Quoting: mokumboi
1 - No, he did not write an article at all. He posted the quote with no context of any kind in a tweet. That's what he did. This is an undeniable, immovable fact. There was no article, I have no idea where you got that idea.
2 - No the **** it is not. Forget team beat writer.... you think a journalist's job is grab attention by twisting the knife in an interview subject's back?
The rest of this is just wanton reaching off a false premise. Buddy, I am sorry to be the one to tell you this, but if you do not even know what out of context means (which is just blowing my mind, as it literally states the meaning in the term) and you think what he did qualifies as a journalist's job, then you are not yet capable of opining on the topic at all. That's the most basic journalism 101 stuff. You should start with the meaning of out of context and go from there.
Kyrou doesn't hate JR but you do...Jesus..you're like a Swifty only for Kyrou...
Here is JR's tweet -
Kyrou on relationship with Berube: "I've got no comment. He's not my coach anymore.
https://x.com/jprutherford/status/1735387371053465667?s=20
Here's the article written after the game after Kyrou cried.
https://theathletic.com/5138044/2023/12/15/blues-fans-boo-jordan-kyrou-postgame-tears/
ST. LOUIS — The automatic doors to the St. Louis Blues’ locker room opened Thursday around 11 a.m., and the media did what we always do after a morning skate on game day, dispersing to different players and doing a few interviews.
I saw Jordan Kyrou sitting alone in his stall.
It had been just over 24 hours since the Blues fired Craig Berube and brought in Drew Bannister. Kyrou was someone Berube pushed and prodded to produce, which can often lead to a contentious relationship between a player and a coach. As a reporter who’s around the team a lot, I have been asked about this particular relationship on a number of occasions.
Several of the Blues had spoken about Berube’s departure and how they took the news. I hadn’t read or heard anything from Kyrou, so I decided to talk to him about it myself.
What were your thoughts on the coaching change?
Does it seem like a fresh start?
Then came the third question.
There’s so much out there about the relationship between you and Berube. Is there anything you would want to say about that?
“I’ve got no comment,” Kyrou replied. “He’s not my coach anymore.”
I told Kyrou that I understood and we moved on to a different topic. The chat lasted three minutes, I said “Thanks” and walked away.
Sometimes when a player says something people might be heavily interested in, you post it on social media relatively quickly. But it was three hours before I was back at my laptop, typing in the comments from the morning practice.
Did I think Kyrou’s comment might evoke a response? Sure. I’ve been on X, formerly Twitter, since 2009, and I cover a professional sports team for a living. I know that fans are passionate and reactionary. I’ve sent out a few quotes over the years that created a stir, and as long you’re 100 percent confident in the accuracy, it’s part of the job.
What unfolded Thursday, though, was different. Kyrou was trending on X. National TV networks were creating graphics. And when the Blues’ game against the Ottawa Senators began, many in the crowd of 18,096 at Enterprise Center were booing him when he was announced in the starting lineup and then every time he touched the puck.
Not only was Kyrou booed during his pregame introduction, but apparently #stlblues fans have been booing him every time he touches the puck tonight pic.twitter.com/8FlVUdXCiE
— Blues Buzz (@bluesbuzzblog) December 15, 2023
Even though Kyrou said what he said, I watched from the press box wishing it would stop. I realize fans can do what they desire, but I’m just being honest about how I felt.
After the Blues wrapped up a 4-2 victory, in which Kyrou assisted on the fourth goal, the club’s public relations department said that he would speak with reporters again in the locker room. One by one, Robert Thomas, Pavel Buchnevich and Kyrou emerged.
I felt the responsibility to ask the first question and give Kyrou a chance to say anything he wanted, whether it be a clarification or whatever.
“Obviously I respect Chief,” he said. “He’s been my coach for the whole time I’ve been here, right? So I respect everything he’s done here. He’s done a great job. He won a Cup. All I really meant is I’m just trying to focus on my future and focus on what I can do to help my team win. That’s all I really meant.”
Kyrou said that he learned of the backlash when he woke up from his afternoon nap. He said he didn’t know what the reaction would be at the rink. But he quickly found out.
“Yeah, I definitely heard those,” Kyrou said. “That’s not easy, obviously. But I see where they’re coming from, with my comments on it. That’s definitely tough. I love playing here. I love playing in front of the fans.”
Kyrou on getting booed by fans throughout tonight's game: "I see where they're coming from with how my comment sounded."
And he gets emotional when saying: "It's just tough, right? I love playing here. So, it's just tough to hear the fans booing me there." #stlblues pic.twitter.com/FsRZPadaP7
— Bally Sports Midwest (@BallySportsMW) December 15, 2023
Kyrou was asked what he’d say to those fans.
“Sorry if it sounded in a bad way at all,” he said. “I’m just really trying to focus on the future here and focus on what I can do to help our team win and getting wins for the boys.”
Kyrou did help on Thursday. Along with his assist, he was a plus-3 and directed nine shots on net in 17:27 of ice time.
But afterward, he acknowledged, “It’s definitely the toughest game I’ve probably played, to be honest.”
At that point, Kyrou grew emotional and was asked about those raw feelings.
“I mean, it’s just tough,” he said, breaking down a bit. “I love playing here so much. It’s just tough to hear the fans booing me there.”
I asked Kyrou one more question, about this perhaps being a bump in the road and fans loving him again soon.
“Like I said, I just want to focus on my future, focus on trying to be a more complete player and what I can do to help the team win,” he said. “That’s my goal right now.”
I have a goal, too. To make sure that I provide more context when posting comments on social media. Sometimes I do, and other times I don’t, and this is one that could have used some. It’s often difficult to describe someone’s tone. Was it flippant? Was it malicious? For anyone still wondering, and I’ve listened to the audio again many times, it’s not as much disdain as it is matter-of-fact and moving on.
A few fans on social media have suggested to me that Kyrou said what he meant and only clarified it because of the backlash. That’s your right to believe, but I’m going to choose to think that when given the chance to elaborate, he did, and he chose his words well.
“He helped me in a lot of ways,” Kyrou said of Berube after the game. “He’s really helped me round out my game, try to be a more complete player. I respect him as a guy, no hate toward him at all.”
Thursday, there was someone in the press box who knows all about getting booed in St. Louis, so I approached him about the situation.
In 1995, Chris Pronger was acquired by then-Blues GM Mike Keenan from the Hartford Whalers for fan favorite Brendan Shanahan. Pronger was booed by the hometown fans, not for something he said, like Kyrou, but, well, because he wasn’t Shanahan.
I asked Pronger what that was like.
“It’s not nice,” he said. “It’s nice when you’re on the road and getting booed because it means you’re doing your job. But when you’re at home getting booed, whether it’s the team not playing well or you’re not doing your job, or if it’s a trade that, frankly, had nothing to do with me or whatever, the (fans) will get over it.
“Getting booed, you’ve got to put your big-boy pants on. You’re getting paid a lot of money to produce, and you’re getting paid to win. When you don’t, and you’re not performing up to the level that’s expected, emotions are a big part of it — from the fans to ownership, management, coaches, media, all the way down. So it can get a little contentious at times, but in today’s environment, the page is going to be turned and they’re going to go to a new story. It may play out in St. Louis for a couple more days, but NHL Network is going to go to ‘so and so got hurt.’ They’re always going to go on to the next story.”
However long that takes, hopefully this can be a lesson for both a player in a high-profile position and a reporter who has an important responsibility. I know it will be for me.