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Perhaps almost as disgusting as the sexual assaults is the way people who were a part of the organization at the time and Chicago fans dismiss the severity of it all.
Black eye on the sport for sure
And in turn, some are being completely hyperbolic about it.
This will hardly effect the sport.
The fact that some are suggesting the organization be punished is just.... completely an overreaction.
The organization's statement was more than adequate. This was sexual misconduct.
Maybe Kyle just isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. Aldrige was a video coach...... It's hard to understand for most guys I think how he could have felt so helpless and powerless.
I'm not suggesting he didn't feel that way. I'm suggesting, you present that story to most guys I know, they too would have a difficult time understanding Kyle's reaction to the situation. And might think, something is off about this on both sides.
And I am sure Kyle did feel "fear" and whatever else. But honestly, its' difficult to empathize with his reaction to the situation given the details.
Did he seriously think this video coach had this kind of power over him? DId he really think he was so stuck in this situation and powerless and that his career hung in the balance? That's the part I think most people have a hard time understanding. Beach was a grown man at this point. And I just don't think that's how most men of the same age would have reacted to the situation. So in turn it's difficult for many men to understand how this whole thing played out and how Kyle was so effected by it. And that includes Chicago execs.
I think all would agree, Aldrich should have been let go, of course And that Kyle shouldn't have HAD to deal with that situation. Of course. But at the same time, Beach's reaction is baffling. And It's difficult to grasp that a man of that age wasn't mentally or emotionally mature enough to understand the reality of the situation at the time.
And I would expect the Chicago management perceived it similarly, having a difficult time understanding Beach's; position.
I am in no way defending Aldrich. And the organization obviously should have handled it immediately and let Aldrich go. And the execs at the time certainly bungled that aspect of it.
But at the same time, I wholly think the Blackhawks response since, and their statement, were more than adequate given the details of the situation. Their initial response and handling of it was poor. Absolutely. But after that initial run of error in judgement, they've handled it just fine since.
