Eakins on hypocrisy of athletic microscope

No need to rehash any more of Saturday night's now infamous and (as usual) over-hyped water bottle incident with Taylor Hall and Dallas Eakins in the Edmonton Oilers-Calgary Flames tilt.

Poignant words from Eakins on a bigger picture view.

“I always find with athletes there will be a question either way. If the athlete is a robot and keeps everything inside and he has his poker face on all night and you don’t know what kind of hand he has, you start to question — does he care? Is he frustrated or mad enough?” said Eakins.

“Then an athlete shows frustration and body language, and people say ‘why can’t he keep it in check?’

“You are always questioned. Taylor was frustrated. I was frustrated. Our team was frustrated. We never came out of that."

Source: Jim Matheson, Edmonton Journal