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Written by Ryan
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Sunday, 17 January 2010 09:55 |
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 Flyers fans, this is Matt Bradley. He's the guy who got his face smashed by Daniel Carcillo about 6 weeks ago. He's also the guy who did this earlier in the week:
If Mike Richards geared down and decided, as the captain of the team, that he was going to do something about an injustice he either saw, suffered, or needed to back up, wouldn't you want to see him handle that mano y mano?
You see, Bradley is being heralded in D.C. for "stepping in" and protecting the future of the franchise. I even saw it in a pump up compilation produced by CSN in DC on Friday night before their Leafs game. Like he's Superman or something. But there is a huge difference between stepping in when your captain is being attacked and frivolously jumping into a one-on-one altercation, and in doing so undermining your captain. In this case that's exactly what Bradley did in a fight where OV could have held his own if not won, and put to bed the accusations that he needs to back up his borderline play for at least the next two to three years. In the clip his body language wouldn't lead you to believe that he was excited about Bradley's interuption into his and Downie's fight.
If Mike Richards shed his bucket and gloves and was lined up with Matt Cooke ready to go, and Arron Asham came flying in and started fighting Cooke don't you think Richards would be a little disappointed. Maybe if it was Eric Goddard or Donald Brashear (8 years ago) on the other side of that show down you jump in to protect your captain because he's punching out of his weight class, but not in a fight he easily could win. You just make him look like a chump.
Not that OV seemed to mind when the dust settled, as he went on to score 5 points on Friday night. But you have to imagine he addressed the room and thanked Bradley but told everyone that if the same situation ever occurs again he would like to be left to his own peril. He's the leader, he made a decision involving calculated risk, and someone on the team defied that - those are the basics.
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On the other hand OV has 75 hits each game. Some questionable.
But the bottom line is if your captain demonstrates a willingness to fight, and then you fly in and "save him," you make him look stupid. Your basically publicly defying him.
OV shouldn't have to fight if he doesn't want to. But when he does you should let him.