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MrCon
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
France29748 Posts
October 23 2012 12:59 GMT
#1541
One party needs to shut up and let things die TT
Every time Jessica speaks she's always threatening to do more, seriously this has to stop.
haroz
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Australia707 Posts
October 23 2012 13:07 GMT
#1542
TBH, the phone call release probably hurts Boxer's perfect image more then anyone else's :[
LOST MY PASSION
Subversive
Profile Joined October 2009
Australia2229 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-23 13:13:48
October 23 2012 13:08 GMT
#1543
Lmao. That phone call! So Jessica thinks that casts her in a good light? Her boyfriend says "you know how she is. Everything is a fight to the death with her if you fight back". And Boxer admitting he thought it was Crank's fault because he left first. But then acknowledging he wasn't responsible but he left first so therefore it's fine to just jump to the conclusion that it's his fault and then dump everything on him. And then he says, well, you were hanging out with MMA so.... Like he is guilty by association!

Also, this situation reminds me of so many dodgy managers I've seen. When something goes wrong, they immediately pick one decent person and ask why that person didn't speak up. Like it's so easy for Crank to just go and badmouth all his team-mates like MMA and Ryung, as if that's his duty. This was always the management's responsibility. If they are so blind as to what is happening in their own team and the discontent of players then they are incompetent. Telling Crank he should have stepped up and dobbed a bunch of people in - when he probably wasn't even sure they were in the wrong - is absurd and offensive.

Boxer ends with "just come and say sorry once and it will be over". Fuck off.

Edit: Not to mention that Crank apparently was telling Cella and Boxer that there were issues in the team. This guy isn't a manager, he's not a coach, he isn't even the team Captain. He's the vice-Captain, with a neck injury. And he wanted to leave which is something that Jessica had offered previously anyway. And then he had the hide to try and make some money by streaming/finding a new team post all this! Wow how unreasonable lol.
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geokilla
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada8244 Posts
October 23 2012 13:11 GMT
#1544
I'd like to see how Korean netizens respond to the phone call script... Jessica and Boxer ain't going to be that high and mighty anymore. This is going to affect the future relationship Boxer has with SKT1 as well...
Subversive
Profile Joined October 2009
Australia2229 Posts
October 23 2012 13:15 GMT
#1545
Also, considering how well Korean progamers seem to speak of their coaches and managers, and the age-respect factor, AND that no one is coming out and saying anything about Cella or Coach Ryu and lastly that this was 4 senior players who had a problem with Jessica's management and the atmosphere of the team, it just might be possible she wasn't doing a great job.
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Elurie
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
4716 Posts
October 23 2012 13:17 GMT
#1546
On October 23 2012 22:11 geokilla wrote:
I'd like to see how Korean netizens respond to the phone call script... Jessica and Boxer ain't going to be that high and mighty anymore. This is going to affect the future relationship Boxer has with SKT1 as well...

As long as he's a coach and not a manager, and more importantly keeps his work life and woman life separate, why would SKT1 have issues with the script?
Subversive
Profile Joined October 2009
Australia2229 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-23 13:20:25
October 23 2012 13:19 GMT
#1547
Boxer has such an unenviable position. I think what he said to Crank was total crap, but considering that he had Jessica standing right next to him, you can understand why he wanted to meet in person and end it there. Although it appears the idea was for Jessica to come along, so maybe they just wanted to make it even more degrading and intimidating for Crank.

Edit: Jessica deserves to go broke for this. What sort of mature adult behaves this way? An immature and vindictive one that's who.
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aka_star
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United Kingdom1546 Posts
October 23 2012 13:20 GMT
#1548
i ♥ cella!! come over for tea anytime
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Golbat
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States499 Posts
October 23 2012 13:20 GMT
#1549
That phone call makes Jessica look like a nut and Boxer like he was just super lazy about the team.

"I looked and didn't see anything wrong"

Yeah right.
Like why do u use an oven instead of a fire? Coz its fucking better at cooking, that doesnt mean you want the shit to burn.
Ameisenmann
Profile Joined April 2012
Albania296 Posts
October 23 2012 13:21 GMT
#1550
As much as I dislike just blaming everything on the most obvious possible suspect, there is just no way that Jessica didn't make mistakes and everyone was just backstabbing her, as she seems to see it. If you think about the whole story without going too deep into the details of each "incident" it's basically just Jessica trying to avoid taking any responsibility for the teams failure, while dragging everyone that was around her down with her in the process, and at the same time becoming more and more disconnected from reality. Sure, there might have been questionable decisions from the players side too, but if you manage a team, dealing with this and taking care of stuff in a reasonable way is part of your job. If you can't handle that, you shoudln't manage a team, and after all that seems to be the conclusion anyways...

