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  1. As part of his slum-lord habits, Aqua fired the building manager who was supposed to turn off the lights.
  2. How can we expect this team to compete for a cup when management can't even figure out how to shut down a website?
  3. Just continue to make the official rights holder of the Canucks' broadcast part of the propaganda machine and you've got a clear path to the top. Next stop, Aqua's DJ.
  4. Never forget how Craig MacEwen leveraged his position at Sportsnet to get hired by the Canucks within their PR department. https://media.canucks.com/media-services/communications-staff He used Sportsnet 650 as a platform for pumping the tires of the Canucks' organization staff as a way of showcasing himself for a PR position. Now this forum is shutting down. I don't think it is a coincidence that the guy who wanted a ton of control over how information about the Canucks is being communicated is also in a position to shut this place down.
  5. They did. The Canucks' media team repeatedly let them know. The people who made these decisions just simply did not care. Time and time again the powers that be within the Canucks organization fail to give stock to the opinions of the fanbase, whether it be reflected on this message board or via meetings with Season Ticket Holders. We repeatedly hear things in the media about how "fans won't tolerate a rebuild". This hardly reflects the sentiment of fans that I observed across multiple platforms. Instead, it reflects ownership effectively lying about how the fanbase feels to justify their own course of action.
  6. Man, I really miss those videos done by Mak. They were absolutely elite.
  7. If Aqua man thinks I had any reason to visit his website other than this forum, he's delusional.
  8. She should have spent her energy on not banging her billet son. Sayonara my like 10+ year streak of no warning points lol.
  9. This is an elite post that reflects the value of history within a fanbase.
  10. Babcock asked Mitch Marner personal information and then used it against him and harmed his relationship with teammates. I don't know that Babcock has earned the benefit of the doubt that looking into the personal lives of players is being done with negative intentions. On its own, the average 60-year old asking to see photos on the phone of a 20-year old is weird, but certainly not harmful nor sinister. It could be easy to see how they were just trying to show that they care about who that individual is as a person. However, since Babcock is not the average 60 year old and has a history of pathologically manipulative behavior, he doesn't necessarily have a right to the benefit of doubt from everyone.
  11. I have no idea what happened, but I definitely agree that there is a massive generational divide when it comes to photos. Babcock is from an era of photo albums and having company over and showing photos from a trip to illustrate who you are. The Kent Johnson generation does not think this way. Photos on their phone and photos on Instagram are dramatically different concepts. I can see how young guys would react and instead of talking to the coach run to Biz. If Babcock is genuinely trying to turn over a new leaf it would suck for this sort of thing to get in the way of that. His past is really messed up, and I don't know that he deserves another chance to coach an NHL team, but there also needs to be room to allow people to change if they are trying to be better.
  12. If 10 years ago or whatever someone told me that Babcock made Mitch Marner write down the names of players on the Leafs who he didn't think worked hard and then ratted Marner out to those teammates, I would have called BS. I would have said that there is no way a professional coach would do something as weird as this. The report this morning also sounds like complete BS. But unfortunately, because its Babcock, at this point based on the information that is available I'd say its impossible to rule anything out.
  13. I think the thing that most drives me nuts is when people talk about Babcock as an old school coach. Petty lying, psychological manipulation, and abusing the trust of teenagers has never, in the history of time, been an 'old school' philosophy. Old school means being harsh, tough, and honest. Old school means letting people know where you stand and giving things to people straight. Babcock's tactics have never been part of the old school tradition. He literally went and got a degree in psychology to make him better at manipulating other people.
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