News Article: Sens Badmouthing Coaching - Video

[Mingus Dew]

I'm pretty disappointed with Duchene in the vid. Chabot and Tierney didn't appear to say anything too inflammatory. Wideman is the obvious instigator here.

Lol please.

 

[Ouroboros]

I'm pretty disappointed with Duchene in the vid. Chabot and Tierney didn't appear to say anything too inflammatory. Wideman is the obvious instigator here.

Chris Wideman is corrupting the impressionable young minds on our team!

Surely once we get rid of this bad apple we'll see the #SensRising.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

I love Duchene even more now. And Wideman is right. When idiots are in coaching, you can’t expect people to listen to them.
There’s nothing these guys said that isn’t true. Not one thing.

And considering they said those things in private, there shouldn't be any consequences for the players in question.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

I'm pretty disappointed with Duchene in the vid. Chabot and Tierney didn't appear to say anything too inflammatory. Wideman is the obvious instigator here.

Omg what.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

White? - Formenton - Demelo
Duchene - Chabot - Tierney
Wideman - Driver

I think its White but he didn't say a word

 

[milkbag]

how does this keep happening to the senators? has any other team in the NHL had ANY bad press released about them within the past year? i feel like its been an all-sens gongshow for the longest time now.

 

[slamigo]

I'm pretty disappointed with Duchene in the vid. Chabot and Tierney didn't appear to say anything too inflammatory. Wideman is the obvious instigator here.

Yeah okay. It’s the coaches who should feel embarrassed. Not any of these players.

 

[DaveMatthew]

Chris Wideman is corrupting the impressionable young minds on our team!

Surely once we get rid of this bad apple we'll see the #SensRising.

I bet Karlsson's texting him what to say.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

I'm sure guys say **** like this all the time....just our luck to have our **** broadcast all over the internet. This will absolutely get ugly.

Yeah it kinda reminds me of work buddies gossiping and trashing the boss at whatnot. I mean it’s still not good but I just didn’t find it surprising.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Coaching is a problem. (Some) players are a problem. Ownership is a problem. The GM is a problem. The whole organization is one walking disaster.

The owner and GM are the ones who put the team together, along with the coaches. Players are doing their best but they have almost nothing to work with.

You go cheap on every level, this is the result.

 

[Sens Mile]

On the bright side, its nice having something bad in Ottawa that has nothing to do with Melnyk

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Playing devils advocate here, the stigma about Duchene being a locker room cancer seems to have a bit of substance?

 

[slamigo]

This coaching staff has lost the room. Please hire a real coach this time.
It’s hard for the players to buy into a system that doesn’t work and isn’t being fixed.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

On the bright side, its nice having something bad in Ottawa that has nothing to do with Melnyk

Everything bad that happens has something to do with Melnyk. He skimps on coaching, talent and management, so he cannot expect any different.

 

[Egg]

I agree with all of this. Doesn't mean there won't be any awkwardness.

Definitely. Its not everyday, that you hear your staff ridiculing you in the most direct, and personal manner. Most bosses never get to experience this. Kind of like Las Vegas, what is said within employee circles typically stay there.

This can be turned into a positive, or you can get the alternative. Butt hurt bosses, who then bully the players responsible for the comments.

I've been in those shoes before. Made a comment while upset about an extra shift given to me by a boss to a co-worker. I was always the go to guy, because everyone else pretended they couldn't see the boss, when volunteers would be summoned.

My co-worker, ran to the boss to tell them. I was called into their office.

The boss asked me if I was available to work (yet another) Sunday. I explained to them I had already made family plans, and had worked 5-6 in a row and nobody else was picked.

I apologized for the comments making their way to them, and the boss simply laughed it off. Stated that employee liked stirring the pot.

They realized they should have better communicated with me, and should have spread the brunt of the overtime shifts across staff, vs put all on my shoulders.

This to me, is what a leader does. They saw the criticism. Did something about it that benefited the team, without punishing the source of that information.

 

[supsens]

Not sure what that has to do with anything I was talking about?

You said coaching isn't a problem, which tells me you don't understand hockey.

I'd wager I understand quite a bit actually

How many years and times has it been the coaches fault in Ottawa? It always seems to be the reason. I said it from the beginning and I will say it again, as long as the mentality in the room is that loosing is funny and the players run the team things will never get better and Duchene is poison for a locker-room

 

[Six Assets]

Uber driver is a POS too. He should get a real job.

 

[swiftwin]

Omg what.

What's your take?

Chabot just joked he wasn't paying attention to the PK coach because he never ever PKs. Tierney was the guy doing the stats checking. What did they say?

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Playing devils advocate here, the stigma about Duchene being a locker room cancer seems to have a bit of substance?

Nope. This doesn't confirm anything besides the fact that he agrees with his teammates regarding the coaches.

 

[solidprospect]

Playing devils advocate here, the stigma about Duchene being a locker room cancer seems to have a bit of substance?

Whatever that was it wasn't leadership.

 

[hawthy]

This is one sad sack organization. For the ages.

 

[TheNewEra]

Thank God we traded Karlsson and fixed the locker room right guys?

Anyone who bought that crock of **** story wasn’t thinking straight.

A few people on this board drink that Kool aid so be nice

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

The owner and GM are the ones who put the team together, along with the coaches. Players are doing their best but they have almost nothing to work with.

You go cheap on every level, this is the result.

Some players are doing their best. Some have been playing like crap this year.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

What's your take?

Chabot just joked he wasn't paying attention to the PK coach because he never ever PKs. Tierney was the guy doing the stats checking. What did they say?

Lol I honestly don't even know if I should respond because your takes are so bad. They're all obviously in agreement about the coaching.

 

[Senscore]

On the bright side, its nice having something bad in Ottawa that has nothing to do with Melnyk

Who do you think hired this management group?