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Originally Posted by transplant99
I simply cant wrap my head around this thought process.
How, 10 years after the fact, was Brad Treliving supposed to know what Bill Peters said to a hockey player in Illinois one morning after practice? How is this in ANY way attached to BT other than hiring a guy who he knew only as a hockey coach?
I really don't know what people expect...like should BT have contacted every single player that Bill Peters ever coached or every single person he ever worked with and ask them "did you ever hear BP utter racist words or see him kicking a player in the back"?
I mean I just dont get it.
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If Bill Peters didn't have a notorious reputation from being an abusive #######, this story doesn't get as big.
It was the cascade of negativity that happened after the initial allegations that made it so much worse.
If Bill Peters had been a decent individual outside of the Aliu incident he may have even survived.
There are two things happening here:
1) The Flames are justifiably cutting ties with Peters based on the corroborated allegations of racism.
2) The Flames are (justifiably for their own public relations) actively trying to avoid the criticism that Bill Peters looks like a terrible hire aside from the racism allegations.