TribLive Crisis is supposed to reveal true character, right? General manager Jim Rutherford lost his cool after the Penguins’ 2-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Monday night to fall within two defeats of a first-round elimination in the Stanley Cup playoffs. After exiting a media elevator and while walking with other reporters to the Penguins’ dressing room, Rutherford addressed this columnist, a frequent critic since his hiring last June, in an obscenity-laced diatribe. “Thanks for your support,” Rutherford said repeatedly. “You’re a (expletive) jerk,” Rutherford said repeatedly. Rutherford followed the jerk comment with a suggestion to “go sell ice cream now,” then a challenge to look him in the eye, which I did while explaining my role as Trib Total Media’s lead sports columnist. My role is to provide opinion. “Well, your opinion is (expletive),” Rutherford said. As (expletive) as my opinion might be, it remains that Rutherford has botched an attempted retooling of the Penguins. If this unfortunate incident is any indication, he lacks the poise necessary to move that project foward.

First, someone fetch me my red pen this guy writes like a teenager.

What the hell are you doing jacking up the font size to the first letter? Get real dude, you write on a local website not some illuminated manuscript. And whats up with “foward”? Are you so busy out there on the streets being an insufferable prick that you can’t run your work through spell check? Get off your poor person software, spell check is literally everywhere.

It is no secret that the Penguins have under achieved building around two of the best players on the planet. To go after the General Manager and give him hell for putting together a playoff team is not only moronic but lazy. No one in Pittsburgh cares to hear about the time you used you laminated press pass to pick on the guy that keeps you in business. Is this what happens to middle aged hack writers? You lose interest in the product on the ice and dive into some Kardashian-esque produced drama? Did you see Bryan Price went off on the media and need your own outburst?

Everything about Rob Rossi makes me want to vomit. His twitter avatar belongs on R/punchableface. He’s the kind of entitled dick bag that is usually holding the camera prodding a police officer and talking about his “rights” trying to make the next viral video.

Be better Rob. On every imaginable level, be better.