The other story is the whole esf thing which certainly didn't help but still remains just one piece of the bigger picture and is also a convenient way for Jessica to redirect the blame on someone else.
Gorlin
Profile Joined November 2010
United States2753 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-23 13:24:48
October 23 2012 13:23 GMT
#1551
It's remarkable that the only mistake Jessica has admitted to was trusting people. Fucking unbelievable. She ignored most of MMA's points by just restating how much she did for the team. The biggest thing from this interview is the bit about Coach Ryu, which MMA definitely needs to address.
Lonyo
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United Kingdom3884 Posts
October 23 2012 13:24 GMT
#1552
On October 23 2012 22:20 Golbat wrote:
That phone call makes Jessica look like a nut and Boxer like he was just super lazy about the team.

"I looked and didn't see anything wrong"

Yeah right.

At some points, Boxer was a player. Sure it was "his" team, but he had staff around him who in theory should probably have been doing the "stuff", while he was trying to be a player. You can't accuse him of being lazy when his job wasn't do to the things he wasn't doing. Irresponsible maybe, due to seemingly allowing people who weren't suitable to be in those roles, but not lazy.
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mikedebo
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada4341 Posts
October 23 2012 13:25 GMT
#1553
On October 23 2012 22:08 Subversive wrote:
Lmao. That phone call! So Jessica thinks that casts her in a good light? Her boyfriend says "you know how she is. Everything is a fight to the death with her if you fight back". And Boxer admitting he thought it was Crank's fault because he left first. But then acknowledging he wasn't responsible but he left first so therefore it's fine to just jump to the conclusion that it's his fault and then dump everything on him. And then he says, well, you were hanging out with MMA so.... Like he is guilty by association!

Also, this situation reminds me of so many dodgy managers I've seen. When something goes wrong, they immediately pick one decent person and ask why that person didn't speak up. Like it's so easy for Crank to just go and badmouth all his team-mates like MMA and Ryung, as if that's his duty. This was always the management's responsibility. If they are so blind as to what is happening in their own team and the discontent of players then they are incompetent. Telling Crank he should have stepped up and dobbed a bunch of people in - when he probably wasn't even sure they were in the wrong - is absurd and offensive.

Boxer ends with "just come and say sorry once and it will be over". Fuck off.

Edit: Not to mention that Crank apparently was telling Cella and Boxer that there were issues in the team. This guy isn't a manager, he's not a coach, he isn't even the team Captain. He's the vice-Captain, with a neck injury. And he wanted to leave which is something that Jessica had offered previously anyway. And then he had the hide to try and make some money by streaming/finding a new team post all this! Wow how unreasonable lol.


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mikedebo
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada4341 Posts
October 23 2012 13:27 GMT
#1554
On October 23 2012 22:24 Lonyo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 23 2012 22:20 Golbat wrote:
That phone call makes Jessica look like a nut and Boxer like he was just super lazy about the team.

"I looked and didn't see anything wrong"

Yeah right.

At some points, Boxer was a player. Sure it was "his" team, but he had staff around him who in theory should probably have been doing the "stuff", while he was trying to be a player. You can't accuse him of being lazy when his job wasn't do to the things he wasn't doing. Irresponsible maybe, due to seemingly allowing people who weren't suitable to be in those roles, but not lazy.


Totally OT, but I just saw where you're from and am embarrassed to admit that I had never heard of Guernsey before. I learned something today :D

Who said there aren't any lessons to be learned from melodrama?
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openbox1
Profile Joined March 2011
1393 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-23 13:29:45
October 23 2012 13:28 GMT
#1555
On October 23 2012 21:25 Vorenius wrote:
edit: It's also easier for me to believe the part that says "this does not mean that the players are right and Jessica is wrong. I just wish that people would look at this objectively and not just from one point of view.", as opposed to "That guy is cancer. It's his fault" (paraphrasing)


Just want to point out this part which is very odd to me. Not sure if we both read the statement.

Yes, he started off by saying, "this does not mean the players are right and Jessica is wrong."

Then he continues with: Jessica this, Jessica that, Jessica caused Boxer to quit SC2 for a while. Jessica didn't listen, Jessica lalala. Oh and I'm sorry for saying slave contract but Jessica lah, Jessica deeh.

End off with: "I'm very thankful for Jessica and Boxer for getting me to where I am now." Just forget that I spent the past ten minutes of the interview thrashing them...

Love MMA (look at my past post, I always rooted for him 2011 and early 2012 when he was active). But come on, all those saying that MMA did the mature thing. Not to say you did but I'm sure a lot of people just skimmed the interviews, read some flowery phrases and came to certain conclusions. Read his statement again from start to finish. Is it surprising that this coupled with Crank's statement pissed off Jessica?

