Around The League 2019-20 VI (Mod note in OP)

[NJDevs26]

Are they getting ahead of something that hasn’t come out yet?

Four coaches fired, only two for on ice performance.

I was gonna say I must have missed whatever his issues are in all the recent furor.

 

[Darkauron]

Damn another one bites the dust

 

[TrufleShufle]

Are they getting ahead of something that hasn’t come out yet?

Four coaches fired, only two for on ice performance.

I guess so....

 

[Better Call Sal]

Wow that's crazy. He was on the chopping block when they were struggling early on, but they really have come around since October. Can only imagine what he may have done.

 

[NjDevs4994]

Didnt Bettman just say that punishments will be harsher on teams if the league office is surprised by improper conduct of its employees basically. I think they are not trying to surprise Bettman and get ahead of a story leaking out.

 

[Emperoreddy]

 

[Emperoreddy]

Didnt Bettman just say that punishments will be harsher on teams if the league office is surprised by improper conduct of its employees basically. I think they are not trying to surprise Bettman and get ahead of a story leaking out.

Apparently this doesn’t fall under that plan according Lebrun

 

[Nocashstyle]

Did he sleep with someone’s wife or something? Really can’t imagine what would require immediate termination due to “unprofessional conduct” but not abuse related.

Upper-deckered a toilet?

 

[Emperoreddy]

Did he sleep with someone’s wife or something? Really can’t imagine what would require immediate termination due to “unprofessional conduct” but not abuse related.

Upper-deckered a toilet?

Could be drug or alcohol related. Abuser at home. Gambling problem.

Plenty of bad conduct things that warrant a firing that isn’t about abusing players.

 

[Nocashstyle]

Could be drug or alcohol related. Abuser at home. Gambling problem.

Plenty of bad conduct things that warrant a firing that isn’t about abusing players.

I would hope if it was drug or alcohol related the team would be trying to get him help, not basically publicly shaming him. “Personal leave of absence” would probably be the way I would hope most teams handle an addiction issue in addition to getting them in treatment if they wish.

 

[Billdo]

Yeah I don't see it being a substance issue, the league has plenty of options and stuff for that, they wouldn't just gas the guy like that. I'm interested in seeing how this unfolds though. It's wild that guys are getting canned for things they said or did a longish time ago.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I would hope if it was drug or alcohol related the team would be trying to get him help, not basically publicly shaming him. “Personal leave of absence” would probably be the way I would hope most teams handle an addiction issue in addition to getting them in treatment if they wish.

Well it depends if he showed up drunk at work or something like that, or it lead him to do something unfortunate at home.

 

[Patrik26]

Yeah I don't see it being a substance issue, the league has plenty of options and stuff for that, they wouldn't just gas the guy like that. I'm interested in seeing how this unfolds though. It's wild that guys are getting canned for things they said or did a longish time ago.

I didn't get to hear the entire press conference. Was a timeline mentioned for whatever the "conduct" was? What I did hear was the Dallas GM said he received a phone call about the issue this past weekend. Gambling maybe?

 

[Emperoreddy]

I didn't get to hear the entire press conference. Was a timeline mentioned for whatever the "conduct" was? What I did hear was the Dallas GM said he received a phone call about the issue this past weekend. Gambling maybe?

It happened while he was employed by the Stars so it can’t be that long ago. They found out over the weekend.

 

[Japam]

He had an unreturned tape from Blockbuster Video.

 

[Nocashstyle]

Well it depends if he showed up drunk at work or something like that, or it lead him to do something unfortunate at home.

Yeah I’m sure there would be some context if that was the case. Either way, I do hope a team would be more delicate in a cases where it is some type of addiction. The person would already be in a very dark place as is and need help fighting the disease. A release stating “unprofessional conduct” and publicly outing them would be counter productive IMO.

But we don’t really even know what the issue is here. I’m sure we’ll start hearing more in the coming days.

 

[Nocashstyle]

He had an unreturned tape from Blockbuster Video.

Or worse...he returned but didn’t rewind

 

[JrFischer54]

The fact that they won't come out and say what it is just makes this whole thing even worse for the team the coach those involved and the nhl. its going to be the streisand effect

 

[Billdo]

I didn't get to hear the entire press conference. Was a timeline mentioned for whatever the "conduct" was? What I did hear was the Dallas GM said he received a phone call about the issue this past weekend. Gambling maybe?

I didn't even see anything yet. The smoke around this particular fire leads me to believe it's pretty significant though if they canned him this close to the meeting Bettman had about a conduct policy and stuff. They said this wasn't related to that so it's probably bad.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I didn't even see anything yet. The smoke around this particular fire leads me to believe it's pretty significant though if they canned him this close to the meeting Bettman had about a conduct policy and stuff. They said this wasn't related to that so it's probably bad.

They came out and said it wasn’t related to what Bettman laid out.

 

[Billdo]

They came out and said it wasn’t related to what Bettman laid out.

Yeah, I said that...


I wonder if it has something to do with this. This doesn't sound fireable but it's certainly not a good look. White Elephant Afternoon Drive 2019- Monty on Monty - The Ticket Top 10 - Omny.fm

 

[Bleedred]

Without even seeing anything aside from the fact that Montgomery was fired, I’m gonna take a wild guess and say something shady either happened with him recently or something shady surfaced. Because this seems too random to be a firing for on-ice reasons. They’ve won 15 of their last 22 games.

It felt like he maybe could be on the hot seat back in October but not anymore.

I’ve gotta think this is a Bill Peters type of situation, without speculating exactly why he was fired. If it’s out in the happen yet, I really haven’t read anything or any of the posts regarding it. Definitely seems off-ice related.

 

[Patrik26]

Yeah, I said that...


I wonder if it has something to do with this. This doesn't sound fireable but it's certainly not a good look. White Elephant Afternoon Drive 2019- Monty on Monty - The Ticket Top 10 - Omny.fm

How much ass do you think Tyler Seguin gets?
Do they also grow out playoff bushes?
When was the last time you did a bong rip?

 

[Billdo]

How much ass do you think Tyler Seguin gets?
Do they also grow out playoff bushes?
When was the last time you did a bong rip?

Yeah, that and he sounded like he would blow a .21 on a breathalyzer... but is that something to gas a coach over?

 

[Patrik26]

Yeah, that and he sounded like he would blow a .21 on a breathalyzer... but is that something to gas a coach over?

I would say hardly, but sensitivity these days is off the charts.