As it turn out, that pretty much happened

+1

I’m sure there are plenty of folks who wouldn’t mind punching me in the face right now. 🙂

Just let Mick and Murph have an intermission with him. They’ll sort it out.

PS: 2006 doesn’t count because they didn’t convert.. I meant to say a successful trip to the cup.

Can’t believe “Get a coney” was almost last on that list. I’m outraged.

Hell, if I were in the Wings front office and had a say about this, I’d probably go down and ask him what exactly he was thinking and make him account for it straight to my face, but this isn’t a censorship issue.

Mr. Tychkowski has a right to continue to put into words any shitty ideas he has about the city of Detroit, but he most certainly does not have the right to cover a Red Wings game from the press box. He has a privilege there and it’s a privilege he shat on last night. You’re absolutely right that the backlash against the Wings for revoking his credentials would be worse than anything he or his editors are putting up with today through the hundreds of emails from Wings fans they’ve received. From a public relations perspective, the Wings are caught here and to revoke his credentials would be a bad business decision, but would not run afoul of any certain unalienable rights this guy has to be a dick and put thoughts into words that can do financial damage to both the city of Detroit and the Red Wings without consequence.

I get what you’re saying and I agree that the weasel should get a talking-to and a “what the fuck, man?” from somebody in that cramped, rat-infested pressbox of torture at the Joe rather than a public turn in the pillory for it, but let’s not turn this into a freedom of the press issue.

I’m not saying I disagree with the poetic justice aspect of your point here. Yes, it would be hilarious, but it also sets a dangerous precedent in that the Wings veer dangerously close to censorship of their product if they yank his right to cover a game just because people don’t like what he says.

Considering the OIlers are one of the worst teams in the league as far as the way they treat bloggers, I think it would be poetic justice to say that what this guy did is right in line with the kind of stuff that disqualifies bloggers from press box access.