#prayersforpeverley
So last night Josh and I were watching the Wire: Season 1 (which, I'm slowly starting to get into) and saw on Twitter that Rich Peverley had collapsed on the bench in Dallas. We switched to Center Ice and watched the eerie silence from the fans and the announcing while we waited for an update. I was, like most, relieved to hear he was conscious, especially after it looked like you could see what looked like them doing chest compressions in the hallway and knowing that he had issues earlier that year.
What happened next is I think the best and worst of twitter. First, we get a tweet from the CBJ's rink side reporter tweet that Coach Lindy Ruff said he was going to be okay. Then, you have the plethora of #prayersforpeverley which I just find tacky. First, I don't think Peverley is going to be checking twitter from the back of the ambulance. Second, how many of these people are actually dropping to their knees to actually offer up a prayer.
As more time went by and the Stars tweeted that Peverley was stable followed by the frightening press conference where the team doctor says they used a defibrillator to get his stopped heart pumping again, the @dallasstars begins thanking the other professional sports teams also offering up, "thoughts and prayers". The entire thing seemed cheesy to me as did the response that the other teams were being, "classy". Taking the time to tweet a team whose player just had his heart STOP beating is classy? Like you took the time to write less than 140 characters offering up #thoughtsandprayers. I actually saw a few tweets from fans of west coast teams (who must not have known they were late to the #thoughtsandprayers party) admonishing their team for not yet tweeting at the Stars official twitter. When the Bruins offered up their #thoughtsandprayers they were greeted with a "finally". The Peverley family and the Stars were surely sitting around disappointed in the speed of the Bruins twitter.
Finally, I'm very relieved to hear that Rich Peverley appears to be doing well and hopefully will make a full recovery from a very scary night.
What happened next is I think the best and worst of twitter. First, we get a tweet from the CBJ's rink side reporter tweet that Coach Lindy Ruff said he was going to be okay. Then, you have the plethora of #prayersforpeverley which I just find tacky. First, I don't think Peverley is going to be checking twitter from the back of the ambulance. Second, how many of these people are actually dropping to their knees to actually offer up a prayer.
As more time went by and the Stars tweeted that Peverley was stable followed by the frightening press conference where the team doctor says they used a defibrillator to get his stopped heart pumping again, the @dallasstars begins thanking the other professional sports teams also offering up, "thoughts and prayers". The entire thing seemed cheesy to me as did the response that the other teams were being, "classy". Taking the time to tweet a team whose player just had his heart STOP beating is classy? Like you took the time to write less than 140 characters offering up #thoughtsandprayers. I actually saw a few tweets from fans of west coast teams (who must not have known they were late to the #thoughtsandprayers party) admonishing their team for not yet tweeting at the Stars official twitter. When the Bruins offered up their #thoughtsandprayers they were greeted with a "finally". The Peverley family and the Stars were surely sitting around disappointed in the speed of the Bruins twitter.
Finally, I'm very relieved to hear that Rich Peverley appears to be doing well and hopefully will make a full recovery from a very scary night.
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