WHAT??!

Posted by underthechestnuttree from LaSalle, Ontario, Canada on 07/31/08 at 09:51 AM ET

I don’t understand this - doesn’t he have a contract to be the Wings’ cosultant?

Posted by lobsterman on 07/31/08 at 10:22 AM ET

F ***

edited by Paul

Posted by aeneas from cappadocia on 07/31/08 at 10:23 AM ET

When your at the top and been there quite a while, what’s there left to do? Start over i guess.

Is Stan Bowman related?

Posted by TheFreak on 07/31/08 at 10:31 AM ET

Stan is his son.

Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 07/31/08 at 10:32 AM ET

Scottys kid works for the Hawks. That could be one of the several lures on why Bowman bolted. Another is he was offered some major $! Also, Bowman probably felt that his use-services- peaked in Detroit, and felt his obligations were met, and wanted to be part of a up and coming franchise.

Posted by rjman48 from Royal Oak on 07/31/08 at 10:33 AM ET

Part of me is surprised. The other part of me thinks that if I were him and in the situation where my son had a fight going with bone cancer, and I had an opportunity to be closer to my son all the while being able to continue doing what I love, I’d take it.

Posted by Nathan on 07/31/08 at 10:38 AM ET

I am not pleased either. But I think Nate hit that one on the head.
I live 1500 miles from my father and when he underwent cancer treatment a couple years ago, it was the worst few months I’ve ever dealt with.

Posted by MoWingsfan19 on 07/31/08 at 10:43 AM ET

I hope this doesn’t mean that his son is doing worse.  :(

Realistically, though, Detroit couldn’t keep every hockey mind around indefinitely.  This is a new challenge for Scotty (with a more functional organization that Toronto), and he probably figured that he was leaving Detroit in good hands and with a bright future.

Good luck to him (most of the time, anyway). 

Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 07/31/08 at 11:08 AM ET

It’s funny think of “functional” and “blackhawks” together...looks like the Hawks are getting their s**t together and Leafs are now annointed the most dysfunctional team in the NHL!

Posted by Mac from Canada on 07/31/08 at 11:13 AM ET

I wonder if part of the deal is that Uncle Mike still gets to call Scotty for advice every week. Yah, probably not.

Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 07/31/08 at 11:15 AM ET

Uhmm, Paul, I’m checking the date and it ain’t April 1st…

Tell me it’s a joke

Pleeeease

Posted by Hippy Dave from San Francisco by way of Detroit on 07/31/08 at 11:30 AM ET

The most Cups but the most over-rated coach in the history of the game and the biggest ass.  He was in the right place in the right time - a fire hydrant could have coached the Habs to those Cups and he inherited great teams from Bob Johnson in Pittsburgh and and Bryan Murray in Detroit - talk to anyone who played for him and they hate his guts.

Posted by Jared from Timmins on 08/05/08 at 06:21 AM ET