Bill Peters' open apology to Treliving. UPD: Aliu responds

[Cecil Terwilliger]

I think anger at Peters is misplaced. He probably didn’t even write the letter. Be mad at the lawyers and legal system. Even though I want him gone, it isn’t my money so I don’t care if he gets severance. I can hardly fault the guy for following the legal process.

Could he just have resigned and left quietly? Sure but this may be the last big pay check of his life and I have no idea as to his financial situation. I don’t blame him for wanting all the legal severance he’s due.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by DJones

Pretty big departure from the original story. He says he immediately apologized to the team, original story was he doubled down.

Seems like there should be witnesses to confirm either way.

Seems like the witnesses already confirmed. Peters is grasping at straws.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by zamler

Didn't they get blackballed for coming out against the Iraq war? I think so, and they were right about the whole thing.

In particular, GWB.

[Flash Walken]

Bill Peters doesn't care how bad this looks because it can't get any ####ing worse!

This is his last nhl payday.

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

The worsrle the pile on around Peters gets, the higher the likelihood his pro career is done.

The likelier it is that his pro career is done, the more incentive he has to make this as difficult and expensive for the flames organization as possible.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I think anger at Peters is misplaced. He probably didn’t even write the letter. Be mad at the lawyers and legal system. Even though I want him gone, it isn’t my money so I don’t care if he gets severance. I can hardly fault the guy for following the legal process.

Could he just have resigned and left quietly? Sure but this may be the last big pay check of his life and I have no idea as to his financial situation. I don’t blame him for wanting all the legal severance he’s due.

He could have done this yesterday, he could have done this tomorrow? The letter stinks, the timing stinks, this whole thing stinks.

[DropIt]

Originally Posted by Elkyiv

If you are in the "Peters ought to be fired" camp, I am curious to know what you would consider to be an appropriate apology that he could have submitted where he could keep his job? Does such an apology exist in today's cancel culture?

Yes. To the player(s) directly and immediately, not 10 years later when guys had to call you out on it

[zamler]

I'll be so glad when all of this is over.

[bluejays]

I'm no apologist to any of these bums who do this thing, but realistically, isn't he entitled to his money? If I'm Peters, I'm fully arguing for my money when all is said and done because the incident was 10 years ago. I wonder however, if the more recent Hurricane's incident is playing more into the lawyers stuff as that was a physical encounter in the same league probably within the past two years.

[gamesaver]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

This directly contradicts a piece of Aliu’s story, that he called him into his office and repeated the offensive statement, doesn’t it? The part where it’s one persons word against another with no witnesses, naturally.

Agreed, but he also stated he walked right back to the room after being challenged and apologized. If that's true, there should be witnesses. If there won't be any, he is either lying or has no support from his ex-players, which kind of tells us something about him...

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by Azure

How isn't it strange?

Peters is saying in an official letter to the world that he apologized to the team 10 years ago when the incident happened.

Doesn't make him less of a ###### for saying it to begin with, but if he apologized well than part of the allegations were completely misleading.

It’s still not strange that he has his side of the story. I guess if some players come out and say he never apologized it might signal that he was lying for the sake of trying to maximize his severance. In that case I’d say he’s deserves a ton of criticism. Or he knows that it turns his side into being more sympathetic and becomes a he said/he said story and not so cut and dry as it seemed.

[Red_Baron]

If they have to pay him, they should take a page from the show Silicon Valley and re-assign him to his new position and workspace on the roof of the Saddledome.

[sureLoss]

per TSN Aliu politely declined to comment on Peters' letter

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I think anger at Peters is misplaced. He probably didn’t even write the letter. Be mad at the lawyers and legal system.

I'm not sure there's anything wrong with the legal system here.

But you can be mad at the lawyers, that seems like a pretty poorly drafted letter. Even the "decade ago" thing could have been followed by an "I have grown as a person since then" type of statement, to make it sound less like he's trying to dismiss the event because it was a long time ago.

[DropIt]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

I think anger at Peters is misplaced. He probably didn’t even write the letter. Be mad at the lawyers and legal system. Even though I want him gone, it isn’t my money so I don’t care if he gets severance. I can hardly fault the guy for following the legal process.

Could he just have resigned and left quietly? Sure but this may be the last big pay check of his life and I have no idea as to his financial situation. I don’t blame him for wanting all the legal severance he’s due.

The guy is just doing what his legal team is encouraging him to do. Plus, like Burke said, he is going to have to speak sometime and at the end of the day making a public apology is better than not making one

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

per TSN Aliu politely declined to comment on Peters' letter

Probably something to do with being spotted earlier today with legal representation

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988

He could have done this yesterday, he could have done this tomorrow? The letter stinks, the timing stinks, this whole thing stinks.

He was in Buffalo yesterday. Not in Calgary with his lawyer. He might have been fired by tomorrow.

What does it even matter that it came out during the game? It’s not like they put it up on the jumbo Tron. Francis is the one who posted it during the game. Maybe he should have waited until after if it’s so disrespectful.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by gamesaver

Agreed, but he also stated he walked right back to the room after being challenged and apologized. If that's true, there should be witnesses. If there won't be any, he is either lying or has no support from his ex-players, which kind of tells us something about him...

I bet there’s a kernel of truth. I bet it was something like “Hey guys, Dowling says some of you didn’t like what I said before. Sorry if you were offended. I didn’t think it was bad”. So not an apology to Ali, and a non-apology”.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

I'm not sure there's anything wrong with the legal system here.

But you can be mad at the lawyers, that seems like a pretty poorly drafted letter. Even the "decade ago" thing could have been followed by an "I have grown as a person since then" type of statement, to make it sound less like he's trying to dismiss the event because it was a long time ago.

But another allegation would sewer the 'ive grown as a person's

Better to add no other information

[FurnaceFace]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

I don't get the blink. He's a lawyer and has written these types of letters before for clients.

[jayswin]

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