You don't ignore the allegations, but you don't treat the article as Gospel either.
Exactly; which is why I have been saying they need to do a thorough investigation (and independent investigation) of the situation. However, given that the NHL has swept a few things under the rug, I wouldn't be surprised if this becomes a non-story in a week.
I'll bite.
If Guerin was aware of past accusations against Donatelli, what makes you think the alleged sexual assault against Mrs. Skadle was the straw that broke the camels back?
You said it yourself; it went from sexual harassment to sexual assault, which is much, much different. There could be a million reasons why this one incident is the straw that broke the camel's back. There is always that one person that says enough is enough...
This entire situation was handled by the book. Company was made aware, company promptly removed person responsible, case closed. If the Skadle's had additional grievances they should've raised those with the Providence, RI police department where the alleged assault happened.
You're making a lot of assumptions; was this the first time the company was made aware? Second? Third? Twentieth? How many cases are there?
Again, just because the reason behind the lawsuit is faulty, doesn't mean you don't do an independent investigation to see if the company did everything properly.
Ask yourself why they didn't. I'll help you, it's not because Guerin told them to keep quiet on personnel matters.
Or they thought Donatelli would have taken care of it like the big boy he was and said he was?
Someone else comes forward, I'll reevaluate my opinion.
This is where I am at. If they are going to throw out an accusation like that, the NHL needs to conduct an investigation and see if anyone else is going to collaborate.
And his case has no merit, because all the Asst Coaches with the AHL team were let go, with no positions filled as yet.
Uh, one got promoted to head coach and the other got fired? They said that of the 21 employees only Skalde got canned. Can't tell, because nothing freaking updates!