Bring it on, Iggy.
Jarome Iginla is my favourite hockey player. He has been for a long time. I watch his Calgary Flames play whenever they are on TV in Ontario (including tonight conveniently enough), I have an Iginla jersey, I have his autograph, and I follow his stats pretty closely. So, I think I know him pretty well. You could say we’re pretty close friends.
And, as such, I can tell when he’s lying. I can tell, not only because of the close relationship we have, but because I took TV Interviewing and Ethics, and we learned about how to tell when someone is lying.
Jarome has been in the sports news for weeks now, with trade rumours swirling around his name. In this piece, he tells reporters that he has never wanted to be traded, and that the rumours in the media are false.
I think he’s telling the truth. He doesn’t fidget, look to the side, or appear nervous. His words are well-thought and controlled, but that’s just the way he is.
Maybe it’s because I want to believe him. Maybe the Movember moustache is throwing me off. Or maybe, just maybe, Mr. Iginla is indeed happy right where he is in Calgary.
All in all, this piece is well done, and they have perspectives from Iginla, his coach, and the general manager, as well as B-roll that really fits the writing well.
Is he stringing us along for a ride? Lying through his teeth? I guess we will find out if Mr. Iginla is still wearing that familiar Flames uniform by the end of the season.
