From the perspective of former HO - I get what goes on behind closed doors. You start investigating something, you start to see how big it is, and then from there you start to see more than there probably is and develop your own bias. It happens. And I know in my stint I did exactly that and it made me very unforgiving on cases that I would likely not have cared much about if I hadn't been in HO and voted on the harshest outcomes on cases that I probably should have been more forgiving on. So I fully understand *why* HO made this decision. And given the evidence a punishment was justified in my opinion.
However, I do disagree with the severity of this particular punishment. To me, a fine and a probationary period would have sufficed with a warning to run a tighter ship. Being a department head should come with some level of autonomy and the ability to make judgment calls, and when the judgment starts to get out of line hit em with this first before going to the extreme of firing them.
Thats just my take on it. I'm not gonna get all emotional and yell Heck HO and call all their work bad based a couple decisions. I do still believe they are trying to do whats best for this league and its silly to think they did this just to swing their stick around. Lets hope appeals overturns this and that if they don't, more evidence is provided publicly to justify the decision.
However, I do disagree with the severity of this particular punishment. To me, a fine and a probationary period would have sufficed with a warning to run a tighter ship. Being a department head should come with some level of autonomy and the ability to make judgment calls, and when the judgment starts to get out of line hit em with this first before going to the extreme of firing them.
Thats just my take on it. I'm not gonna get all emotional and yell Heck HO and call all their work bad based a couple decisions. I do still believe they are trying to do whats best for this league and its silly to think they did this just to swing their stick around. Lets hope appeals overturns this and that if they don't, more evidence is provided publicly to justify the decision.