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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Well, in this case, the personnel decisions include the players. I’d say the due diligence complaint on signing James Neal is way worse than with Peters. Lots of people knew Neal’s issues but I defy any GM to have sussed out Peter’s incident unless by accident. At least two other GM hired Peters as either an AC or HC before Treliving and they didn’t know about it.
Plenty of GMs have missed character issues with coaches. Partly this is because of changing norms. Partly it’s because no one records this stuff in junior or the minors. And there’s a sizeable portion that still don’t care. Sutter has been accused of physical mistreatment, people still talk about Hartley fondly, Tocchet has a job, etc.
Tell me who, when Peters got accused, said “oh yeah I knew about that”.
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The players knew it. Just like the players knew James Neal was a real prick. I wonder if anyone talked with them? It's all part of doing their due diligence, which they didn't do. That's the whole point. You go with known quantities so you have that paper trail of success and paper trail of behaviors.