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Friday, October 09, 2009
Theo Fleury
Fleury, who once told a reporter “I’m not saying I was, and I’m not saying I wasn’t” is now saying: He was.
“You try to understand, you know, what’s going on but you know, you’re so afraid, you know. You’re so afraid that, you know, if I tell somebody what’s going to happen to my hockey career, you know what I mean,” Fleury told CBC’s The Fifth Estate in an interview set to air on Oct. 16. “Because I was so focused on, on you know, getting out of Russell [Manitoba], you know. I was so focused on that that I was probably willing to do whatever it took to, you know, to make it. And ah yeah, it was a scary time, scary time. And you know, very confused about the whole situation,” Fleury said. Wally Fleury, Theoren’s father, told CBC News he suspected something was wrong with his son, and that the boy was struggling with drug and alcohol abuse, but he never knew why. “He never mentioned anything about Graham James, but through Sheldon Kennedy, we knew he had to be involved too,” said Wally Fleury, who still lives in Russell.
It was clear that Fleury was. We knew that there was an NHL player involved, and was a teammate of Kennedy in juniors. The list of potential players was a tiny handful. Add in Fleury’s substance abuse issues, and it became a given. The “was / wasn’t” line sealed it. What’s fascinating is how all journalists respected Fleury’s right to privacy on the matter for 25 years.
Fleury was also a polarizing figure, hated by fans of the opposing team, because of his combative personality (unlike say his polar opposite Joe Sakic). As a fan, do you feel a little shameful for hating him because of terrifying episodes that contributed to his (to some) unappealing personality?
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