Maybe he would but he doesn't have a time machine and this stuff was seen as acceptable when Babcock was doing it
I'd also point out that if you have any underlying mental health issues professional sports isn't a great industry to be employed in
Your under enormous pressure on an almost constant basis
You're right about changing standards. You can't hold people's actions in the past to today's standards.
I'm not defending everything Babcock has done, but a couple of issues with the criticism here:
i) He was born in Manitouwadge
Ontario, not Regina. He's spent most of his life in Saskatchewan (mostly Saskatoon), but he's also spent many years in.... Detroit, Anaheim, Toronto, Cincinnati, Spokane, Montreal, England.... He's more well-travelled than most people, so quit trying to portray him as some sort of rube from the prairies
ii) He's a huge and important advocate for mental health. Donating a lot of your time and money is not hypocritical, it's something quite different - it's generous. There's a difference between mental health and mental toughness
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1104171587870
iii) "His teams rarely get past the 1st round". Really? First thing, to do that you have to make the playoffs, so you're already doing okay. Second thing, he's reached the SCF 3 times, Conference Finals (once), semis (3 times), and quarters (twice). Third thing, his worst record is the recent stretch here in Toronto, and we were rebuilding for half of that.
TL/DR? He's one of the great coaches in NHL history.
Has his style gone out of date? Maybe, but that doesn't mean he's been a bad coach.
