Now look at the two bolded statements. Statement 1 is that no one is piling on. Statement 2 starts with a correct statement (MacLean did say that he did what he felt he needed to do in order to play in June) and then adds a parenthetical that is not only completely false, but it basically piles on and completely contradicts statement 1.
There is no contradiction. No one from the organization is piling on. I think you need to separate me (and the media) from the Senators organization.
When a man says that he has absolutely no regrets, and firmly believes that he wouldnt change a thing, that indicates to me that he was very set in doing things his way.
Maybe his was the right way, we'll never know. Maybe he was actually a super awesome and open guy, and all the players and upper management are just whiners/scapegoaters. Its possible, sure. The players have definitely taken some of the responsibility (as should management imo).
But what we do know is that the team wasn't wasn't winning, management (+media and fans) continued to see the same mistakes being made on the ice and the same horrendously bad defensive play for a year and a half, and that a decision (that shocked no one) was finally made to roll the dice on someone else at helm.
No one has done a character assassination of PM, just correctly pointing out that it has clearly not been working this last year and a half. In a results based industry, thats not a good thing.
At no point in time did PMac ever say that he was not willing to bend for anyone. In fact, he said the exact opposite when he pointed out that he door was always open, but it takes two sides to have a conversation.
Whether or not Maclean says he was an open book and willing to exchange ideas, the overwhelmingly obvious evidence over the last year and a half would indicate that he was not as flexible as you believe him to be.
So yeah, you have shown in technicolour that criticisms of people piling on to MacLean are 100% correct. Thank you for providing a very good example of how the garbage media feeds to us via the likes of Garrioch etc get digested and regurgitated by the fan base.
Whats your problem anyway? Again you really need to separate the media, fans, and posters on HFboards from the actual Ottawa Senators franchise, which is all I was speaking too.
I believed that a change was necessary as well, and I didnt formulate that opinion because big Bruce and co. correctly pointed out what was plainly obvious to anyone who was paying attention. I had no faith in his ability to manage ice time or with the line combos, and would have welcomed a change after the infamous shootout lineup game.
Thanks for implying Im a moron and sheep though.
