* Dave Stubbs of Habs Inside/Out has an excellent article in today’s National Post and Montreal Gazette regarding Allan Walsh.
Agent creates instant goaltending controversy in Montreal
* It would appear that Allan Walsh miscalculated the outcome of his tweet about Carey Price. Perhaps he hoped to ignite the brush fire but be out of sight by the time other users fueled the blaze by re-sending his message throughout the twitter-verse. He probably didn’t count on being challenged, and as a result, got burned.
Maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise that Walsh deleted the Price tweet and all messages sent to All Habs from his Twitter account. However, here’s a screen shot of Walsh’s account prior to the deletions. (thanks to @miss_georgia)
* You can watch Kelly Hrudey’s reaction to my back and forth exchange with Allan Walsh in the following video clip at CBC. Discussion begins at about 5:15.
Hockey Night in Canada – Coast to Coast, Nov 7
* Here’s another perspective on the controversy from Steven Hindle at Hockey Buzz:
Bad for Business – CBC and Allan Walsh Stir Habs Goalie Controversy
* The original article detailing the issue at All Habs
It's insulting that Walsh tries to pass this off as an attempt at humour. He knew exactly what kind of controversy this would set off in Montreal.
And if it was such an innocent attempt at humour, why delete the tweets? It's a lame backtrack/cover-up and I'm willing to bet that he isn't even aware that deleting a tweet doesn't remove it from public record. That embarrassment is going to be online for him to live down forever.
I agree with Kyle.
Humoring another player to benefit your client is not in good taste.
I wonder how he's dealing with the attention…. TSN, CBC, Blogs… radio stations…. alot of media coverage.
Twitter is a form of media in this day and age. Tweet responsibly!
;-)
And again, it was an indication of his level of intelligence and lack of media awareness that Walsh decided it was ok to insult every resident of a major Canadian city in his attempt to smooth over the controversy he created.
It's also silly to blame technology. As Yves correctly says, if people want to exploit the technology, they must also use it responsibly.
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