Well, it really wasn't in public. He said it in front of a group of GB fans. I don't think that it was really outrageous to make the statement under those circumstances,, but somebody got hold of the statement and got it published.
I think it is really whiney to play that up as the poor little kid who is crushed by that. I say "grow up". Maybe he ought to follow a more gentle sport, like needlework.
Bears won't win because of that comment. If they win it will be because the Bears outplay GB. Could happen with the injuries and penalized GB players and very great rivalry.
Loved his father. Don't care for the kid if he really wrote that.