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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I feel it's unfair to blame BT for what happened with Peters. If anything I blame the Canes for not being upfront about it. Outside of talking to every former player what diligence should they have done?
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Tough to say, as I’m definitely not familiar with what the hiring practices are like.
I imagine it broke down in one of a few ways:
- He didn’t do enough due diligence on the hire (reference checks, I suppose - whatever the equivalent is for NHL head coaching hires), because I feel like it’d be quite difficult for the Hurricanes to cover-up the issues entirely
- He did discover some concerns, but he made a judgement that they weren’t a huge concern (not speaking specifically to the racist allegations, more so the player issues in Carolina)
- He didn’t do any due diligence and made the judgement call based on his own personal opinion of Peters
I think all 3 scenarios reflect poorly on Treliving, and whatever his hiring process is.
It’s three garbage coach hires in a row in slightly more than 4 years (June 2016 - September 2020). That’s just ugly work.