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Originally Posted by CGY12
The uncle isn't wrong though lol. I mean many people who are absolutely ripping him for leaving (fans and media) are now claiming betrayal. Listen I get it, emotional times, players should brush off critism, but unfortunately in the social media times we live now, its virtually impossible.
After hearing Johnny's comments today, I suspect he made the decision to leave Calgary earlier than what he claimed (early this week). You don't wake up some random day and decide its time to go and then say what he did today, the move seemed well thought out and calculated. For that you would hope he would be more upfront with the organization, so for that he does hold some culpability. I still however think BT should feel the brunt of the criticism.
Are we really surprised it played out like that from Johnny? He is a great hockey player but plays a style of game that is timid at times, I assume he is the submissive one in the relationship and he probably didn't have the balls to be clear and direct with the organization till the final hour.
I really wish BT read between the lines.
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I totally agree. People need to relax a little bit about the betrayal stuff. Even if he gave more notice, I am sure some people would have still acted out. Some people would have been mad no matter what.
And you're right. This is 100% on management. Even a lot of fans could see he had one foot out the door for a while. Management either couldn't see it, or they thought they could change it. There were many warning signs that he was looking past the Flames one day, and obviously that day was going to be when his contract was up. Johnny played out his contract to the best of his abilities and never complained. That is all you can really ask. Yeah, I don't like how the final negotiations went, but Brad should have pulled the plug way before. Trying to convince a player to stay whose heart wasn't in it, likely just prolonged the process longer than it needed to be.
Treliving should have sat down with Johnny at the beginning of the season when his camp said they weren't interested in extending yet, and asked him to be totally honest. I don't know, maybe he did. I just doubt it because he seemed happy to ignore so many warning signs, he probably didn't want to face the big question.
My take is that Gaudreau was leaving no matter what and Brad made it harder than it needed to be for him to make that decision. It's like trying to break off a relationship and the other person is crying, and saying I can't live with out you, so you put off the break up until later. It's not the best thing to do, but it's hard not to when you actually do care about the person. I suspect the psychological aspect is the negotiations for the past few weeks was similar.