Babcock resigning as CBJ Head Coach *Mod note, post #687*

[Gliff]

What an idiot.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

BizNasty not the hero the NHL deserves, but the hero it needs

If he really wanted to be a hero, that goof would just go away entirely.

 

[Kranix]

If you're a young rookie, and you don't know BoyScout Jenner, or Johnny Hockey, and Babs does this, are you going to trust in, and tell Jarmo, the one who hired Babs, whom you also don't know, or are you going to tell a player you do know? People calling this a "life lesson" for the Columbus player who talked are off their f***ing rocker.

 

[EXTRAS]

Honestly bet this is all overblown.

 

[gritdash60]

I wouldnt go as far as to talk shit about Jenner or Gaudreau, there is a chance they did not know what he did with the younger players. And even if they did, do you really think they will start trashing the headcoach? Maybe they were simply waiting for the hammer to come down.

 

[Viqsi]

Torts and Babcock are completely different.

Frank Corrado talks about it on Leafs Radio, if you're interested - you can listen here:



He mentions Torts is straight to the point, which guys like. He can be direct - but you know where he stands.
Babcock plays mind games and never tells the player how he feels or where he stands.

They're almost opposites, the only similarity is that they're both tough coaches. Obviously, CBJ should have known that when they hired him.

Wouldn't have known it from the way everybody reacted.

 

[JianYang]

What a bizarre story and surely the end of the line for Babcock.

Didn’t this GM also hire Torts? Maybe this GM isn’t thinking straight.

Tortirella can be a pain the ass, but I think he's more a no nonsense and straight to the point guy.

Babcock seems to play some weird mind games, and oversteps his boundaries.

I don't think they are all that comparable.

 

[Gliff]

Honestly bet this is all overblown.

If he asked to look in their phones that’s all I need to know. It’s an imbalance of power and the young kids especially will feel pressured to do it, when he has no right to even ask.

 

[I am toxic]

Mike Babcock resigns as Blue Jackets head coach following photo controversy

Mike Babcock will resign as head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday.

www.sportsnet.ca

Friedman:



But Spittin Chiclets is full of liars and Babcock did nothing wrong! This is a nothing story and Boone Jenner and the PR department confirmed it!

Don’t be so quick to discredit people just because the PR department rushes in with a statement.

Happened with Hockey Canada, happened with the Kyle Beach investigation, and now with Babcock.

did some one try to get this topic locked? unbelievable.

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

Chicago should hire him, he’d fit right in with their mantra lol

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Honestly bet this is all overblown.

For real.

 

[Dogewow]

Honestly bet this is all overblown.

Its not when the NHLPA comes out and says there's no pathway for Babcock to remain as headcoach.

 

[norrisnick]

I wouldnt go as far as to talk shit about Jenner or Gaudreau, there is a chance they did not know what he did with the younger players. And even if they did, do you really think they will start trashing the headcoach? Maybe they were simply waiting for the hammer to come down.

That's quite literally their job as captains of the team.

 

[Gabe Kupari]

Columbus is gonna be a disaster this year.

There is a divide in that room

 

[JianYang]

Torts pulled off one of the greatest playoff upsets in NHL history.

Same can be said for babcock against the red wings in 2003, but there's certainly other differences between the two.

 

[Kranix]

Wouldn't have known it from the way everybody reacted.

But Torts is an old school retread coach with a known temper. So people are going to react badly when he is hired. He was never fired because of a scandal of manipulation and poor treatment of players.

 

[ItWasJustified]

there is a chance they did not know what he did with the younger players.

What did he do with the younger players?

 

[bennysflyers16]

So Babcock prob got 4 mill to quit , and now will double dip when my moronic Flyers hire him as a special advisor.

 

[Kranix]

What did he do with the younger players?

Keep up

 

[Spring in Fialta]

We'd previously hired a guy about whom similar stories were told and not only did he turn out to be much more of a generally decent person than advertised, he's still the winningest coach in franchise history. It's not unusual that folks here might get to thinking that It's All Just Paper Talk.

It worked the first time beyond anyone's wildest expectations, so he tried to catch lightning in a bottle twice.

I don't recall Torts having stories as bad as Babcock and Franzen, for example. Or Marner for that matter. He's often been referred to as a hardass but not abusive.

 

[ItWasJustified]

Keep up

He asked to see family photos. Ok.

 

[gritdash60]

What did he do with the younger players?

just guessing but i wouldn't think thats a case of a veteran player

 

[K Fleur]

Torts is a loud mouth abrasive and whiny ass, but he’s not an outright awful asshole douche nozzle of a person.

 

[Nikki Potnick]

Blue Jackets looking into new allegations against Mike Babcock

forums.hfboards.com

A lot of good takes in this thread. "Oh but Spittin Chiclets blah blah blah." How can some of you be so blind?

 

[JS19]

Wouldn't have known it from the way everybody reacted.

That probably had more to do with beef with Hartley that year + the reported fights and arguments w/ Gillis + Canucks ownership. People tend to be prisoners of the moment.