'Coming from Pittsburgh' is the wrong reason to fire the brass. Would you be against hiring Barry Trotz because he is currently coaching the Islanders?
I don't think anyone is saying that but more or less saying the media kept this one in their pocket bc if they wrote about it they'd be cut off. Now that Babcock is gone there will be more piling on. That's all.
In and of itself it’s not a good reason. But it’s a red flag for me because I don’t respect anything about how that organization “built” itself as a winner...which is to say it really didn’t. They purposely tanked for years on end until they finally lucked out with not one but two generational talents. They did nothing special in terms of acquiring other talent or outstanding coaching, they brought in just enough to win a single championship up until that point (and it doesn’t take much additional talent when you have Crosby and Malkin on your roster). That’s not the type of philosophy or culture or history of roster building that I wanted for this franchise.
It doesn't matter what you have or what you do, if the rumor is true that he cried after this is true, it's hard to argue he isn't still a child at that point.
You don't need to be a child to cry about psychological abuse, this is a really ridiculous take.
What Babcock did was horrible, but he essentially just embarrassed him in front of his teammates, to call it psychological abuse might be pushing it a bit. Just looking at our team, I don't think Hall, Subban or Greene would cry if put in this position, but I could see Hughes being embarrassed enough to. The biggest difference? Age.
I disagree. I would say experience has much more to do with it, which often goes along with age.
I don't think it's pushing it at all, this kind of behavior in any other kind of workplace is psychological abuse and a red flag that the person in charge is abusive. There have been tons of studies done on management styles like this, and none of them have came to a positive conclusion about it.
A player who has some tenure in the NHL is going to feel a lot more comfortable with their career position, and will have more experiences with coaches who aren't using psychopathic behavior to manage the team, so they will definitely be more able and willing to push back on this type of thing.
The Fire Hynes Project is supposed to happen this weekend against the Rags lol. That could get really ugly if the Ranger fans get involved too.There’s actually a Fire Hynes billboard? Where is that going up?
Where are you seeing this? And an average cost of a billboard is only $2000 a month.
But you did read about it on the internet so it must have some validity......
