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Re: Mike Babcock [message #825467 is a reply to message #825466 ]	Mon, 18 September 2023 18:34

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CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 18 September 2023 15:41

Adam wrote on Mon, 18 September 2023 14:52

- I continue to be surprised at how little interest there is from the supposed heavyweights of the hockey media to even weigh in on this besides tweets confirming meetings have happened or resignations are impending. Guys like Friedman, Dreger, etc. continue to show ZERO courage at all around this stuff. You wonder how many stories over the years have got buried because those guys won't rock the boat even a little. Wyshynski was at least commenting this week about just how many people are happy to say how much of a douchebag Babcock is. If you look at some of the other guy's comments, it's either they ignored that anything was happening, or they said that they're hearing the same thing that it's a nothing burger.

You continue to have waaaaaay too much faith in the media acting as reporters. They're bought and sold public relations. They sell their soul for access as a prerequisite.

Jenner and Gaudreau were sent out by the team to be a flak jacket for the coach. They may have known what he was doing to players, he may have been a jackass to them even, but as team leaders they also know that the team is asking them to provide cover so the story goes away. I’m sure they were told that nothing good comes from this story hanging over our group and we need your help to bury it. I feel for them both because really what choice are they left with? At the point the team asks them to speak up, it’s clear that they don’t want to turf the brand new coach so you can make life really difficult for everyone if you don’t go along, or you can be a pawn for the team and coach. They chose the latter, but to be fair to them, it’s a crappy choice to have to make.

That said, if you’re a young player who felt that was a bullying, belittling move that you suffered at the hands of a guy with a long history of bullying and belittling players, and your captain and another leader both came out and provided the cover that could have kept that guy in place? That’s not something you’re going to appreciate and you probably don’t see that as real leadership. Whether or not those two accurately described their own experiences, they either didn’t ask what others experienced or they didn’t accurately portray it. Unless those two talked to their teammates first and said - hey, we are going to say this publicly because we have to but we will give the unvarnished truth to the NHLPA, then it’s probably going to be a bit of a bone of contention.

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Mike Babcock	By: inverno76 on Mon, 18 September 2023 11:09
Re: Mike Babcock	By: Kr55 on Mon, 18 September 2023 11:37
Re: Mike Babcock	By: CrusaderPi on Mon, 18 September 2023 13:07
Re: Mike Babcock	By: Adam on Mon, 18 September 2023 14:52
Re: Mike Babcock	By: RDOilerfan on Mon, 18 September 2023 15:13
Re: Mike Babcock	By: CrusaderPi on Mon, 18 September 2023 15:41
Re: Mike Babcock	By: Adam on Mon, 18 September 2023 18:34
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