I'm really thinking that the Jeff Solomon hire was to be the replacement this next summer, but things blew up now. What do the Samuelis do? You let the man go with as much dignity as you can. Offer to pay for treatment, and start moving forward. So do they say, "hey we hired Jeff, just for this reason" ??? Heck no,..... I wouldn't
And just like many things these days, we're looking at everything through the lens of 2021 glasses. I'm sure that most of the older players in the league had their formative years in junior hockey and college hockey being yelled at constantly. Wasn't "abuse" in 2010, just "motivation" . 2021 is no longer the time for old school hockey. What new school hockey looks like, we'll have to wait and see.