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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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How does he not own it? He has handled the fallout well, but for a guy that talks and talks about process he seemed to really put himself out on a limb by not even interviewing other candidates and specifically targeting Peters.
When the guy he specifically targeted turns out to be a huge PR disaster for the team, he owns that. Peters is his hire. I'm not saying he should be fired or anything, but the buck stops with him on that hiring. Peters was his guy, and his guy blew up into a PR disaster for the organization.
His handling of the PR disaster has been good, but there's no way Treliving comes out smelling purely of roses.