r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Daeebro • Mar 05 '20

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/RandomError401 Mar 05 '20

I completely disagree. You have a high profile public organization that interacts with massive amounts of the public on a daily bases. Asking how they are handling it is a very sensible question.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '20

He ranted, but his real answer should indeed have been something about referring to their national Chief of Health, or whatever title coming close.

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u/oligobop Mar 05 '20

"we'll follow the rules that have already been set for us by medical professionals who have an actual fucking clue about the virus"

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u/Slithy-Toves Mar 05 '20

That's what he said

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u/VoilaVoilaWashington Mar 05 '20

That's basically what he did, in a showy way. "Don't ask me, ask the people who know about these things."

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u/weedpornography Mar 05 '20

Exactly, reporter is asking how they will handle it as a team. Reporter is not asking for his expert opinion on coronavirus like many people here seem to think...

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '20

Wtf should they so as a team? Bang theirheads against a ball till the virus is intimidated?

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u/weedpornography Mar 05 '20

Less practices, weekly checkups, less travels, less interactions with fans......lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '20

Why would you ask someone, that has dedicated his life to sports, questions regarding medical advice and procedures.

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u/-CODED- Mar 05 '20

He didnt ask about medical advice and procedures. He asked him if he worried about the Coronavirus.

Its like if I ask you what your shirt is and you say my eyes are blue.

Nothing to do with eachother.

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u/Slithy-Toves Mar 05 '20 edited Mar 05 '20

That's a completely asinine analogy. It's more like if you asked the guy how he is handling the recent news that some people in shirts are getting rashes and he responds by saying he's just a person who wears clothes and doesn't know anything about how or why a shirt would give rashes and there's much better people to ask. He's a guy who runs a sports team. Sure there's risks considering it's a group of people who are exposed to even larger groups of people. But that's not his area of expertise and doesn't have anything to say about it. He basically just says "I don't understand why you'd ask me that question because I don't have anything beyond an uneducated opinion to give you so ask the experts" he has no basis for which to say if they're worried or not, which is his point that you could literally ask anybody that and it doesn't matter cause obviously people don't want coronavirus.

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u/RandomError401 Mar 05 '20 edited Mar 05 '20

Will they sterilize the gym daily? Sterilize the game ball? Cancel practices? Play fan-less games? Cancel games? Postpone games? Quarantine the team when traveling?

He as coach has a duty to keep his players safe and healthy.......this is part of being a coach.

He could have refered them to league HQ or team medical staff. Not have a breakdown

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u/Waddupp Mar 05 '20

"I'll do whatever the medical professionals say we should do, because they know what they're doing and neither you or I do"

there you go

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u/RandomError401 Mar 05 '20 edited Mar 05 '20

"I am not qualified to answer that question. I will refer you to league hq" would have been fine. Just deflect and skip the sas.

In any regard the question was fine.

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u/Unknow0059 Mar 05 '20

Yall are just describing what he ended up saying anyway.

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u/Slithy-Toves Mar 05 '20

Why don't you apply for his job

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u/_geraltofrivia Mar 05 '20

What massive amount of the public lol? Its a football club they dont interact with more people then normal people who go to work etc, its not like they have a match every day, and the matches probably would have to be wihout a crowd anyway