Sounds like there's some nepotism involved in the scandal and a large number of players tested.
The NHL is investigating whether the Coyotes violated league rules by fitness-testing draft-eligible players before the 2019 scouting combine. ... Per the NHL's Combine Testing Policy, no physical testing is permitted for prospects on the invite list before the combine, but a source told The Athletic that the Coyotes do not believe they violated that rule. While the Coyotes did interview numerous draft-eligible prospects on that list, which is permitted, the source said they did not run any of those prospects through physical testing. Instead, they simply asked questions regarding such topics as eating habits, supplement use and workout regimens.
Fire Chaka, any executive that has his hands in his pockets while being interviewed should be gone,
I giggled at the part about asking prospects to show up to interviews in shorts and a t-shirt. Those are the kind of analytics that separate the wheat from the chaff right there. Chayka is a f***ing genius!Did the Coyotes violate Combine Testing Policy? A ruling may...
So apparently the team asked verboten questions like: "do you lift weights, or can you do a pullup?"
I giggled at the part about asking prospects to show up to interviews in shorts and a t-shirt. Those are the kind of analytics that separate the wheat from the chaff right there. Chayka is a ****ing genius!
If all they did was being an athletic trainer to eyeball a prospect to gauge physical development then I suspect there is no issue for AZ here. In fact I actually wonder why this isn’t already common practice.It is smart. I mean, the player is going into the interview to get asked questions. We'll see what they look like in a suit at the draft. To me, there is nothing against using the eye test to validate whether or not the player's frame would support 10 lbs. of extra muscle or not.
Obviously, not all information is public, but this seems closer to a non-issue if that is the furthest depth of this testing is. If it involves more than this behind the scenes, then we are in a really bad scenario.
You can interview. Asking questions isn’t an issue.Uses illegal methods to find out about strength and workout routines, steps up to podium and chooses Clayton Keller. Something doesnt add up??
SarcasmYou can interview. Asking questions isn’t an issue.
If that is all it was, then this is a tempest in a teapot. I'm not sure I trust Morgan or his source.Did the Coyotes violate Combine Testing Policy? A ruling may...
So apparently the team asked verboten questions like: "do you lift weights, or can you do a pullup?"
Also, I can see someone in the old boy's club reporting this simply because of Chayka's glowing personality. I'd be surprised if we're the only team asking about fitness questions in interviews.
Taking a page out of the Trump victimization handbook, are we?I have no doubt that whatever the Coyotes are supposed to have done has been done - more egregiously and more often, in fact - by other teams. It's just that it's the safest choice to make the Coyotes the cautionary tale.
Taking a page out of the Trump victimization handbook, are we?
As I write this, it is difficult to pin down how long this investigation is going to take as the league is not commenting. The NHL sent a note to all clubs, trying to determine how widespread a problem this could be — asking if they had anything similar to confess. The teams pointed back at Arizona. According to multiple sources, the Coyotes have not denied that, in their interviews, the subject matter of certain questions were physical or medical in nature. (A strength and conditioning consultant, Tommy Powers, attended some of these meetings, and, in certain cases, players were asked to be in workout gear.) Their argument is that any violation is a matter of interpretation.
Opponents have reacted angrily to this claim.
CHL organizations were asked to inform the league if they had any complaints about the Coyotes — that deadline was last Friday. One of the initial flashpoints came from a CHL club upset about a player being worked out after a road trip that included lengthy travel, although, when I looked into it, I was told that accusation may have been revoked. Another alleged incident involved a USHL team. (I did hear from others who denied any issues.)
I think he said one team expressed concern but then may have pulled that concern.Dreger was suggesting in the latest Insider Trading that "some form of physical fitness testing" was done. But he couldn't elaborate on what that was.