There are certainly ways to present your side of the story without making some wild accusations like "Jessica caused Boxer to quit SC2 for a while" if your only intention is to present your own side.
Rabiator
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany3948 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-23 13:29:10
October 23 2012 13:28 GMT
#1556
On October 23 2012 22:24 Lonyo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 23 2012 22:20 Golbat wrote:
That phone call makes Jessica look like a nut and Boxer like he was just super lazy about the team.

"I looked and didn't see anything wrong"

Yeah right.

At some points, Boxer was a player. Sure it was "his" team, but he had staff around him who in theory should probably have been doing the "stuff", while he was trying to be a player. You can't accuse him of being lazy when his job wasn't do to the things he wasn't doing. Irresponsible maybe, due to seemingly allowing people who weren't suitable to be in those roles, but not lazy.

Well if he played Troy - which he stated himself - then he wasnt a SC2 player anymore and since he came out to "check on things" he was more like a trainer/manager and had more serious responsibilities. There is no way to clear Boxer of this part of the blame for the descent of "his" team.
If you cant say what you're meaning, you can never mean what you're saying.
-Celestial-
Profile Joined September 2011
United Kingdom3867 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-23 13:32:07
October 23 2012 13:30 GMT
#1557
So what I got from all of this.

- huge miscommunication between Crank and the team. Resulting in Jessica trying to lay the blame for lots of things on Crank.

- Boxer seemingly being a long-suffering partner with the phrase "You know her style. If you fight back she is going to have a fight to the death. You don't seem to stay quiet." (I mean seriously WTF? That makes Jessica look awful as a manager)

- MMA suffered a nuclear meltdown in his relationship with both Boxer and Jessica. Both sides seemingly to blame. But it rapidly became toxic and effected the team extremely negatively.


Honestly I don't think Boxer comes off great, but honestly it seems almost as if he's just totally exhausted of all of the drama and totally switched off from it all (which is perhaps understandable given the circumstances). Feel sorry for him more than anything. Everyone could have handled this better, although I think Jessica comes off worse than everyone this time around. Since its clear there were some major issues with how she handled her players.
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KaienFEMC
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada127 Posts
October 23 2012 13:31 GMT
#1558
On October 23 2012 22:11 geokilla wrote:
I'd like to see how Korean netizens respond to the phone call script... Jessica and Boxer ain't going to be that high and mighty anymore. This is going to affect the future relationship Boxer has with SKT1 as well...


People mentioned way earlier that Korean netizens are furious at Crank on this script.
Not just Koreans, any Asians will not let Crank go easily at this thing.
It is a culture difference, and what I don't really get is why are Westerners judging Korean behaviour using Western standard? Another good example of cultural difference again comes up in Jessica's interview in response to Crank.


Q: Have you tried to contact Crank again after the phone call on August 10?
A: If you think about the hierarchy between the manager and the player, wouldn't it be wrong for me to contact him first? Crank should have called or texted me first, but he didn't. After that day, he acted on his own.


This is true in Asian culture, though in Western culture you will simply think the shit is over.
Let me remind you, Crank is Korean who was on a Korean team. He should of know better.
bgx
Profile Joined August 2010
Poland6595 Posts
October 23 2012 13:36 GMT
#1559
Reminds me of bad parenting, "you did not properly articulate your thoughts, what was going on". Sure its true to some extent, but in the end if you take a position of manager, talk about 10 years of experience and put 100k into it you can't be excused for not having everything laid out, you need to take extra care for whats going on, because even if people under your care make mistakes, you in position of elder, manager and experienced person in this particular business should see underneath and know whats going on.

Either treat it like business or like family.
Stork[gm]
Saethwyr
Profile Joined October 2011
United Kingdom18 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-10-23 13:51:35
October 23 2012 13:50 GMT
#1560
Its very curious, from my perspective this transcript didn't serve to make Jessica look better. If you had ONLY Jessica's point of view it would but since MMA's interview it raises one or two suspicions. Also strange that Jessica said after that she would forgive anyone; certainly did not look like she was in the forgiving type of mood.

It made poor CranK look like an emotional wreck (because he was) and that the guy is extremely worried about what will happen to him, his desire to set the story straight with Boxer and Jessica with no malice or hatred. Just confusion and misunderstanding.

It made Boxer look, to be honest, classy as f**k. I cant get how the intonation changes through the transcript but it seems as though boxer does a lot to calm the situation down and mediate between the affected parties.

It is my belief that keeping Boxer's image was the point of this phone call being released not to shift blame to one or the other
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