Its time for George Parros to be replaced

[NHL Review]

Guess not.

I would wager 99% of people think they aren’t doing a good job.. and he’s in charge. Thats including players.

These same people saying “nah he’s doing fine” will change their stance in a week or two when something blatant happens to their teams player and nothing happens. No call on ice or suspension. Seen it time and time again

You are right, tell you what, next time you are driving, and your tire blows out, and you hit another car causing severe injury, you are going to plead guilty to assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder right?

This also isn’t a very good argument. If you don’t take of your car and something like that happens that is directly caused by your neglect, you’ll be held responsible. A good example right now since there are major snow storms.. if you don’t clean the ice off the top off your car and it blows off while you’re driving and kills someone, you’re getting negligence charges. Where you can be tried in criminal court you will be, and where you can’t you’re going to get sued.

What the person pleads is irrelevant. No one is asking the player to plead guilty, they are asking for the discipline to be handed down and hopefully that player learns their lesson. If not, it’s a lesson to others not to do the behavior

 

[Oilerfan88]

Can we replace him yet?

 

[deca guard]

NHL is a f***ing joke.

e.x.a.c.t.l.y. !

 

[deca guard]

parros is just a front man for the washed up twerps running the league

there needs be a board of say 9 ex nhlers created that publically discuss all plays coaches asked be reveiwed , needs be a limit on reveiw request , then votes on fines or suspensions . the biggest thing that would come out of it is that players , refs and fans alike would be getting important veiw points created by the democratic decissions of a group ex nhlers . have a weekly nhl show that plays all the boards discussions . the show would become a big hit to boot

 

[jfhabs]

They should get a neurologist to do the job. Someone who understands brain damage

Instead of someone who has brain damage...

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Been saying this for years. Dude got punched in the face to many times in the AHL/NHL. Common sense is gone with him

 

[IndustryLeech]

Parros is a clown, Shanny was the only one who actually handled that job the way it should've been. I don't know why they just hire any idiot who was a goon to be the director of player safety. He never should've had that job to begin with.

Shanahan sucked at least as badly as Parros does. This shouldn't be a position filled by former NHLers. It's idiotic that a medical expert that specializes in head injuries isn't serving in this role.

 

[DickSmehlik]

Trust me, someone with no context as a player would suck worse and people would be complaining just as much when your favorite team has someone suspended every other game.

Predatory hits will never be eliminated as long as you allow contact in such a high speed game.

Having said that it is much better than it was a decade ago.

 

[IndustryLeech]

Trust me, someone with no context as a player would as a player would suck worse and people would be complaining just as much when your favorite team has someone suspended every other game.

Predatory hits will never be eliminated as long as you allow contact in such a high speed game.

Having said that it is much better than it was a decade ago.

The very definition of the term "predatory" is in direct opposition to the point you are trying to make here.

If the league took a similar stance to head shots as they do the high sticking penalty, that there is no grey area when your stick makes contact with the head, and suspended players for every single hit to the head you wouldn't see many many "predatory" head shots. You will still see some accidental ones, but garbage like Carrier's elbow to Landeskog's head in last night's outdoor would be pretty rare. Dirty teams have gotten away with head shots and they are very effective at taking an opposing team's players off the ice for extended lengths of time. Until the reward is no longer there, it will continue.

 

[chethejet]

the only way things change as to discipline is to discipline the teams if they have numerous head shots and the like. Take away picks like the NFL for certain violations and owners and GM's will get the message.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

I think erring on the side of caution and really bumping up the length of suspensions would be a fantastic start- right now it’s just luck of the draw whether you get 0-2 games, and meanwhile many of the hits in question cause injuries that’ll far exceed 2 games. Not a great system when you can run a star player from behind or target his head and you maybe get 2 games for it. If the league just says “head shot is an automatic game, at least” then shit would really change. As is we’re just gonna keep getting these token suspensions (see: Fiala).

