#24 – Not Sure If Serious or Playing Dumba

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Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah pretty much this. When I see he does something stupid on the ice I'm like 'come on Tanger' and when he does something dangerous, I call him an idiot, but he is good at his job.

And yes, his negative chill when someone insults a teammate (and him being willing to show this negative chill on instagram), his adorable kid and his beautiful wife are all plus points to him as well.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Why would his beautiful wife be a plus point to him?

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Wasn't she a reality show star/personality? Also, for the same reason that TJ Oshie's wife is a plus to him - beautiful, media savvy, etc. People like beautiful families with adorable children.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, she was, although I don't know how much that is or isn't common knowledge. She's also very generous in sharing photos of her family and from her own daily life (and occasionally even interacting with fans -- she answered a fan's question asking after her hair stylist, lol) and comes across as extremely likable on her public social media.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Ayrt

Partly because I'm shallow and she takes gorgeous pictures. But I also love her instagram and I wouldn't have known about it if she hadn't been with him.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Mte, yeah she's beautiful and his kid is cute but that has nothing to do with Letang's behavior and it certainly won't make me dislike him less.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

No one's mentioning his family as something that excuses his bad behavior or as a reason you can't dislike him. The question is why he's so popular, and it's not rocket science to understand why fans would be drawn to a player with a nice family who posts their photos all over social media and have cute interactions with other players (also fan favorites) and their families. It fosters personal investment, in the same way that players with a lot of public "personality" do.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I'd add that love of Letang seems to coincide with love the of the core and their friendship, particularly the Crosby-Letang-Flower trifecta. There is a goldmine of friendship material for them and they all really love each other. It's easy to love Letang when you know how much (and how loudly) Crosby and Fleury love him.

I'm also a huge fan of his personality and I think he's not so secretly a giant dork. His hotheadedness can be a double-edged sword but I think it's a) not as uncommon or unique to Letang as people portray it as and b) is more justifiable than even Neal's crap was. Neal used to just get angry and hurt people. Letang is almost always going after someone who messed with the goalie, or Maatta, or Dumoulin.

What's the difference between losing your temper and slashing someone, which happens a billion times a game on every team, and crosschecking them in a scrum because they pissed you off? One just gets more attention. I don't think he loses his cool more than any other hotheaded hockey players, but because he has a reputation for it it gets talked about a lot. See how Crosby is still the only captain int he history of the NHL who ever whines to the refs.