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Originally Posted by trackercowe
It's the pressure from the media (mostly American) that forces these suspensions. If you watch any coverage ESPN gives these type of incidents they always say that the book should be thrown at the offender. Whether or not they know what a clean hit really is, they always look at the end result (a bad injury in this case), and say the guy should be suspended for multiple games. Shanny used to be make better decisions, but now he is acting too much as a reactionary, and is pressured into making wrong calls (straight down for Bettman I'd imagine).
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In which case it should be the end of the road for Brendan Shannahan.
Hell, any monkey can make calls or suspensions to appease the masses. Thats beyond simple. If Shanny wants to keep his job then he should make the right calls despite the pressure.
If theres no pressure to perform and he just does whatever it takes to appease whomever then any idiot could do his job. Fire him and hire Pauly Shore or something at a massive discount and reduce the price of beer at venues by a nickel or something.
he was hired to do the hard job. He isnt doing it. Hes copping out. Any idiot can cop out. And probably for cheaper no less.