After missing a mandatory team meeting this past week, Bruins forward Tyler Seguin was forced to sit out their game that night against the Winnipeg Jets. Watching the game from a press box is not exactly ideal for one of the Bruins star players but coach Claude Julien intended to teach him a lesson. This was not the first time Seguin had "accidentally" missed a meeting and Julien turned his accident into a learning experience. Tyler certainly learned his lesson as he was questioned by the press multiple times about his absence from the meeting. He claimed his alarm clock was still set on eastern standard time so it went off an hour late, but the time zone Winnipeg is in is actually an hour behind eastern standard time so if his alarm clock were set incorrectly, it would have gone off an hour earlier rather than later. However his roommate, Jordan Caron admitted that Seguin was still sleeping when he left for the meeting. He called Seguin a few times but made no extreme effort to wake him up. Caron then filled in for Seguin that night, making the press and fellow fans wonder if Caron let Seguin sleep through the meeting so he would be able to play.
Kevin Paul DuPont, the author of Bruins want Tyler Seguin Issue Put to Bed, is definitely a Bruins fan. He wrote the article for the Boston Globe so his audience was overflowing with Bruins supporters. He used lots of logos when trying to get to the bottom of the issue. He included many quotes from Julien, Caron, and even Matt Chumra, who is the Bruins top public relations manager. Although Julien made the final decision to make Seguin a health scratch, he defended Seguin in press meetings, “He’s 19 years old and he’s fine with the organization. He’s a good professional. The page is turned and we move on.’’ Hopefully Seguin learned his lesson and will learn how to set an alarm clock properly!
Bruins Want Tyler Seguin Issue Put to Bed by Kevin Paul DuPont
http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2011/12/09/bruins_want_tyler_seguin_issue_put_to_bed/
Wow he's really young! I think it's kind of silly how things like this become huge news. Hopefully he learned his lesson, and in the long run missing this one game probably won't be that big of a deal.
ReplyDeleteHe missed a meeting, big whoop. Thats awesome that he's only 19 though, he's a cutie.
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