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Originally Posted by Incogneto
I have been playing with a conspiracy theory in my head all day...Probably from watching too much House of Cards and Succession:
- Flames players hate playing for Peters
- Agent for stars (probably Gaudreau, specifically) call Treliving to express his clients complaints about the coach.
- Treliving realizes that its time to move on from Peters, for the sake of the team
- Goes to Ownership to tell them that they cannot afford to spend an extra $2M for another 2 seasons, say either A) NO, or B) Find a way out.
- Treliving, knowing there is some history of issues, makes some phone calls to find some dirt on their coach to get out of the contract, and in turn uncovers a goldmine of evidence.
- Tre asks (??pays??) Aliu to come out with his knowledge.
- ....Everything takes off from there
- Flames get out of the Peters deal.
Again, this is 100% not what happened, but its fun to think about HOW this could have all happened.
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Originally Posted by GullFoss
Do you think Akim just says "#### it, my time to skewer this guy is now. Time to tweet." Or do you think he wants to tweet, but reaches out to someone in the organization first and asks them it he has the greenlight to tell his story?
Or perhaps a bit differently, do you Akim holds back if the flames chemistry is perfect and team is first in the conference?. Not out of any love for Peters, but out of respect for the players playing under him?
I understand the why now is because of the whole "#metoo" thing happening in hockey last few days. But I wonder if a secondary reason is because Peters was the cancer in the dressing room.
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I think the obvious thing in play here is Aliu's career is coming to a close and he has nothing left to lose by telling his story. He's disappointed in how his career arch developed and there is likely some lashing out going on, with some possible ulterior motives. The Babcock firing and commentary has likely made him feel he's in a place to make his statements and take a run at a coach with which he has an axe to grind. I get his motives, and support his comments, so long as he doesn't try to monetize them. This is ultimately where things will fall out IMO. What chain reaction does this start, and how many reputations will this sully.
Keep an eye on a guy like Daniel Carcillo. He's throwing a lot of stuff at the wall right now and hoping something will stick. The dog pile is just starting and there will be a certain element that will hope to make something out of this mess. Whether it be immediate money to get shut up, or fame to rally into a job in some money down the line, there is going to be an element that we need to approach with a high degree of skepticism.
Back to the Flames situation, it is obvious that Peters needs to go, but I am still concerned about how this is going to play out for the team. Unless they have a rock solid morality clause that covers actions from previous employers, which is highly unlikely, the Flames are going to have to pay a substantial settlement to Peters to make him go away. Peters is pretty much done in hockey and he's going to want every cent he can milk out of this gig. Even though the Flames have little to no responsibility in this, they are ending Peters' career and they will be the target of his lawsuit. I'm glad they are taking their time on this, as they need to get this right. This is going to be the standard that used in dealing with this type of thing going forward and how this will be remembered years to come. I wish it weren't the Flames caught in the middle of this.