Mitch got up there thinking he was going to spin things in his favour but he only made it way worse for himself...which was the case every single time someone put a mic in his face.
Re: Marner stuff: whatever happened post-FLA loss can't be billed as "the reason he left Toronto." Was long gone by then. Had made the decision, new "safety"-themed timeline doesn't work.
Deserves sympathy for treatment by outlier idiot fans for sure. But let's not retcon it all.