#29 – Lay, Lie, or Laine?

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Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Don't make my eyes roll out of my head. Like memories aren't conveniently shorter in some cases than others. The Preds signed Ribeiro barely a month before the Kane allegations. The only reason they aren't currently promoting him is because he's not good at hockey anymore. If Kane had dropped off the face of the earth at the same time as Ribeiro got demoted, I doubt anyone would have done a 180 on their feelings about the Hawks. I hate the Hawks and like the Preds (mostly Subban tbh) but come on.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Of course no one would have done a 180; once feelings are entrenched, good luck turning that ship around. But also if Kane was significantly lower profile in the team itself, I think you'd see less backlash to begin with against the team as an entity. The backlash against the Hawks had a lot of factors; a certain "scandal critical mass," a large and active defense of Kane, the perception of Kane as a face of the team and thus inextricable from it, and, yes, greater fame and profile meaning that everyone focused on them more. Of course the Preds would be promoting Ribeiro if he was still good, but the fact that he isn't and thus they aren't means that fans don't have the same perception of Ribeiro as a face of the team.

IDK, I got into hockey by bandwagoning the Hawks. When the Kane allegations broke, I was a fan. But I genuinely did find it disgusting and it did change my mind about the team, not because I was sick of their success but because the way they handled it made me sick of them, period. Of course people have self-serving memories and form opinions based on team bias, but claiming that that's all the backlash was is something I'm really skeptical about.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

2 Ribiero things.

1. I'll never forgive David Poile for what he said after the Preds signed him.
2. As someone who read the Ribiero court docs (FYI. This was a poor decision, if you do it let this be your warning. It was somehow even worse than I had expected) - the list of shit that he did - to a CHILD - while his children were in the same room and the fact that his wife was complacent to it is absolutely horrifying.