Some of you are acting like Bowman was told to never bring it up again once MacIsaac said he would handle it. That isn't the case, or at least has never been brought up as having been the case. Nothing stopped Bowman from doing the right thing and following up.
Sorry but this is a ridiculous defense. You don’t need to be an NHL executive to know that the General Manager of an NHL franchise was not afraid of “overstepping.” And even were that false premise true, one of your players potentially being sexually assaulted by one of the coaches you manage is a case where you overstep.
Are you saying it's homerism to not care about the events that apparently took place when Kane was a young pup in Winnipeg 10 years ago?
I guess I should have said nothing stopped him from following up except selfishness.
Those guys will read the investigation report and make their decision unlike the cowboys on here that get their info ( most of it wrong) from the internet
Couldn't have said it better myself, yes, it doesn't discredit the original post, just that because they are deemed good teammates
I hate to be the one to inform you of this, but there were plenty of decent people who took sexual assault allegations very seriously, even in the face of potential personal loss, 10 years ago.
I suggest you educate yourself on the allegations Kane has faced throughout his career, and not fall into the media trap.
How exactly does that make sense?
Doubt you read the report. It was McDonough the president who said he would take care of it, 2 steps above the GM.I got the report from the internet.
Well, no, but there was no question.
Not all 90 pages, no, but you didn't either. And I didn't say anything like that about you or anyone else. You're thinking of someone else.
That’s pretty cold on your part. You not giving a shit what Beach wanted.
I agree. I think you tell both but it's the responsibility of the victim to pursue all legal avenues and provide evidence for criminal charges. I certainly believe the Blackhawks should have handled the accusation differently within their organization for workplace standards from an internal policy standpoint but the criminality is all Beach's responsibility, he was a legal adult at the time. It's not the Blackhawks job to babysit an adult's personal life. That is why we have laws, police, and courts.
While I still find the hire questionable, teams are free to do what they want and the NHL also reinstated the 3 and there is this from Sheldon Kennedy.
Sheldon Kennedy: New Oilers GM Bowman must 'lead by example'
Three years later, Kennedy has expressed his support for Bowman in his new role as Edmonton Oilers general manager, but encouraged the 51-year-old to "walk the walk" going forward.www.sportsnet.ca
People here obviously are going to have divergent views for various reasons and that's fair but if Kennedy is seeing something positive out of a bad situation then that's something right?
It's better to move forward than to just condemn and ignore these situations, people are human and make mistakes no one should be judged only by their worst day or act.
You have proof of that? Even if it is true what does it matter if Sheldon agrees?
What about Kyle Beach, who not only worked closely with Bowman after the events, and who was also consulted and supported his hiring? Does his opinion matter?
