Hiring based on values, what a concept
What a joke rather. Francis and his values:
I believe Peters apologized to all parties, including his players, after the Carolina incident.
PC has gotten so militant since it first came into existence. So, now where half a decade ago an apology might have been enough, guys are losing their jobs/resigning.
He's technically still involved with the team. He moved to the minority owner, but has no day-to-day control of the team, thank goodness. He was a very large reason we dangled in mediocrity for years. New guy coming in has been the best thing--new guy to the NHL, fresh ideas and questions all the things, especially those 'as they've always been done.' Maybe this is Seattle's chance to get out from under the good ole' boys network.Isn't it convenient for the ex owner to throw Francis under the bus when he no longer is with the organization. Seems like he is covering himself under media pressure. For all we know Francis as well as Peters were given full responsibility in their areas to run the team absent of the owners involvement. Not all professional sports owners are involved in everything like Jerry Jones. Brind'Amour has been or record that he was satisfied with the way management handled the situation and that speaks well for Francis etc.
Ron Francis's recent statement to the press media that he had advised the ownership of Peters' physical abuse contracted former Canes owner Peter Karmanos's assertion that had be been apprised, he would have fired Peters right on the spot. Whom do you believe, Francis or Karmanos? One of them was lying!Still no comment from Francis, but increased pressure nevertheless. Apparently he covered the abuse by Peters even within the organization:
Ex-Carolina Hurricanes owner says he’d have fired coach had current NHL Seattle GM Ron Francis told him of player-abuse allegations
Not a good look, especially after his recent comments regarding values. He's not the guy to take a new team anywhere.
Calgary asked for and received a letter of resignation from Bill Peters. The Flames took the high moral road. The NHL will be looking at Seattle's ownership to see if they will ask Ron Francis for the same thing.He's technically still involved with the team. He moved to the minority owner, but has no day-to-day control of the team, thank goodness. He was a very large reason we dangled in mediocrity for years. New guy coming in has been the best thing--new guy to the NHL, fresh ideas and questions all the things, especially those 'as they've always been done.' Maybe this is Seattle's chance to get out from under the good ole' boys network.
Calgary asked for and received a letter of resignation from Bill Peters. The Flames took the high moral road. The NHL will be looking at Seattle's ownership to see if they will ask Ron Francis for the same thing.
Calgary asked for and received a letter of resignation from Bill Peters. The Flames took the high moral road. The NHL will be looking at Seattle's ownership to see if they will ask Ron Francis for the same thing.
I dunno if it's so much a PC issue as it is that the context for fans hearing about it now is different. In Carolina, the issue was "Bill, keep your hands off the talent." Now, it's "Bill, stop being a racist, abusive POS." If the Rockford incident wasn't public knowledge or hadn't come up in a background check (as it presumably didn't before he was hired in CGY), Francis was dealing with a much less toxic situation. It's certainly still shitty, but it's not quite as black-and-white "holy shit, that guy's gotta go" as it looks having heard Aliu's story.I believe Peters apologized to all parties, including his players, after the Carolina incident.
PC has gotten so militant since it first came into existence. So, now where half a decade ago an apology might have been enough, guys are losing their jobs/resigning.
Peters was making $2 million per in Calgary on his 2nd NHL coaching stint. Peters came up through the AHL, not one of these NCAA guys like Hakstol where you would need to pay him a good amount to leave a good gig. I would guess that Peters was earning under $2 million in Carolina per season.There are many factors at play here. One of them being Carolina's financial position. I would not be surprised if Peters was kept on because of money pressure from above. We don't know what rules Francis was operating under.