I think Slm's response was more than good and I'd love to see this reaction become more of the norm.
I just don't see the need for him to handle the yeti situation appropriately, but then after the fact make players feel bad about the situation especially when something unfortunate is happening. Kicking teams while they're down was almost certainly a contributing factor in the legion's mass retirement, and there's no reason for that from the owner of the league.
Anyways, I felt the need to say something because I don't believe this is an isolated incident.
Here is another situation that comes to mind:
Link to another slm response
Basically he says that someone is out of line, which is accurate but instead of being impartial and handling it through HO, private messages or a bullying punishment call, he criticizes the player and gets himself involved as if he was just another player.
Could you imagine if Crabtree and Talib are fighting and shit talking, and after the game Roger Goodell gets quoted in a press conference saying: "What Talib said was horrible and I think that Crabtree is way less shitty than Talib".
Responsibility sucks but if you are the owner, you will have to be the adult even when the kids are playing too rough.
I just don't see the need for him to handle the yeti situation appropriately, but then after the fact make players feel bad about the situation especially when something unfortunate is happening. Kicking teams while they're down was almost certainly a contributing factor in the legion's mass retirement, and there's no reason for that from the owner of the league.
Anyways, I felt the need to say something because I don't believe this is an isolated incident.
Here is another situation that comes to mind:
Link to another slm response
Basically he says that someone is out of line, which is accurate but instead of being impartial and handling it through HO, private messages or a bullying punishment call, he criticizes the player and gets himself involved as if he was just another player.
Could you imagine if Crabtree and Talib are fighting and shit talking, and after the game Roger Goodell gets quoted in a press conference saying: "What Talib said was horrible and I think that Crabtree is way less shitty than Talib".
Responsibility sucks but if you are the owner, you will have to be the adult even when the kids are playing too rough.