Peter's fired in Calgary?

[jkr]

This site is reporting that Bill Peters has been fired over racist remarks in 2009/10 season. Haven't seen elsewhere yet from any off the big outlets.

lastwordonhockey.com/2019/11/26/report-calgary-flames-dismiss-head-coach-bill-peters/

[franko]

to fire him this quickly would be a big mistake. gotta wait for the lawyers to get involved.

[Willie Dog]

Things are piling up against Peters

[folatre]

Times have changed dramatically. Maybe Peters did not realize it and just assumed man management in the insular micro ecosystem of hockey is a world apart. Or maybe he knew but did not care. Either way he will be fired because crossing the line repeatedly -- laying one's hands on a subordinate, making racial slurs, making off colour jokes -- in the contemporary workplace is clear grounds for dismissal.

[Deleted]

There are a lot of skeletons in hockey's closet...apparently Darryl Sutter (Edit: can't frickin' spell) is no angel, either. There are some accusations of physical, verbal, and sexual abuse here:
www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-mitch-marner-hockey-players-speak-out-1.5376558

[Deleted]

Peters resigned, and the investigation is still ongoing. Aliu is still expected to meet with the NHL.
www.tsn.ca/bill-peters-resigns-as-calgary-flames-head-coach-1.1405594

[seventeen]

I was trying to understand the resigning part. I suspect Peters and Calgary came to some pay out agreement. If Calgary fires him they have to pay the full contract, but if Peters is found to have breached some morals clause in the contract, then he gets nothing. Since all parties would prefer less risk to more risk, my guess is they agreed he'd get something, but not the full amount of his contract.

[folatre]

I agree, seventeen. This is likely what happened. In this scenario, both sides make an unpleasant public spectacle go away and at the same time avoid a worst case scenario (for Calgary this would entail paying his full contract and for Peters this would be walking away with no compensation).

[Willie Dog]

Nov 30, 2019 14:01:05 GMT -5 folatre said:

I agree, seventeen. This is likely what happened. In this scenario, both sides make an unpleasant public spectacle go away and at the same time avoid a worst case scenario (for Calgary this would entail paying his full contract and for Peters this would be walking away with no compensation).

They also avoided a potential legal battle... depending on the wording of his contract.