In which the heads begin to roll, because they pretty much have to.
Three days after the report came out detailing how the Chicago Blackhawks brass sat on their hands as tales flew about one of their coaches perhaps sexually assaulting a young playoff call-up, the coach of the team at the time, Joel Quenneville, resigned as coach of the Florida Panthers.
Quenneville, after all, was the guy in the room who said investigating the incident would be a "distraction" with the Stanley Cup Final coming up, and maybe they should put off investigating it until after the playoffs, or maybe just forget the whole thing. So he had to go.
His resignation came a day after the young playoff call-up, Kyle Beach, went public with his story, pretty much demolishing any suggestion that the encounter between him and video coach/sexual predator Brad Aldrich was consensual. And it came after Quenneville met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, a conversation that likely went like this:
BETTMAN: "We think it would be a very good idea right now if you'd resign, Joel."
(Leans closer)
"A VERY, VERY good idea."
So Quenneville is gone, and the only two members of the Blackhawks brass who were around for the now-infamous meeting are gone, and several other shoes are likely to drop before this is all done. As well they should.
And Kyle Beach?
He says finally getting someone to listen is cathartic, after 11 years of nightmares.
But, hey. At least the Blackhawks got a Cup out of the deal, right?
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