November 14, 2007 @ 10:34
You're going to be hearing about Leaf rookie Jiri Tlusty today.
A naked picture of Jiri has shown up on the internet and as we all know anything a Maple Leafs does gains a lot of attention.
Tlusty is standing in front of a mirror and it's obvious a self portrait taken with a camera phone and although he can be quite proud of he's been blessed with, that's the extent of the good news.
No matter how you look at it, naked pictures of someone who plays for hockey's most popular franchise should have used a little more forethought, regardless that the pictures were taken last year when he was a member of the Soo Greyhounds.
How does a 19 year old not appreciate the impact of the internet and the trouble that could follow once you hang your salami in front of a camera?
It's a daily occurrence today. Young people have a few drinks; they get carried away, off come the pants and out comes the camera. What seems innocent and funny at the time becomes an internet posting the next day.
For someone of Tlusty's age and stature it's hard to believe he didn't think about this before unleashed his manhood on the world.
Granted, he's got a pretty good hammer on him, but what's to be gained by taking a picture of your own goods. Wouldn't rather be taking a picture of somebody else's goods and preferably a womans?
And that leads to another problem for Tlusty. There's also a picture of Tlusty that show him "tonguing" another man and now this has raised questions about his sexual preference and that can always be a bit uncomfortable, although I must say the so-called "tonguing" picture looks innocent to me.
The Leafs and Tlusty issued a press release last night hoping to meet the problem head on and then move on. Fat chance.
This is Toronto and these are the Leafs. This is only the beginning for Tlusty and now he'll have to deal with the innuendos and the cat calls and wait till the Leafs are on the road in places like Boston and Philadelphia, he'll be eaten alive and that could lead to another problem.
As we all know, the Leafs don't have a very good track record when it comes to developing good young hockey players. The pressure of playing in Toronto is enough without becoming a naked model on the internet.
Hopefully this will not be the beginning of the end for Jiri Tlusty, because in reality, it really isn't that big a deal.
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