 

[7even]

Was it Shanahan who had the point by point video reviews about why disciplinary action was or was not taken? That was great. Literally just f***ing do that. When you've got fans who've watched 80 games a year for 20 years unable to guess what's illegal and what's not how do you expect the casual fan to understand your game. It's an awful look for the league.

 

[Rebels57]

Absolutely f***ing hate Parros.

Total piece of shit.

 

[4thTierSport]

I see a lot of people still haven’t figured out the DoPS’s head is mostly a figurehead position. Just managing the day to day bs and doesn’t have the final say in any situation of significance.

the only way things change as to discipline is to discipline the teams if they have numerous head shots and the like. Take away picks like the NFL for certain violations and owners and GM's will get the message.

Consistency and punishing the act and not just the result would be better steps. Even better would be gutting the NHL offices. Nothing is really going to change with pieces of shit like Bettman and Campbell have the final say.

 

[terranraida]

I'm really curious how you guys would react if two of your players got hit to the head within a week

The wasted careers of Simon Despres and Ondrej Kase from head injuries says hello

 

[ItsFineImFine]

How the f*** has this not been looked at yet? Anyone in this thread want to quote this post of mine and then tell me it's NOT a forearm/elbow to the head?

Colin Campbell does not care about player safety and since Parros appears to be a puppet of Campbell, the DoPS doesn't care either.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

If they hired a neurologist for the job, he would ban all physical impacts between players and then the rest of us would stop watching the games.

Anyone watching games to see players get hurt can go jump off a bridge

 

[cowboy82nd]

I mean hiring enforcers to be head of player safety, shows how little the NHL actually cares about player safety.

Not even if that enforcer is a graduate of Princeton University?

 

[4thTierSport]

How the f*** has this not been looked at yet? Anyone in this thread want to quote this post of mine and then tell me it's NOT a forearm/elbow to the head?

Colin Campbell does not care about player safety and since Parros appears to be a puppet of Campbell, the DoPS doesn't care either.

That should be an easy suspension. God, give him a couple games for the elbow and a couple more for how f***ing dumb that was.

 

[The Nuge]

Was it Shanahan who had the point by point video reviews about why disciplinary action was or was not taken? That was great. Literally just f***ing do that. When you've got fans who've watched 80 games a year for 20 years unable to guess what's illegal and what's not how do you expect the casual fan to understand your game. It's an awful look for the league.

Ya and that’s why Shanahan is the only person in that role that’s done a good job. Transparency was at an all time high, and the way it was done lead to a lot more consistency. Parros has been absolutely useless. It’s long overdue for him to be replaced with someone that will actually protect the players

 

[GeeoffBrown]

I think the NHL still wants a hard-hitting game with brutal checks happening occasionally. Like they want players to hit each other so hard that one is them gets injured. It is what is. Mostly the DOPS is there to prevent lawsuits

 

[BM14]

I'm really curious how you guys would react if two of your players got hit to the head within a week

You employ Shea Weber. You have no leg to stand on.

Conversely, that's what it looks like when Weber skates now.

 

[The Nuge]

How the f*** has this not been looked at yet? Anyone in this thread want to quote this post of mine and then tell me it's NOT a forearm/elbow to the head?

Colin Campbell does not care about player safety and since Parros appears to be a puppet of Campbell, the DoPS doesn't care either.

I’d be curious to see data about the number of suspensions each year, because it feels like it’s gone down since Parros took over. That likely gets a game or two in the past

 

[Nineteen67]

How the f*** has this not been looked at yet? Anyone in this thread want to quote this post of mine and then tell me it's NOT a forearm/elbow to the head?

Colin Campbell does not care about player safety and since Parros appears to be a puppet of Campbell, the DoPS doesn't care either.

Good physical play, should be 2 minutes for elbowing.

The NHL should reprimand the commentator for a calling that a dirty hit.

 

[cudi]

Haven't seen this posted. Gives you some insight into the though process behind the scenes.

It certainly is...interesting.