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All Gary Bettman- Winnipeg Style
by Paul on 05/15/10 at 09:46 AM ET
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from Tim Campbell of the Winnipeg Free Press,
Free Press: “Are you aware of how many Gary Bettman sightings there have been in Winnipeg in the last two or three months?
Gary Bettman: It’s funny you should ask. The reports come streaming in on a regular basis, people asking me what I ordered for dinner at a particular restaurant or where I was staying. I haven’t been in Winnipeg in the last year or even longer and for example, I haven’t spoken to Mayor Katz ever. But I get reports that I’m in town and meeting with the mayor and neither of those reports are accurate.
FP: Interest is high here in current NHL events. Emotions are starting to run again. Is it your impression about Winnipeg there are any carts before the horse in this matter of the Coyotes?
Gary Bettman: It’s not a question of carts before the horse. What I’m more concerned about is people getting their expectations up when they shouldn’t be. I was very uncomfortable and unhappy over the last few years when people in southern Ontario were misled about what was going on. Some of that comes from people actually trying to do the misleading and some of it comes from media reports, and that’s not to knock the media because they’re attempting to do their job….
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What do you expect? If Bettman states that Winnipeg is a nice city, they’re selling season tickets the next day.
Posted by Moq from Denmark on 05/15/10 at 11:42 AM ET
that’s not to knock the media because they’re attempting to do their job
this sounds about right for Bettman, and mirrors his apparent attitude toward officiating. “attempting” to do your job is good enough, even if you do it poorly.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 05/15/10 at 04:19 PM ET
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I can see Bettman answering a question with, “That depends on what the meaning of is is.”
Posted by Mike from Austin on 05/15/10 at 11:38 AM ET