Fanuck Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 34 minutes ago, warrchief said: I am curious to see what the league says about this. I am sure they wont take this lightly... The NHL might release some meaningless statement acknowledging they are aware of Wirtz's statements, but what they'll actually do about this is exactly NOTHING. What I'd like to hear is what Kyle Beach has to say about this - but I'm pretty sure that scumbag Wirtz has a rock-solid non-disclosure agreement hanging over Kyle for the rest of his life. Wirtz and Jacobs essentially run the NHL and its no surprise, with Wirtz as a major influence, the league is perceived almost universally as a joke. I've heard from people who've worked with the league that at NHL owners/BOG meetings this is exactly how Wirtz acts if he doesn't get his way on specific agenda items. He's a child, literally has Tantrums in front of his peers and pouts until he gets his way. The Hawks released a statement when the lawsuit was resolved that they'd be a beacon of justice, accountability and transparency....we were all just emphatically reminded that was completely BS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fanuck Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 18 minutes ago, mll said: Lol....that's not Wirtz talking, it's the Blackhawks media relations department getting told by their legal department to release a backpeddling statement ASAP and attribute it to Wirtz. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post -DLC- Posted February 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2022 How many times can the public accept "apologies" for not handling something serious? And, by way of wanting to shut down discussion, not supporting the entire "hockey talks" platform. Hockey isn't supposed to talk? Honestly, it is so tone deaf...this is everyone's business. People who have kids in hockey deserve to know the answers and rest assured that these things will be talked about to prevent them from ever happening again. Someone wanting to just "move on" sweep it under the rug doesn't get that luxury. Just as victims of sexual assault can't simply "move on". That organization needs sweeping under the rug alright...all the crud in the form of toxic members who would rather ignore their responsibilities than address them. ^Just saw the post above mine. Seems Wayne and I think alike. 5 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted February 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2022 5 minutes ago, -DLC- said: How many times can the public accept "apologies" for not handling something serious? And, by way of wanting to shut down discussion, not supporting the entire "hockey talks" platform. Hockey isn't supposed to talk? Honestly, it is so tone deaf...this is everyone's business. People who have kids in hockey deserve to know the answers and rest assured that these things will be talked about to prevent them from ever happening again. Someone wanting to just "move on" sweep it under the rug doesn't get that luxury. Just as victims of sexual assault can't simply "move on". That organization needs sweeping under the rug alright...all the crud in the form of toxicity that the team supports by way of not taking action and speaking up. ^Just saw the post above mine. Seems Wayne and I think alike. Wirtz’s reaction was so revealing. He went straight to anger at even being questioned on the matter (despite this being the first real availability with team leadership since the report was released and Beach went public). Which says a lot about how Wirtz views the Beach incident itself. To this owner, sexual abuse inside his team is merely an annoyance. I suspect he’d have been happy with how things were handled back in 2010, if the Blackhawks had gotten away with it, and had this not become a big story over a decade later. Even now, Wirtz’s instinct is to just bury and cover up, the health and welfare of his players be damned. After everything that’s come out, he still thinks he can just throw some money at a problem, and expect everyone to move on. He response is everything that’s wrong with hockey at the senior levels. And everything that we were hoping was going to change. Credit to local Chicago media. Their condemnation has been immediate and appropriate. Both the Sun-Times and The Athletic came out with stories within hours where high profile Blackhawks reporters went so far as to question whether or not Wirtz is even fit to own an NHL team and play a role in its operations. I wholeheartedly agree. Time for the old man to hand things off to his son. We don’t need any more Rocky Wirtz types around this game. They clearly can’t be trusted to do the right thing. 4 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EP Phone Home Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 All I can say is, like father like son. Disappointing but not surprising. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Master Mind Posted February 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2022 The league should force Wirtz to sell the team. Anyone who tolerates sexual abuse should be out of the game for life. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 30 minutes ago, Master Mind said: The league should force Wirtz to sell the team. Anyone who tolerates sexual abuse should be out of the game for life. Just watched Rocky's media meltdown. It's freaking disturbing. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, EP Phone Home said: All I can say is, like father like son. Disappointing but not surprising. Actually that's a little unfair. All the players and the management core that worked for Wirtz senior either liked or loved the man. The fact he stuck to his principles and wouldn't let the games be televised because he believed only fans coming to the building should get the action, is a complete different subject. Edited February 3, 2022 by IBatch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammertime Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 That apology was Bull hooey. He seemed pretty convicted he just want's to sweep the whole thing under the rug and act like it never happened. