Yesterday after practice, Thomas had a slew of media members in front of his locker with one thing on their mind, to ask him about the recent post to his Facebook page. Thomas chose to use his right as an American to answer the questions.
CBS Boston — “I say that that’s my personal life, it has absolutely nothing to do with the Bruins or hockey. And I’m going to use my right to remain silent,” said Thomas in response to the first question about his Facebook post.
Thomas used pretty much the same response when asked about whether he’d consider a career in politics after hockey, and when asked whether he thinks his teammates are being impacted by his suddenly attention-grabbing public opinions.
Then Thomas decided to give a lesson in the difference between life and hockey.
“This is my job. Facebook is my personal life. That’s why,” said Thomas about the decision to post things where all the public can read them. “If you guys don’t understand the difference between an individual and what they do as a job, or an athlete and his personal life, then I think there’s a problem.”
Thomas, your absolutely right. Things you post on Facebook is your private life and it does not have anything to do with the Bruins. However…when your Facebook page is public and everyone can read it, now its not really part of your personal life.
In this media driven world anything can blow up in a person’s face. I understand Thomas (in his personal life) can express what ever opinions he would like but at the end of the day when those opinions are put on a public forum someone is going to ask him about his comments.
Now, after a practice, Thomas is spending time in his locker being drilled with questions about his political stances and comments. Instead of being asked how he could help the team get out of their slump in which they have only won 1 game in their last 4 tries and have not won back-to-back games since Jan 12. Coincidentally a week before Thomas blew off the teams White House visit.
