What are the facts?
You’ve got a lot to learn about what his options were in a corporate environment if you believe that is what happened. He told his boss who said he would take care of it. In that position, that meant to him that his boss would start an investigation into the matter. You cannot, as an employee go around sharing information about accusations as serious as this with the rest of the company or the public. Thats not fair to the accuser or the accused.
They not only allowed him to resign, they paid him a severance, wrote him a positive referral, gave him a day to celebrate with the Cup and allowed his name to be engraved on the Cup (which has since been x’d out). This was after they gave him the option to participate in an investigation or resign.
I work in an office. If I got wind of this occurring and my boss said that, and a week later this dink is still working for the company, it's not one I would work for anymore. And I would be in the media. And I would be going above his head. So don't give me this nonsense.
He did have his consequence. He was dragged through the mud on this and had to leave his team in disgrace. It's not like he was the abuser, and he was not even the top decision maker. He was told by his superior that the matter was dealt with. He definitely paid more than Toews, Kane, Keith and Cheveldayoff
I don’t know what ‘nonsense I’m giving you’ as I said he could have done more and I agree with you he should have handled it much differently.
See that’s just objectively not true. Not sure why you have to lie about what he didn’t do when what actually happened is bad enough.
If the Hawks removed Aldrich after the cup run and brought all this to light, and dealt with it then, that wouldn't have been amazing but it would have been understandable and people would have accepted it. What turned this situation evil was what happened over that summer. Bowman owns responsibility for that but the actual cover up started and ended with McDonaugh
Exactly. The idea that the GM can't or shouldn't be expected to follow up when he's been told about one of his coaches coercing one of his players to perform sexual acts is laughable. If Stan Bowman wanted to find out what was going on with Aldrich, he would have found out. If he threw a fit to make sure an investigation happened, I bet an investigation would have happened. And if not, he could have gone to the media because he knew he would have another job in this good ol' boys league of nepotism. He showed no willingness to engage with the seriousness of this situation until after he was caught up in it and punished. He was more than happy to pass it onto someone else and not deal with it anymore.
You are aware that Aldrich told everyone it was a consensual encounter when it was internally investigated right?
Are you seriously trying to say that nobody can report a crime other than the victim?
No. You can report whatever you want. I guess I was trying to say, in this case that it would be pointless if the adult victim of the sexual assault refused to be a part of involving the police and you did not witness it.
