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Originally Posted by Blaster86
Jesus ####ing christ, my guy. We know that Brad Aldritch used his position as video coach to pressure Kyle Beach into doing sexual things he did not want to do.
This was brought to the attention of the Chicago Blackhawks leadership. Quenneville himself was directly informed, at the very latest, after the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Sharks in 2010. Even after this meeting, even after sweeping all of this under the rug. Even after quietly destroying a young man's career to make this go away. Quenneville wrote a positive ####ing work review for Brad Aldrich.
We know what role Quenneville played. We know what he did. This isn't guessing. This isn't supposition. This isn't blaming him for things he may not have known or done.
He helped cover up a sexual assault. He should not be welcome back to the NHL. He shouldn't be back in charge of young men, like the one he helped to ruin the career of, ever again.
You're choosing to disagree with fact to justify your "He deserves a second chance" position and it makes me sick.
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Thanks for posting this. I think in some way I was minimizing this in my own mind, but thinking about it today and reading the details over again, I can’t help but feel that we forget too often that working in the NHL is a privilege, not a right, and (just generally speaking) I think a lot of us and myself included can be a lot better about holding people accountable and not accepting the idea that someone has “paid their dues” when they take a break after doing something that should be forever disqualifying from having the privilege of being in a position of power ever again.
There’s no way back for Beach. The harm he was caused, and the harm others were caused because of these individuals is irreversible. That’s not to say these victims can’t go on and live different, fulfilling lives, but those lives will always be impacted by what was allowed to happen to them. The opportunity (both the career opportunity and the opportunity to just live a normal life without having been victimized) is gone forever.
So, I think it’s entirely fair that the individuals who directly enabled that to happen should experience the same forever loss of opportunity. And that includes losing the privilege to ever work in the NHL in a position of power over others again.