The Apple of His Father’s Eye

On the lack of decorum and respect

On Tuesday, March 14, a video posted by Twitter user @juliazukowski showed a hockey player from Mercyhurst University pushing a wheelchair down a set of stairs while attending what appeared to be a St. Patrick’s Day party. The hockey player in question was Carson Briere, son of the newly appointed GM of the Philadelphia Flyers, Danny Briere. 

Side note: this is such a deeply embarrassing look for Danny Brière. Not even a week into your tenure, your son cemented this incident as part of your legacy. Yikes. 

Later that evening, Mercyhurst released a statement saying they were investigating the issue. The next day, Danny and Carson Brière released a statement, and we got a follow-up from the university that essentially amounted to nothing. The Brière family gave us different variations of “this isn’t like us.” We also witnessed a school's version of Thoughts and Prayers applied to this type of situation. To call them insufficient would be too kind. Useless, or perhaps piddling and pathetic…