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Mike Babcock waited a year to finally speak his side of the story. And it’s a side that was necessary after Babcock was getting railroaded by former players about being an awful human being.
I’m not going to take Babcock’s side of the story verbatim, which is laid out in Pierre LeBrun’s piece for the Athletic. However, his story needed to be told.
Babcock is quite forthright in detailing the Mitch Marner story, and how quickly Babcock knew he screwed up and tried to remedy the situation.
However, what struck me was how Babcock faced the accusation of being a bully. He didn’t deny it. He admits how much that accusation hurts him because of the work he does with mental health.
What he does say about being labelled a bully needs to be heard.
He says he won’t deny it because if someone says you are their bully, that is the victim’s reality.
Babcock didn’t like hearing that about himself but knows he clearly has some things to work on and what it sounds like. Whoever is willing to give him another shot in the NHL may get a far different and potentially better coach than the one that left Toronto just over a year ago.