News Article: UPDATE (suspended until 1/2/20): Blackhawks investigating allegations against Marc Crawford

[Marotte Marauder]

Avery or Sopel, don't shoot the messenger.

 

[CourtneyDagger50]

Can him.

 

[Darkstar]

Who hasn't wanted to kick Avery? Should of kicked him in the head, it might have knocked some sense into him.

 

[JaegerDice]

Is any team sport not?

No, but hockey and a lot of hockey fans like to present the sport as if it's above all that and full of salt of the earth good canadian boys.

 

[hawksrule]

Is any team sport not?

I don’t know. The whole approach of motivating subordinates through fear and treating them like garbage is asinine to me, and physical assault is beyond reproach. I’m much more of a treat people how you would want to be treated kind of guy.

 

[RayP]

I don’t know. The whole approach of motivating subordinates through fear and treating them like garbage is asinine to me, and physical assault is beyond reproach. I’m much more of a treat people how you would want to be treated kind of guy.

100% with you there.

But I don’t know if that translates to sports.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

So do you think the Hawks stand by him, or publicly feign shock and fire him?

This is a known thing. I have to think he’s changed and grown as a person as I can’t imagine many old school tough as nails coaches are around, but as we just saw with Peters last year with Carolina who the hell knows?

 

[BrianE]

Of all the stupid **** Avery pulled in theNHL he’s going to bring this up? What a dick

This 100 times, he was a jerk for sure.

 

[BrianE]

Some players in this league should of been banned for life and thrown in prison for some of the sickening things they did. No need to mention them here, much far worse than what peters or Crawford said or did.

 

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

I mean, i don't get the signing in the first place. I don't care if they can him or not, but he definitely shouldn't be physically abusing his players.

Kind of a dick move regardless of what year it happened.

 

[Panzerspitze]

I'm waiting for
Allegations against Jeremy Colliton while head coach of [some team he coached in Sweden]

 

[Giovi]

I'm pretty sure every guy who ever coached Avery wanted to do far worse to him than Crawford did.

 

[Kevin Musto]

I'm waiting for
Allegations against Jeremy Colliton while head coach of [some team he coached in Sweden]

JC is a hockey legend in Mora.

 

[BrianE]

Who hasn't wanted to kick Avery? Should of kicked him in the head, it might have knocked some sense into him.

 

[BrianE]

I'm pretty sure every guy who ever coached Avery wanted to do far worse to him than Crawford did.

Pretty much this.

 

[Darkstar]

Avery was a grown man, he could of fought back...oh...I forgot, he only wanted to fight non-fighters. My bad.

 

[SotasicA]

Figured this is probably worthy of its own thread.

Sean Avery says former Kings coach Marc Crawford kicked him during a game

"He came down and gave me an ass kick that left a mark"

Should have kicked harder.

 

[RememberTheRoar]

UPDATE: Blackhawks investigating allegations and Crawford won't be with the team:

 

[Section88]

Ok so he will be fired.

 

[BK]

The right thing to do.

 

[Marotte Marauder]

Maybe he's the difference between this season and how last season ended?

 

[CallMeShaft]

I'm shocked they are investigating this. They knew fully well the type of shit he's done when he was hired. Nothing has come out to push him past being the asshole we already knew he's been.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Ruh-roh

 

[clydesdale line]

I'm shocked they are investigating this. They knew fully well the type of **** he's done when he was hired. Nothing has come out to push him past being the ******* we already knew he's been.

McDonough doesn't want his precious org's name in the mud.

 

[Sarava]

I find it alarming that a grown man would whine about getting kicked by another man 13 years later. What a baby. Who cares.