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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Harder to say it was impossible to know.
I don't believe for a second that Tre knew anything of the Peters/Aliu allegations, but the more #### that comes out about Peters, the harder it will be to say no one knew. Much more likely as Textcritic points out, no one really cared.
That's turning out to be an indefensible position.
Hell, I'm not involved in hockey at all and yet even I was hearing some of this stuff.
The point i'm getting at is, Treliving knew Peters was a hardass, that's the reason he hired him. He either didn't have the connections to know this info or he didn't care to look into it, but either way, it doesn't shine brightly on the organization or on Treliving.
If Rod the Bod is confirming this on record, does that mean no one in the Flames organization reached out to ask a very respected member of the hockey community about what it was like to be on Peters' staff?
To me, that's what has the stink all over it. Targeted hire. No extensive interview process. End up with a stick of dynamite.
How do you trust Treliving's decision making ability going forward after such a massive, public, failure? Is he part of the culture problem or part of the solution? Hard to argue the solution at this point.
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I suppose at least part of a response to what you’re saying rests with how you feel Tre has performed in other key areas. If you believe his FA signing failings, revolving goalie searches and coaching moves outweigh his contract negotiations and trades then this maybe final nail.
I personally feel that Tre made the hire by overvaluing his personal observations and Peters lineage. Maybe he turned a blind eye to some bad behaviour after getting some assurance they were one offs. Some fairly major errors for sure.
I am one who think overall the good outweighs the bad with Tre. I really hope he didn’t hire Peters knowing he had some pretty egregious fouls.