Not a fan of other teams fans coming to our board and voting on this. Some 37 of the 44 no’s are names I don’t particularly recognize
Q not protecting his players especially the young prospects is damning to his legacy, however I’m not sure if that will deter him from the hall. Maybe there’s things we don’t know about his level of responsibility in handling the situation. I’d like to reserve judgement but as with everyone else and the severity of the matter, it’s deeply difficult. There seems to have been a diffusion of responsibility from the bottom up, where even the team psychologist played it off. Why? This goes into a greater deal of issues surrounding taking mental health seriously, hockey culture itself, and of course, male rapes and being taken advantage of.
Sad for us fans losing whatever purity/innocence that was there in 2010 and what seemed to be a special moment in hockey, as well as most importantly Beach himself and how this likely ravaged his life/career and projecting here but love for the sport. Pure evil to do that to a 20 year old, especially as a coach(albeit, some wanker low on the totem pole video coach).
I’m going to wait to hear more information about Q personally. From what I know, and this came from talking with Don Granato back around 2017, he was mostly hands off when it came to player management. He expected you to be professional and kept distance. You f***ed up, you’re getting scratched, no hard feelings. But when he did talk to his players though, he made sure it be known he LOVED them. It came across in those interactions. He cared a lot. I don’t have an answer, but based on what I know on that it’s tough to think about his role in this. Just my two cents.
