Jarmo completely handled him wrong last season. Told him to get a place in Columbus early in the season (which wasn't earned) and then yoyoed him for most of year even though it was clear he wasn't NHL ready.
Not saying it's your view but there are many people on the boards who seem to think the conversation with Jarmo is why Jiricek is struggling / not NHL ready. And that's wild to me. Of all the things that player development depends on, that is not one of them. It's not stopping him from putting muscle on his legs and putting in the extra hours with his skating coach. Why is that convo always brought into the middle of the debate about Jiricek's development?
And FWIW, JD said that Jarmo told Jiricek that he would get sent down in the same conversation where he told him to get a place. This has got Allan Walsh's fingerprints all over it.
I do think there are some bad feelings lingering between jiricek and Columbus.
Just feels like a rocky relationship to me. I hope we all agree that him sitting in a bench to start the season isn't helping him in anyway at all? I get he gets to practice with pros but this is a bad situation imo.
That's a big misconception in my opinion. People seem to think player development is a matter of games played, when it's mostly training and practice. That's somewhat less so for D-men, but all the more so with Jiricek where his skating, balance, and strength are the limiting factors.