I owe my career to Mike Keenan.”Keenan told USA TODAY he doesn't recall grabbing Roenick by the throat, "but I probably grabbed him by the jersey a few times. "Chicago Blackhawks assistant coach Marc Crawford, meanwhile, is on a Former NHL player Stu Grimson, who played from 1988-2002, said he has not been surprised that this issue has surfaced.“Coaching conduct that crosses the line has been part of our sport for a good long while,” said Grimson, now a lawyer. “I’ve never seen it work.”“I’ve looked at the coaches I’ve had who tried to coach that way, it has gone in the other direction,” Grimson said. In four seasons, Keenan went 153-126-41 with all four seasons …

But either way, they have to respect Mike Keenan for becoming just the sixth coach in NHL history to rack up 500 regular-season victories. "© 2020 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. "Sometimes it was tough love, but there was love and they knew that I cared," Keenan said. “But I would be surprised to hear that is prevalent across the league.”Grimson doesn’t believe it is widespread, but it happens enough that he says the attention being paid to it is necessary.Allan Walsh has been an agent for 25 years and estimates, on average, he has had one client about every two seasons who has been subjected to what he says was abusive behavior by a coach.“Now that players are coming forward, I think we are now seeing the tip of the iceberg,” Walsh said.
“In many instances, players, even high-profile players, suffered in silence.”Sometimes, the attempted bullying of players can be subtle. I was very firm with them about what we were going to do on the ice and how hard they practiced. He said behavior rules need to be put into writing.“I’m an old-school guy.

"That was what was important. Keenan coached for 20 NHL seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers, St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins and … “I’ve seen a bright young hockey player who left the rink in tears three days out of seven every week because the coach was so incredibly hard on them. Mike Keenan Mike Keenan is fifth all-time in wins as a Chicago Blackhawks’ head coach. I appreciate trying to motivate someone with a firm hand,” said Roenick, who played from 1988-2009. Former NHLer Tom Laidlaw recalls suffering an eye injury and wearing a visor on his helmet longer than an assistant coach cared for.“He said, 'So you are going to change who you are as a player,'" Laidlaw recalled.Laidlaw, who played from 1980-90, favors a code of conduct for coaches but said drawing the line that shouldn’t be crossed won’t be easy.“Using a racial slur or questioning someone’s sexuality or physical abuse – that’s obviously over the line,” Laidlaw said. "NHL coaches have been under the microscope in recent weeks amid allegations of abuse. Darryl Sutter coached the … ""The results speak for themselves," said Keenan, who won a Stanley Cup in 1994 with the New York Rangers. Mike Keenan was the Blackhawks head coach for four seasons. “But the world is so polarized today that we have to make sure we don’t verbally attack people and have to start taking people’s feelings into account. “But where do we go from there?Laidlaw said he has never understood coaches being mean in the name of motivating a player.“Another reason not to do that, is that it doesn’t work,” Laidlaw said. At the same time, I was capable of showing that I cared. You aren’t going to get more out of an athlete that well.”But Roenick and Keenan believe some players need tough coaches. "Keenan said he was also very hard on other players as well, particularly Chris Pronger, Rick Tocchet and Scott Mellanby, because he believed they could be exceptional if they were pushed. Former Calgary Flames coachNHL owners are expected to discuss the possibility of a strict coaches’ code of conduct at the Board of Governors meeting in Pebble Beach, California, either Monday or Tuesday.Roenick, added, “These are different times” and coaches, like everyone else in society, need to be held accountable for what they do or say to players. “Feeling if they did speak up, it would fall on deaf ears or they would be labeled as uncoachable or a troublemaker and it would do great damage to their career,” Walsh said. He has also worked as an analyst for the Rangers on MSG Network and as a hockey analyst for NBC Sports Network. After taking the Chicago Blackhawks to the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals, Keenan was forced to focus solely on his GM duties when longtime Blackhawk player and assistant coach, Darryl Sutter, was being courted by other teams to be their head coach. He was a coach of the Philadelphia Flyers, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers and Calgary Flames in his 20 seasons behind the bench in the NHL. “A number of matters have been raised in this regard over the last few days, which merit consideration. "Young players need direction. “I think there are a lot of coaches who are not sleeping well right now.”One problem the NHL has is that everyone’s definition of abusive behavior differs.“I can’t explain where the line is, but I know it when I see it,” Walsh said.Asked to provide examples of abusive behavior, Walsh said he has had a player suffering from a concussion “called out in the dressing room for being a coward.”“He was called out by his head coach as a liar, a faker and a coward,” Walsh said.Walsh said these episodes go unreported because players feel intimidated. Roenick said he appreciated having a coach in his face because it kept him "revved up.


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