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Re: Mike Babcock [message #825465 is a reply to message #825464 ]	Mon, 18 September 2023 15:13

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I don't think what Jenner and Gaudreau said will make it weird. They commented based on what they experienced.

“While meeting with 'Babs,' he asked me about my family and where I’m from, my upcoming wedding and hockey-related stuff," Jenner said in his statement. "He then asked if I had pictures of my family, and I was happy to share some with him. He showed me pictures of his family. I thought it was a great first meeting and good way for us to start to build a relationship. To have this blown out of proportion is truly disappointing.”

It sounds like how Babcock treated the vets and perceived by the vets was very different than how he treated the young players who he tried to bully. I am going to bet that the pictures on a 30 yr old married guy with kids phone is going to be WAY different than a 20 yr olds.

What Babcock did was wrong and deserved a firing. To come out and ask people to show them pictures on their phone in your first interaction is weird and clearly trying to abuse his power. But how a young person would react would be very different than how a 30 something would react. A young guy probably has pictures of him parting with buddies, probably pictures of doing dumb stuff that 20 yr olds doing, maybe pictures of his girlfriend or girls. All things you probably don't want your boss seeing especially in the first days of work. A 30 something probably has pictures of kids, his family, his dog. All things you could probably look up on his facebook or insta page. He probably doesn't have pictures of him doing stupid stuff or being drunk. So I would imagine being asked that would be taken very differently depending on your age and where he are in your life. That being said. He has a history of bullying young players. You'd think given why he lost his job the first time, he would be smart enough to try to at least start off squeaky clean. But he clearly doesn't get it and he got what he deserved.

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