Hop did a nice job. Stifled a few tears in reaction to Rak, which I thought was OK, and stifled a few, I dunno, burps or something. I'm sure a media adviser would tell him not to scarf down a quick hot dog prior to leaving the locker room for the presser.
He did do a nice job. You could feel the air leave the room when it became clear he was going to answer questions and that JB wasn't going to come out from the door way, ready to verbally eviscerate the establishment and the media Chuck D style. Hop is no Flava Flav, he came off more like Chuck's Media Assassin, Harry Allen.
Seriously, nice job by Hop, and smart move by JB/SU. JB being out there would've been bedlam.