Chris Dufrense of the Tribune Olympics bureau encountered a different Bode Miller than what America saw during his emotional interview with Christin Cooper on NBC last night.

It seems for Dufrense and the other writers who covered his race, Miller’s brother wasn’t an essential theme during his mass interview with the media.

Dufrense writes:

Here’s what I do know: Miller was fully composed when he finally got to the U.S. press station in the mixed zone.

“To hang on to a medal today, I feel really lucky and fortunate,” Miller said.

It had been well chronicled that Miller lost his brother last April to a seizure.

Miller was more emotional than usual in the mixed zone and said “this was a hard year,” but he did not cry. No one really pushed Miller on the issue of his brother.

Miller, frankly, was not the lead story. Even he was more interested in talking about the amazing run by U.S. teammate Andrew Weibrecht, who stunningly won the silver medal.

Later, Dufrense writes:

Am I surprised Cooper’s interview has created such a buzz? Well yes, and no, and clearly that was her purpose.

I do think the interview and subsequent reaction undermines the story of the day, which was Weibrecht’s unbelievable result.

But hey, that’s television.