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11-18-2015, 12:56 PM
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LA Kings' Dustin Brown is a douchebag
Anyone can be a dirty but effective player on the ice and still get respect. The minute you show no class off the ice, well then you've just become a real life major douchebag.
http://www2.tsn.ca/bardown/Story.asp...Bice&id=565920
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11-18-2015, 01:14 PM
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But this happened on the ice..
Joking aside there is the chance that Brown did not see the kid holding his hand out for a handshake. From the camera angle you cannot see if Brown was looking at the kid.
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11-18-2015, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Domestique
But this happened on the ice..
Joking aside there is the chance that Brown did not see the kid holding his hand out for a handshake. From the camera angle you cannot see if Brown was looking at the kid.
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The kids are there. On the ice. In front of him. You don't think any player with an ounce of class would bend down and offer to shake their hand, regardless of wether he sees them extend their hand first?
On ANY ceremonial puck drop you ALWAYS shake everyone's hand. ESPECIALLY if kids are there.
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11-18-2015, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Domestique
But this happened on the ice..
Joking aside there is the chance that Brown did not see the kid holding his hand out for a handshake. From the camera angle you cannot see if Brown was looking at the kid.
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Why wouldn't he see them. they are not five feet away and he is looking in their general direction, does he no have any peripheral vision, if the kid had thousand dollar bills in his hand to give him he would certainly have seen it.
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11-18-2015, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Clgy_Dave2.0
The kids are there. On the ice. In front of him.
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This, and right before he snubbed the kids he watched Claude Giroux shake their hands.
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11-18-2015, 01:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clgy_Dave2.0
The kids are there. On the ice. In front of him. You don't think any player with an ounce of class would bend down and offer to shake their hand, regardless of wether he sees them extend their hand first?
On ANY ceremonial puck drop you ALWAYS shake everyone's hand. ESPECIALLY if kids are there.
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x2....What a dirt bag....He has been around long enough for ceremonial puck drops....I just lost any respect I had for him before today
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11-18-2015, 01:46 PM
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Well I was confused as to the intentions of the kid and looks like Brown was not clued in either.
Oh well move on if that is what you folks call a db ...I am sure there are better examples out there.
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11-18-2015, 01:56 PM
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That was weird. I saw a clip about him and his family one time. He seemed like a good family guy who has small kids himself. Off ice anyhow.
That said, I never could stand the guy. Dumb and dirty player IMO.
Irks me every time players are leaving the ice and don't make the simple effort to hand bump the little kids that jostle for a spot down there, hanging their hands over to their favorite players. I imagine it really makes a kids day.
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11-18-2015, 02:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Domestique
But this happened on the ice..
Joking aside there is the chance that Brown did not see the kid holding his hand out for a handshake. From the camera angle you cannot see if Brown was looking at the kid.
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Uhhh...he's a hockey player.
He's paid because of his abilities...one of which will be that his peripheral vision is good enough to see a speeding 3" puck going 100k/h at a 50 degree angle to the side.
And he can't see an outstretched hand 4' in front of him?!
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11-18-2015, 04:48 PM
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I doubt he did it on purpose.
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11-18-2015, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Clgy_Dave2.0
The kids are there. On the ice. In front of him. You don't think any player with an ounce of class would bend down and offer to shake their hand, regardless of wether he sees them extend their hand first?
On ANY ceremonial puck drop you ALWAYS shake everyone's hand. ESPECIALLY if kids are there.
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This. Nothing else to say. Brown has never been a class act on the ice though, and he was on the ice during the puck drop so being a dick to the kids isn't any stretch for him. Nice to see a young man with class extend his hand to show up an adult who makes millions being a Richard Noggin on the ice.
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11-18-2015, 04:57 PM
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I doubt he did it on purpose.
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Exactly.
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11-18-2015, 05:19 PM
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100% exactly for sure I doubt he did it on purpose.  (Even if he didn't see the kids hand out, why wouldn't he step forward and initiate a hand shake after watching the other player do it 8 seconds prior?)
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11-18-2015, 05:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clgy_Dave2.0
The kids are there. On the ice. In front of him. You don't think any player with an ounce of class would bend down and offer to shake their hand, regardless of wether he sees them extend their hand first?
On ANY ceremonial puck drop you ALWAYS shake everyone's hand. ESPECIALLY if kids are there.
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Yep, he knew what he was doing and why, giant db.
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11-18-2015, 05:25 PM
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This is actually kinda funny. I don't think he did it on purpose, he actually does a lot of volunteer work outside the game.
I hate the way he plays. He's one of those guys that perpetually lives on the line and whenever he crosses it he never fights. I get it that you don't necessarily have to fight in the league anymore but he doesn't even fight lightweights that come after him.
Ironically enough, there's an awesome 30 for 30 or ESPN special on him. He's basically the shyest guy ever. Very quiet, very well spoken. Very well resepcted by his teammates because he does sacrifice his body day in day out for that team, one article described him as a 'full-body bruise that plays every night'. He doesn't have a ton of talent but yet he's captain of a talent-fulled Kings team.
He apparrently was bullied endlessly through his career in the locker room for being shy and having a noticable lisp. I think it might have been Roenick or some other guy that was really on his case early in his career and anyhow he overcame a lot of self-doubt and confidence issues.
In short, I hated him before seeing that TV piece but respected him a lot more after seeing it, pretty good guy. Regardless of some of the dirty hits he throws out there.
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