Confirmed with Link: Mike Babcock resigns as head coach

[Fred Glover]

As Gomer Pyle used to say

Surprise, Surprise, Surprise

as fans we definitely need to know what happened
the organization owes us that

 

[JacketFanInFL]

I’ve had about all I can take from this organization. Was at the very first game with my late father, supported the team while away at college and broke, watched from a thousand miles away every season, showed up at the Florida away games and supported the team. Life has blessed me with a wonderful family that takes up more and more of my time. The Jackets and the Buckeyes were how my dad and I bonded and I’ll treasure the memories of the CBJ forever.

I’m going to make a priority call and take this opportunity to drop a time-sink. Thanks everyone here for the interaction and discussion over the years. I’ll check back in from time to time.

 

[majormajor]

"Negotiating his exit". Great. If we're on the hook for any of the money, that's a seriously great job.

We certainly will be, maybe all of it. That's how it works when you fire a coach, unless there was a violation of his contract so you can just terminate it.

 

[DoingItCoolKiwi]

And based on what they said Nash had big influence on that too

Nash played for him for like 10 games and gave his input based on that. Nash can only tell how Babcock treated him. It's not on him to call around former Leafs and Red Wings

 

[Sdrawkcab321]

2 year deal for Vincent. So now we probably won’t get in on next years coaching search.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

Nash played with him for like 10 games and gave his input based on that. Nash can only tell how Babcock treated him. It's not on him to call around former Leafs and Red Wings

Its on all of the management to do the due diligence before making this hire.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[Sdrawkcab321]

Kudos to Babcock though for finding a way to get paid another 2 years not to coach once his Toronto contract was up.

 

[ThirdPeriodTurtle]

Official press release on NHL.com.

“On behalf of the entire Blue Jackets organization, we want to thank Mike for his hard work and the professionalism he has shown in working together on a plan to step down.”

Should've used that hard work and professionalism with the players, ffs.

What a clusterf***. He is technically resigning so the money isn't the full amount - but knowing Babcock he probably agreed to take $1 off his contract and Jarmo took it before his own inevitable firing later in the coming weeks.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[GoJackets1]

Just going to throw this out there, it seems like a lot of the “research” Jarmo and JD did on Babcock was by talking to other dinosaur coaches like Dave King and Hitch.

Like it or not, those folks are totally out of touch with players of today. They were not the people to give a modern opinion on Babcock.

We really need all of these f***ing dinosaurs out of the league. I’m tired of the same retread coaches and GMs getting hired again and again and never any new blood. f***ing hand over the reigns to younger folks already.

 

[Fred Glover]

I feel like I am watching the hockey version of the Cleveland Browns

 

[Viqsi]

Even if nothing actually happened and everything is ultimately all shiny and aboveboard, this is arguably correct. There was enough mishegaas that I was quietly avoiding Traverse City because I was worrying too much.

Whether or not that means Babs actually is innocent is a separate debate but I can't really bring myself to care.

 

[capfit9]

So Babcock will make another 8 sheets for not coaching ?

 

[CBJWerenski8]

I’ll say this, thank f***ing god Babcock kept/was forced to keep the coaches we already had and didn’t go outside the organization to bring in his own guys. We’d be really stuck and really f***ed.

So now Vincent Is head coach and we don’t have an associate coach. Who replaces Vincent? Boll?

 

[traffic cone]

I’m all for respecting people’s boundaries. And I approve this decision.

It is, however, disappointing (and almost ironical) that all this had to go through a misogynistic (etc.) pile of shit like Paul Bissonnette.

 

[WannabeFinn]

An incredible way to take all of the wind out of our offseason. We’ll move on but this is thoroughly embarrassing.

 

[niflheim]

I’ve had about all I can take from this organization. Was at the very first game with my late father, supported the team while away at college and broke, watched from a thousand miles away every season, showed up at the Florida away games and supported the team. Life has blessed me with a wonderful family that takes up more and more of my time. The Jackets and the Buckeyes were how my dad and I bonded and I’ll treasure the memories of the CBJ forever.

I’m going to make a priority call and take this opportunity to drop a time-sink. Thanks everyone here for the interaction and discussion over the years. I’ll check back in from time to time.

I wish You and Your family all the best

 

[DoingItCoolKiwi]

So now Vincent Is head coach and we don’t have an associate coach. Who replaces Vincent? Boll?

Heard about this young and upcoming guy called Mike Babcock. He has had some controversies but he told everyone he changed so it's ok

 

[majormajor]

I’ll say this, thank f***ing god Babcock kept/was forced to keep the coaches we already had and didn’t go outside the organization to bring in his own guys. We’d be really stuck and really f***ed.

So now Vincent Is head coach and we don’t have an associate coach. Who replaces Vincent? Boll?

Boll? Heck no.

Do we still have Letestu?

Also we could use a separate thread on the new coaching situation.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

Foreseeable (though certainly not this quickly). Preventable.

Here's hoping whatever locker room issues may exist are as short as his tenure.

Time to move forward.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

I just hope the working relationship between management and the affected players isn’t tarnished that they want to move on. But at the same time, how can they trust them?

How can they look at Werenski, Gaudreau, and Jenner the same way? Our “leaders” clearly didn’t have their back or do much asking about the summer. Just a f***ing mess

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Boll? Heck no.

Do we still have Letestu?

Also we could use a separate thread on the new coaching situation.

Letestu is an assistant in Cleveland. Boll is already here

 

[ThirdPeriodTurtle]

I also wonder if this ultimately decides that Babcock will never ever get into the HHOF? I wonder how they could accept him after this. Will 5-10 years be enough time to forgive all his sins? If he had played this out I think he would've been a lock eventually (more so for the international stuff than national), but now I think he'll never get in. I guess he'll feel the sting of this himself too, even if we have to pay him some money down the line. I take some consolation in that.