Management Management Review in - Mitchell Miller

[Alicat]

The fact that they point blank lied to cover their asses about not knowing the extent of the bullying isn’t enough for someone to lose their job?

In the world you and I live and work in it would be enough but in pro sports, no.

 

[Bruinswillwin77]

Hopefully it won't affect their gameplay, I remember the first game after the original MM news release they played Toronto the next day and played like shit and lost.

 

[LouJersey]

so what's the big process change they're implementing? To google a potential signing?

what a f***ing joke

The HR guy at my job who drinks at lunch could have come up with this same exact set of rules, for 25 bucks an hour.

 

[Gonzothe7thDman]

The HR guy at my job who drinks at lunch could have come up with this same exact set of rules, for 25 bucks an hour.

The rules they are "putting in place" sound like Running a Pro Sports Franchise For Dummies type stuff.


Sounds like they are going with the Dave Chappelle bit about his friend Chip telling cops "I didn't know I couldn't do that" as a defense.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

Will blow over and come Saturday people in here will kick back and watch the NFL

 

[ranold26]

Here's the report...

 

[LouJersey]

The rules they are "putting in place" sound like Running a Pro Sports Franchise For Dummies type stuff.


Sounds like they are going with the Dave Chappelle bit about his friend Chip telling cops "I didn't know I couldn't do that" as a defense.

The funniest part is people thought this would be a real inquiry. All is was in reality was someone proof reading their policy and giving some new things to check.

 

[Gonzothe7thDman]

The funniest part is people thought this would be a real inquiry. All is was in reality was someone proof reading their policy and giving some new things to check.

Yup just a show to put on just like we knew it would be.

 

[DKH]

This went exactly how I expected and wrote here

As well as 17-3 and unfortunately 25-5

Hoping that last one will be wrong

 

[LouJersey]

Were the players asked about the situation again while Sweeney and Neely were home wrapping gifts?

 

[chizzler]

They just waited things out.

 

[EverettMike]

At bare f***ing minimum Don Sweeney and Cam Neely lied to cover up what this piece of shit did so they could "justify" his actions as one single event.

When the entire hockey world---including their own fans---instantly saw why that was ludicrous, they all played dumb, hired an "independent" investigation, and surprise surprise nothing is happening other than now we're led to believe they'll do the bare basic minimum required of literally any workplace hiring someone for a public facing job.

Embarrassed to root for this team. Every single step of this process has been shameful. Literally every single step, including this final step to nowhere.

 

[EverettMike]

Congratulations to Don Sweeney and Cam Neely for being great, upstanding guys who are apparently so f***ing stupid they don't know how to Google someone's name and read the literal first result that pops up. Amazing they can tie their shoes, let alone run an NHL team. Truly. But at least they didn't do anything wrong! This report just says they're literally the dumbest people on the planet!

Or, you know, they think their fans are. Considering they thought so when they signed this garbage asshole, why start thinking any better of us now?

 

[Boston Bandit]

The FO is an embarrassment. What the actual f***

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Kind of sad and disappointed for you guys tbh.

At least you still have a hell of a player leadership that didn't accept any of this bs.

 

[Gee Wally]

Only thing that would surprise me would be if anyone here was surprised.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

Kind of sad and disappointed for you guys tbh.

At least you still have a hell of a player leadership that didn't accept any of this bs.

Pity from a Leafs fan.
Thanks for the laugh.

How’s that parade route working out?

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

Congratulations to Don Sweeney and Cam Neely for being great, upstanding guys who are apparently so f***ing stupid they don't know how to Google someone's name and read the literal first result that pops up. Amazing they can tie their shoes, let alone run an NHL team. Truly. But at least they didn't do anything wrong! This report just says they're literally the dumbest people on the planet!

Or, you know, they think their fans are. Considering they thought so when they signed this garbage asshole, why start thinking any better of us now?

That’s it precisely, Mike. Their total and utter disregard for the intelligence of their fans. That’s how they’ve come across for years and this is just the most recent and most egregious example of it.

 

[bwunderlich]

Still think Charlie gets the stink eye at the holiday dinners and Papa says you cost me a few million to white wash it.

I still think if there was a non-family fall guy . . .someone would have fell.

 

[Gonzothe7thDman]

Only surprising thing to me is they didn't try to make someone like Harkins the fall guy

 

[Over the volcano]

Bottom line- stay away from bad character guys

Dumbest decision this franchise has made in my life time

Now that you mention it - I think this does make the Thornton trade just a liiiiitle less bad in hindsight.

 

[HustleB]

Hopefully a "journalist" will start asking more questions of the front office like "Why did you not know the story that was published in the Athletic 2 years ago?" and "Why when you found out he hadn't reached out to Isaiah did you still show interest, and why did you think a direct message on Instagram or Facebook a week before the signing was an appropriate way to show remorse?"

But if a journalist did ask that question there would still be fans who would try to shift the blame somewhere else.

If these questions get asked the team will claim to already have addressed the issue. We’re moving forward now. This sickens me. They claimed they would be transparent with their findings instead they tell us they will start doing third party assessments sometimes. Flipping fantastic! GTFO.

 

[HustleB]

The funniest part is people thought this would be a real inquiry. All is was in reality was someone proof reading their policy and giving some new things to check.

I bought it because I wanted to buy it. Deep down I knew it was BS. Now the real question I face is; “how do I respond?”

 

[ProdigalFan]

So hard to fire people no matter how negligent, unless it's an entry level basic job. It's never the bad employee or manager, it's always the "process" or the "system" that was at fault.

 

[Aussie Bruin]

Findings are almost as expected, although I did think some low-hanging fruit like that dodgy-sounding scout would get the axe.

I'm not happy with it but I'm not really bothered by it either - what would be the point of wasting anger on it? This team is also building a special season and I don't want anything disrupting that. I know that shouldn't matter and the right thing should be done regardless of the wider circumstances, but given that's not going to happen no matter what, I'll take this being settled quietly and we can just get on with enjoying the performance on the ice. Don't let the players suffer for management's stupidity.