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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Yup. He freakin' wrote a letter of recommendation. Which led to a second assault.
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Apparently Stan didn't write a letter of recommendation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackha...ons-to-dismiss
I actually missed this. Did this actually get dismissed, or did Bowman really write that letter?
However, how in the hell did this guy get his 'day with the cup'? Seems to me that this was yet another missed opportunity in a whole series of missed opportunities to try and do something right.
https://www.tsn.ca/rick-westhead-ald...awye-1.1700663
By this time, it is more than obvious that nothing at all was being done, and there is no excusing the lack of action on Stan Bowman's part. I am actually going to go back on my initial reaction to all of this when I said that - as long as he put in the work and tried to make amends - that everyone deserves a second chance.
In my opinion, Bowman had 1st, 2nd, 3rd and how many other countless chances and opportunities to do the right thing? Is it only counted as a second chance once you get caught? He was in a position of power and did nothing to protect anyone with that power - he allowed someone else much lower than him in a position of power to use that power to rape, threaten and who knows what else. Now he is being put straight back into a position of power right from the get-go?
I have never really thought of how many opportunities Bowman had to do something right for the victims that he held responsibility for. His inaction made him further complicit in Aldrich than raping a minor. To imagine Aldrich having his day with the cup in the middle of all of this?
The saving grace in all of this is the 2nd lawsuit filed. To hire Bowman even though this 2nd lawsuit is pending makes this hire more stupid.
However, considering that a 2nd pending lawsuit is in the works, why in the hell did the NHL choose to reinstate Bowman? Logically, they should probably wait until that one is over with, no? Must have been the Oilers really pushing for this.