Taking Heat
April 27th, 2008 by Jason CJennifer Hedger was starting off tonight’s edition of Sportscentre with an interview of Ron Wilson by Jermain Franklin that was unfortunately cut very short.
“No.”
That was Wilson’s response to Franklin’s question, and then proceeded to mutter “…it’s always negative…” before disappearing into the Sharks locker room. Two things bothered me about that interview. One, Wilson’s refusal to answer the question, and two, his lamenting the fact that the questions he’s been asked throughout the playoffs were “negative.”
While the fact that some interviews have been cut short by athletes and coaches and general managers who refuse to answer the questions isn’t rare, I think Wilson really deserves to let the people know what he thinks. His Sharks are down 2-0 heading to Dallas, and were clearly outplayed by a much more hungry Stars squad. It is a great opportunity for him to public criticize or challenge his best players, namely Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau, to step up their game. His refusal to address the issue speaks so much about the Sharks’ status quo. They’ve steadfastly refused to address the problems, and that is turnovers and a lack of effort from the go-to guys, and as a result they’re down 2-0 in the series.
I also find that Wilson’s refusal to answer the question, because it was somehow “negative,” a little bothersome. Wilson has to realize there was nothing positive about the game. Thornton and Marleau failed to step up their game and Evgeni Nabokov was pulled late into the third. When you get outplayed this bad, of course there’s not a lot of positives to talk about. I think it shows that Wilson is really feeling the pressure and is somehow looking for an answer, and the media’s “negative” attitude isn’t exactly helping him. The Sharks are absolutely helpless, flailing around like a fish out of the tank.
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One Response to “Taking Heat”
By Dexxon on May 9, 2008
Way to go Jermain!