HF Habs: Donald Beauchamp Will Step Down As VP of Communications After 25 Years

[Adam Michaels]

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[Whitesnake]

We will still be awful but at least, they'll tell us now.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Yet another person not fired, lmao

 

[Laurentide]

Guess he got tired of being the point man for Bergevin's lie factory.

 

[Agalloch]

Yes. Some change with the communication with the fans will help. We want to know the injuries for example.

 

[Habaneros]

25 yrs of no Stanley Cups finally got to him ..lol

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Guess he got tired of being the point man for Bergevin's lie factory.

Too much spin and you get dizzy trying to keep it all together...

 

[LyricalLyricist]

Yet another person not fired, lmao

Not sure if serious, he'll be working for a charity.

 

[luthar]

Yet another person not fired, lmao

After 25 years of service, especially at an executive level, people do NOT get fired if they haven't made a terrible mistake. They are usually given the choice of resigning or being fired. Most, if not all people, resign. Question of optics and it's better for them for their job search.

This said, in this case, it seems he made his own decision to leave (not given an ultimatum) and they wanted him aboard for the charity.

 

[Runner77]

Wasn't this the guy who confronted reporters and made them understand that certain questions are not proper to ask? I remember a few episodes involving him that had to do with behind-the-scenes interventions/ dubious tactics with the media.

I still recall his uncle, Jacques Beauchamp, a columnist for the defunct Montréal-Matin and with JdM -- the guy's claim to fame was how every prediction he made, he got wrong. I remember how it had become a thing to compare someone to Jacques Beauchamp if you wanted to belittle them. Donald must have taken advantage of his uncle's many contacts in the hockey world, to secure a living for himself in the communications field. Good for him, not sure he was good for any of us though.

 

[le_sean]

Resigning before it comes out the Habs are also taking cuts from Stub Hub. Doesn’t want to deal with that craziness.

 

[Mathletic]

Did a great job at being unlikable.

 

[Ozmodiar]

"Even I can't spin this mess into something that sounds respectable. I'm out!"

 

[L4br3cqu3]

THE change Molson was talking about.

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[Runner77]

THE change Molson was talking about.

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Wouldn't surprise me this is a key component of the organizational review that Geoff has been bragging about.

 

[Skip Bayless]

They could've better communicated this team was absolute dogshit.

 

[Laurentide]

Wasn't this the guy who confronted reporters and made them understand that certain questions are not proper to ask? I remember a few episodes involving him that had to do with behind-the-scenes interventions/ dubious tactics with the media.

I still recall his father, Jacques Beauchamp, a columnist for the defunct Montréal-Matin and with JdM -- the guy's claim to fame was how every prediction he made, he got wrong. I remember how it had become a thing to compare someone to Jacques Beauchamp if you wanted to belittle them. Donald must have taken advantage of his father's many contacts in the hockey world, to secure a living for himself within the Habs. Good for him, not sure he was good for any of us though, lol.

Who was the Expos PR guy who tried to stop the media from reporting that Dennis Martinez had been traded (and then in-traded) in the middle of a game at the Big O?

 

[durojean]

While one of the problems. I surely hope the conclusion that Molson got is not that it was just poor communication.

Because went to good potential to horse crap in less than 3 years.

 

[Kimota]

He should not be replaced. Let everybody speak their minds.

 

[Tyson]

Too bad the GM is not stepping down. Too bad Molson is not selling the team

 

[Runner77]

Who was the Expos PR guy who tried to stop the media from reporting that Dennis Martinez had been traded (and then in-traded) in the middle of a game at the Big O?

I remember that event. I just can't come up with the guy's name but he came across as an arrogant asswipe. Wasn't that during the Brochu era?

 

[sheed36]

The thread title should be "Donald Beauchamp Will Step Down As VP of NON Communications After 25 Years". The Habs have been run like a top secret Government agency for many years now with Gainey, Gauthier, and now Bergevin.

 

[justafan22]

Hopefully Marc is next.

 

[Laurentide]

I remember that event. I just can't come up with the guy's name but he came across as an arrogant asswipe. Wasn't that during the Brochu era?

I believe so. Mitch Melnick got into a shouting match in the press box with the guy, who was having a Sean Spicer-like meltdown.

 

[sheed36]

I remember that event. I just can't come up with the guy's name but he came across as an arrogant asswipe. Wasn't that during the Brochu era?

No need to bring Bergevin's name into baseball talk as well.