Fleury. . . Missed practice this week to be with his Dad who was recovering from prostate surgery. He says he shouldn't have to answer questions all the time about what he's doing, and Jordon Cooper of The Hockey Pundits agrees: Most media outlets (and blogs) look like morons as we all aluded to another meltdown by the talented winger. Fleury was not on drinking bender but at his fathers side for some serious surgery. Fleury said his father, 63, was home in Saskatchewan, up and moving about. The family is waiting for test results to see if the tumor was cancerous. Fleury said the news "threw me for a bit of a loop." Best wishes for the entire family and a reminder to sites like ours that sometimes a missed practice for personal reasons are very often legitimate reasons. Jordon's got a point, and everyone has to wish Fleury and his Dad well. But in the media-driven world we live in, reporters who get paid to ask questions and fail to get an explanation in return, begin to suspect a bigger story is in the works. And when reporters didn't get an answer about Fleury, it was natural, given his history, to speculate about what was going on. Fair? No. Normal? You bet. Here in Washington, defenseman Brendan Witt missed a few days of practice to be with a family member that was ailing. All that merited was two sentences at the end of a Caps story when he left, and another sentence when he returned. Not a big deal, and handled in a way that respected Witt's privacy as well. All in all, a sensible solution -- and one the Blackhawks should learn something from.
Eric
06:29 PM
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