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Do You Want To Hear From Bettman?
by Paul on 03/16/10 at 08:18 AM ET
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from Damien Cox of The Spin at the Toronto Star,
Perhaps it’s time for the NHL to look at a new way of doing things when it comes to supplementary discipline.
Perhaps the time is right for Gary Bettman to take centre stage, to become the man who makes these tough hockey decisions and puts his reputation on the line.
David Stern does it in the NBA. Roger Goodell was the one who banned Michael Vick and has to deal with trouble in the NFL when suspensions are required. Heck, Mark Cohon, every once in a while, at least tries to look like he’s running the CFL show when something bad happens on the field.
But not Bettman. Whether it was Brian Burke or Colin Campbell, Bettman has preferred to stay in the background, just as was the case when Brian O’Neill dealt with supplementary discipline under John Ziegler.
But it wasn’t always this way.
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Putting the commissioner in charge of disciplinary actions is a bad idea, and not one to emulate by the NHL. An independent and transparent disciplinary board operating under lucid guidelines is the necessary tool in limiting haphazard decisions and inconsistencies.
Furthermore, the attitude needs an adjustment. I get the impression that any doubt counts in favour of the perpetrator. That needs to be changed to change player attitude towards careless and reckless play. Of course, the importance of player status needs to be removed from the list of mitigating circumstances as well.
The ridiculous conspiracy theories are rampant enough without Bettman in charge of suspensions.
Posted by Moq from Denmark on 03/16/10 at 09:23 AM ET
I’d really rather hear from the players. Honestly, Campbell doesn’t have their perspective, and neither does Bettman. Do it like jury duty. They’d be fair.
Posted by Shtikl on 03/16/10 at 02:04 PM ET
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Only if it’s to announce his resignation.
Posted by Nate A from Detroit-ish on 03/16/10 at 09:23 AM ET