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Master Mind said: The league should force Wirtz to sell the team. Anyone who tolerates sexual abuse should be out of the game for life. If nothing else, he should be forced to take a step back. Danny Wirtz (Rocky’s son and Blackhawks CEO) clearly was ready and really wanting to answer the question, before literally getting shushed by his father, and then Rocky continuing on his bizarre tirade. It was such a shocking example of the code of silence playing out in real time. You could almost feel how everyone else on that stage wanted to address the issue, but they all kept silent, because the guy with the most power (Rocky Wirtz) decided unilaterally that there would be no discussion of the matter. Hard to imagine things would play out much differently in the boardroom. Which is why Rocky needs to be removed from team operations. He can still be (silent) owner, but he should not have any role in the actual running of the team. So long as people like Rocky Wirtz have the power in Chicago, there’s no reason to believe that the next Kyle Beach situation will be handled differently. It’ll be the same ******* code of silence and the team only caring about covering their own *****, with no accountability, no sensitivity, no protection of the vulnerable, and no willingness to “do the right thing.” Edited February 3, 2022 by SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Typos 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt kilgore Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 13 hours ago, mll said: He's an arrogant idiot. It really was a soft ball question. He may have even got away with just saying something like his publicity lawyers wrote up for him here in his "apology" last lines. "...We have the right leaders and right processes in place to create a safe environment for out employees and players" maybe followed up by..."I'll let Danny expand on the details". Or something like that. Would've that been so hard? Geez. What a dolt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 John Doe 3. More are coming out to seek justice. So disgusting what this guy Aldrich was able to get away with. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted February 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Jaimito said: John Doe 3. More are coming out to seek justice. So disgusting what this guy Aldrich was able to get away with. Exactly why we need to continue to shine a light on this issue. We always move forward, but we don’t “move on.” The Blackhawks scandal isn’t over. Not even close. We all knew there would be more victims of Aldrich. Teams like Chicago (and every NHL team) should welcome the opportunity to speak on these issues. They should want to tell everyone what they are doing, to change the culture, and make sure what happened to Kyle Beach never happens again in this sport. The Blackhawks should be taking a leadership role in this. It took over a decade for any real action to be taken and Kyle Beach to get some semblance of justice. The Chicago Blackhawks should expect to spend the next decade or more answering these kinds of questions, and they should be grateful for the opportunity. 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coconuts Posted February 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2022 17 hours ago, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said: Didn’t expect to be bumping this thread today, but I have a feeling Rocky Wirtz just made sure that everybody’s going to be talking about the Blackhawks again. What a brutal, absolutely tone deaf response by Wirtz to what should have been a softball of a question, if the Blackhawks (or at least their ownership) really were sincere about changing the culture and making sure what happened to Beach never happens again. Holy $&!#, what a tone deaf response. And this is the man at the top. I've seen a lot of Hawk fan backlash over this, fans are choosing different teams. He's so &^@#ing out of touch with the average person and why this is such a huge deal. The world would be better without men like him in it. 15 hours ago, mll said: And then he doubled down. Jesus. 15 hours ago, mll said: Bull$&!#, that's damage control. He's a rich, entitled sociopath. I strongly doubt he's sorry at all, this is about concern over the Blackhawks brand. 14 hours ago, mll said: That's a pretty damning statement from a name like Gretzky, good for him. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 At this point, it's pretty infuriating to expect people to accept "no comment" shutdowns. If you don't want to talk about, step down and pay for someone who will. It's an obligation at this point, not a request. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coconuts Posted February 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Jaimito said: John Doe 3. More are coming out to seek justice. So disgusting what this guy Aldrich was able to get away with. This is why they need to keep poking at it, sweeping things under the rug destroys lives. This stain on the Blackhawks will not go away, they should own it and become the leading team pushing for change if they're really serious about the lip service we've gotten over the last few months. 1 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) Wirtz seems to believe that they dealt with and to in the past, hence his unwillingness to want it talked about anymore. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't seem to get that to be able to truly heal and move on, you do need to talk about these things, you don't just pay a bunch of money and the pain goes away. I really do hope that the NHL or NHLPA can do the right thing and step in at this point. Rocky Wirtz nd the Blackhawks need to be sanctioned in some way. Edited February 3, 2022 by GB5 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Coconuts said: This is why they need to keep poking at it, sweeping things under the rug destroys lives. This stain on the Blackhawks will not go away, they should own it and become the leading team pushing for change if they're really serious about the lip service we've gotten over the last few months. At this point it would take some seriously brilliant PR to repair the damages and who the heck's going to believe it? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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