| 20 March 2009
Thought you might enjoy this amazing explanation from the best professional hockey writer around... ~ Chris P.
Here's your email of the day that involves one of our readers and an email exchange between him and Don Brennan of the Ottawa Sun. Chris' emails will be italicized, Don's will be bolded. Here it is:
How come there isn't an article in today's paper about how Comrie should have played with the flu last night, and the reasons why you know better than the player and the team whether or not he should be playing?
I was looking forward to reading this. Can you please explain to me how this is different than the Kuba situation from last week?
Thanks.
Simple, Simon.
Kuba missed three games, Comrie has missed two. Kuba was around the team, laughing and eating and skating during the morning warmup.
Comrie has not been to the rink.
We saw that Kuba, their "best defenceman", was able to carry on with daily life, everything except playing, when the team was desperate.
We haven't seen Comrie (their sixth or seventh best forward?) at all.
If you're too sick to play, stay in bed.
Is that a difficult concept to grasp?
No, your logic is excellent. I'm just impressed that you are able to know better than him that he is healthy enough to help the team -especially since you told us last week that he's not the Sens best defenseman anyway.
Are you allowed to take more sick days from work because you're only the third best hockey writer at the Sun?
Apparently you read every word, which is more than I can claim about your email.
And no, I'm about playing hurt. He wasn't hurt. He wasn't even sick anymore. His strength just wasn't 100 percent. That's not my diagnosis, that's what the team said. He was weak - just like the excuse for not playing.
Anyway, thanks for going right to my column first thing every morning. I appreciate your patronage.
Now get back to work.
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