What happened to kyle beach full#

What happened to kyle beach full#

Here is the full video of the exchange between Rocky Wirtz and Thompson. Wirtz didn’t allow Thompson to get his initial question off, meeting him with sheer, unwarranted hostility, while yelling that he’s done speaking about the 2010 sexual assault.

Change is promised, but it never seems to arrive in any demonstrable way. Rocky Wirtz then proceeded to berate Phil Thompson of the Chicago Tribune for asking about how the organization plans to protect players, before shifting his focus to a question about why attendance is declining and why season ticket holders should have an incentive to value the team going forward. Behavior is exposed, people are outraged, prices are paid, but life continues as people return to their own self-interests. The elder Wirtz had previously stated in December, that the Blackhawks would be “a beacon for professionalism, respect and integrity in our community.” Wirtz evidently has a short memory as these qualities clearly evaded him on Wednesday.īut this horror show of a press conference didn’t stop there. We watched Kyle Beach sit in front of a camera on Wednesday night, shouldering guilt that he didn’t deserve, braver than the fleet of men who’d let him down. Rocky Wirtz gave some truly terrible answers during the Blackhawks' Town Hall. And what’s your next question?Īfter this exchange, Danny Wirtz - Rocky’s son and CEO of the Blackhawks, attempted to interject, but was cut off by his irate father.

And we’re not going to talk about what happened. We’re not looking back at 2010, we’re looking forward. The people that were involved are no longer here. Wirtz, continued: I think the report speaks for itself. Wirtz, addressing the panel: I’m going to answer the question. So what are the Blackhawks doing, what have the Blackhawks done, what will the Blackhawks do to empower a player in a similar situation to make sure that doesn’t happen again? Lazerus: Much of what happened to Kyle Beach stemmed from a power imbalance between a coach and a player and the powerlessness of a player in that situation. The tense exchange began with Lazerus’ question about how the team will empower players moving forward to prevent the situation that occurred with Beach 12 years earlier when, as the Jenner and. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences.