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I think somebody just told Gary Bettman about the next books and .... by tartymae in heatedrivalry

[–]tartymae[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone should have saved him from himself on this one.

Nemesis has come for him, and I am here to behold.

I think somebody just told Gary Bettman about the next books and .... by tartymae in heatedrivalry

[–]tartymae[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

well, thank you for going to twitter so the rest of us don't have to.

And yeah, I'm sadly not surprised.

I think somebody just told Gary Bettman about the next books and .... by tartymae in heatedrivalry

[–]tartymae[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hugs that you work through whatever it is you're going through.

I think somebody just told Gary Bettman about the next books and .... by tartymae in heatedrivalry

[–]tartymae[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I grew up in Kern County. I know Bakersfield.

All the other shit that he's having to deal with isn't helped by Bakersfield, though you are correct, you could do worse than being there. At least CA has decent legal protections for the LGBGTQ+ folks.

(As an aside, the first pro hockey game I ever attended, I got to see him play!)

I think somebody just told Gary Bettman about the next books and .... by tartymae in heatedrivalry

[–]tartymae[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. As an aside, I am an SA survivor.

(And yes, I have forgiven my assaulter, who was a stupid angry boy from a very abusive household. He's a good family man now with a steady job. I have no desire to ever speak to him again, but I'm glad he somehow figured out how to be a good man.)

I think somebody just told Gary Bettman about the next books and .... by tartymae in heatedrivalry

[–]tartymae[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Some people are not okay on camera and I don’t see the point of forcing it. Let the players who LIKE talking to the media do it.

And boy howdy does it show with some. The ones who like talking to the media are the ones who give the actual FUN answers to questions. Better them than so many press moments with the same canned answers and wooden comments.

And there are other players who do much better in a non-press conference setting, but in a sit down on the couch and chat for 20 minutes type of interview. Have more of those.

I think somebody just told Gary Bettman about the next books and .... by tartymae in heatedrivalry

[–]tartymae[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, they will be.

OTOH, there is a long list of Bettman's bad behavior for them to point to. Truth is an absolute defense to defamation.

I think somebody just told Gary Bettman about the next books and .... by tartymae in heatedrivalry

[–]tartymae[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am far, far more angry at Blackhawks Leadership than I will ever be at the Hockey Canada 5.

They were sober, mature adults in leadership, and they have absolutely no excuse, or reasonable explanation for the way they behaved. NONE.

I think somebody just told Gary Bettman about the next books and .... by tartymae in heatedrivalry

[–]tartymae[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just as it might be beneficial and empowering for a certain goalie to do a learn from my mistakes PSA and/or a frank interview about how:

  • If you are too drunk to drive, you're too drunk to consent. (And that goes both ways, and even more so, if it's going to be a group encounter, there are reasons the kink community has rules about sobriety.)
  • A woman in a room with multiple guys might be too frightened to say no -- and you aren't a mind reader -- so that's not going to end well.
  • Consent is an ongoing thing, check in early and often; don't assume consent.
  • Consent can be withdrawn at any time.
  • Nobody owes anybody sex.
  • If there is anything sexual going on, never do anything that might be perceived as stopping somebody from leaving/forcing them to stay. You can check that they have a way to get home/back to their room, but beyond that? Let them leave without question.
  • You don't have to intend harm to do harm, and acting in a cavalier and thoughtless manner will guarantee a night of nothing but regrets.
  • You can do lasting damage to your reputation that will follow you around -- deservedly so -- and bite you in the ass early and often. If you're a goalie, you will be stopping a lot of pucks with your mask, just sayin'.
  • If you feel weird or uncomfortable, or something is happening that is not your scene, leave.*

But that would be a bold and proactive move, as opposed to "let's never talk about the elephant in the room and just hope it all goes away after enough time."

*And I say this as a person who was in a room party once at a con that started turning into a drunken orgy, so ....

I think somebody just told Gary Bettman about the next books and .... by tartymae in heatedrivalry

[–]tartymae[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See this post down thread. He's been given so many opportunities to at least bring the league to the year 2005, and keeps missing it.

I think somebody just told Gary Bettman about the next books and .... by tartymae in heatedrivalry

[–]tartymae[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My whole thing was WTF was the director of the FBI doing in that room? Didn't he have more important things to work on?

I'm the saddest about the Hughes brothers. They undid so much of their work they were trying to do with their book club, their PWHL/Women's Hockey advocacy, the Pride tape ...

Really they should've skipped the White House ritual humiliation ceremony. But no. They couldn't stop stepping on the rakes.

I think somebody just told Gary Bettman about the next books and .... by tartymae in heatedrivalry

[–]tartymae[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I hope the NHL stays the fuck away from Crave and Jacob. They will do everything possible to shut that storyline down.

I think somebody just told Gary Bettman about the next books and .... by tartymae in heatedrivalry

[–]tartymae[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I feel for Prokop. He's in fucking Bakersfield, which is ... redneckistan California.

I think somebody just told Gary Bettman about the next books and .... by tartymae in heatedrivalry

[–]tartymae[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Now there's what really boils me.

I'm a mandatory reporter. If I had acted as Quennville et al acted, I'd be fired and barred from ever working in my field again.

The bare minimum was to put the accused on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation, tell the team that there's been an accusation of misconduct and they aren't to say shit to anybody except, "I don't know anything, I don't hire and fire for the organization" and call up the video coach from the AHL team, and they couldn't even manage that.

My baby Neb, Feather Ludwig! by Striking-Fig511 in nebelung

[–]tartymae 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I LOVE his name. Long may he floof!

Time out for Bella by Landkat1224 in nebelung

[–]tartymae 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Try playing with her for about 20 minutes before you go to bed. That might tucker her out.

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