Marchand has lost any respect when he publicly decided to kiss up to Lucic after this round. Sorry not sorry, that’s bull and he should have just kept his mouth shut.
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"We are obviously aware of what happened last night with Looch. The biggest thing for us, we care a lot about their family... We are upset for them and what they are going through. We have a lot of support for Britney and the kids, and for Looch himself. Because of that, out of respect for them, that's gonna be it for now. We don't have any details, we don't really know a whole lot of what's happened so it's very hard to comment on much of it. Obviously have known Looch for a long time, he is a good friend and it's tough to see your friend and teammate and their family go through stuff like this. So yeah, I am definitely worried about Britney and the kids and Looch himself, but they have all the support in the world, anything they need, we will be here for them."
"Have you had the chance to talk to him?" - "No."
How exactly has he kissed up to him, anon? He was asked the inevitable question and answered as diplomatically as a captain can in such a situation.
He always put the emphasis on mentioning Britney and the kids first when voicing his concern, never attempted to defend Lucic, didn't make any assumptions or conclusions, only stressed the fact that no one knows anything about the incident yet, including them as the team, so they shouldn't be commenting on it any further, and his mentioned "support" for Lucic honestly came off as him wanting to help Milan with overcoming his alcohol and anger problems, not him blindly defending his buddy's shitty actions.