Zetterling 16 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 (edited) Joel Quenneville fined $10,000 for ripping officials by Ansar Khan Monday May 25, 2009, 6:05 PM The NHL on Monday fined Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville $10,000 for making public comments critical of the officiating in Sunday's game. Quenneville called the roughing penalty on Matt Walker at the end of the first period "the worst call in the history of sports.'' "They ruined a good hockey game and absolutely destroyed what was going on, on the ice,'' Quenneville said after the game. His postgame press conference would make for a funny beer commercial. http://www.mlive.com/redwings/index.ssf/20...ed_10000_f.html hehehe Edited May 25, 2009 by Zetterling Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Electrophile 3,554 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 LULZ. Can't imagine what he'll say if the Hawks don't win on Wednesday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Shoreline Report post Posted May 25, 2009 Great call Q. Game 3 WAS reffed horrendous-- oh he meant Game 4? Oh s***, wonder why.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KronwallCRUNCH 5 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 $10,000 is nothing when you compare it to being the Red Wings' b*tch year after year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocket Queen 30 1 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 $10,000 is nothing when you compare it to being the Red Wings' b*tch year after year. mos def... and you can tell the wounds run deep... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings_Rule_1010 4 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 LOL. This is funny. Not only does he look ridiculos for making such an exaggerated (and crazy) statement, but now he is fined for making it. Adds insult to injury. Of course, how could he not make those comments and not expect to get fined. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
b.shanafan14 733 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 (edited) I knew this was coming after he was so blatant about it. I don't agree with fining coaches or players for being critical of the refs. This is what Babcock is always referring to in his press conferences, how no one is allowed to say 'boo' about the refs. Quenneville could have at least made it a worthwhile call to ***** about. That was definitely not the "worst call in the history of sports" and definitely not worth $10,000. Still, fining anyone for bitching about the officials is ridiculous and just goes to show how the NHL is becoming a fascist regime. Edited May 25, 2009 by b.shanafan14 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pjgj13 30 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 I thought it was funny when after game 3 that when Babs was asked about the call to eject Kronwall, he just smiled and said he can't say anything about it.....lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ComradeWasabi 109 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 $10,000 is nothing when you compare it to being the Red Wings' b*tch year after year. Mustache comb - $6.99 Just for Men - $19.99 Being made the Red Wings' ***** for over a decade - priceless Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedWingsRox 614 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 I love the way how Babcock implies in his comments that the reffing sux but he never uses words that he can get fined for. Even in this, Q has to learn from the master. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EuroTwin 240 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 BWAHAHAHAHA *cough* I mean... ohhh that's so sad and horrible for him. Maybe he'll finally learn how to control himself and his team. Or is that asking too much? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vincanni 1 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 While I usually dislike censorship and limiting free speech, I have to applaud this move. I can not believe how classless and whiny coaches have recently become, its an absolute embarrassment and all of a sudden its the go to excuse for whenever any team loses. When butthurt fans cry about conspiracy theories and such that's one thing, but when a highly paid professional does the same thing on national TV during a blowout lose wheres the refs didn't let him goon it up is beyond childish and I honestly wish harsher penalties would be instated such as suspension (hey, if Avery can get 5 games for what he said why not give coaches similar treatment.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big_Mike 1 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 After this series, Quinny will probably go on a bender again, and get busted driving drunk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drummerboyyy! 0 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 I love the way how Babcock implies in his comments that the reffing sux but he never uses words that he can get fined for. Even in this, Q has to learn from the master. I thought Q and Babcock were friends? If so, does Q pay any attention to what his friend does and does not do? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocket Queen 30 1 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 While I usually dislike censorship and limiting free speech, I have to applaud this move. I can not believe how classless and whiny coaches have recently become, its an absolute embarrassment and all of a sudden its the go to excuse for whenever any team loses. When butthurt fans cry about conspiracy theories and such that's one thing, but when a highly paid professional does the same thing on national TV during a blowout lose wheres the refs didn't let him goon it up is beyond childish and I honestly wish harsher penalties would be instated such as suspension (hey, if Avery can get 5 games for what he said why not give coaches similar treatment.) I dunno, this is kind of a slippery slope. I think someone somewhere should be able to criticize bad officials for bad officiating without getting fined. I guess it would be different if the officials had any accountability but they don't. I can understand getting heated over a bad call but, to characterize a stupid penalty taken by a team that was already unglued as the worst in the history of sports is extreme, if not comical. I agree that it was really childish of Quenville to pop off at the lip like that but at some point the league should really do something to iron out the kinks in it's officiating system. You can claim human error only so long. If your humans keep erring and suffer no consequences, what's their incentive to correct the problem? If they can fine coaches and suspend players maybe they can find something along those lines for officials too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Electrophile 3,554 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 Still, fining anyone for bitching about the officials is ridiculous and just goes to show how the NHL is becoming a fascist regime. The league is too incompetent to organize formally enough to become proto-fascist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XxGoWingsxX 0 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 I kinda think Q had a point on the call. They called roughing on the hawks player where there were players from both teams chirpin and shovin around. That call was a little weak...what they SHOULD have called was Kane coming in late, standing there spearing Franzen in the back with his stick, but franzen more than made up for it by stealing is mouthpiece lol. Seriously though that was the weakest call of the game when you got people chopping sticks out of wings hands while the stick flies 10 feet into the air and damn near landing on a ref, no call. You got Eager elbowing huds in the head for the whole 2nd half of the game after whistles and FINALLY they called and gave the 10 min misconduct....i mean they called a good game as far as not letting the hawks goon it up but they did still let things go. Calling this was the weakest thing to call considering what they were doing out there lol. I mean Queenville has a point bitching about how weak this is but not how he went about it, and really it doesn't matter anyways because the hawks were reaping what they sewed anyways. I just find it funny that the NHL fines him for calling out the refs. Just shows that they back up their officials no matter what. I"m just glad babs has the composure to be more cryptic in his shots at the league. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zetterling 16 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 While I usually dislike censorship and limiting free speech, I have to applaud this move. I can not believe how classless and whiny coaches have recently become, its an absolute embarrassment and all of a sudden its the go to excuse for whenever any team loses. When butthurt fans cry about conspiracy theories and such that's one thing, but when a highly paid professional does the same thing on national TV during a blowout lose wheres the refs didn't let him goon it up is beyond childish and I honestly wish harsher penalties would be instated such as suspension (hey, if Avery can get 5 games for what he said why not give coaches similar treatment.) Yeah, he's discrediting the company he works for basically. So that's not good. Talk about kicking him when he's down though. haha. He could have just filed a complaint or something. Announcing that to the fans discredits the NHL and US fans are really fickle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vladifan 680 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 I dunno, this is kind of a slippery slope. I think someone somewhere should be able to criticize bad officials for bad officiating without getting fined. I guess it would be different if the officials had any accountability but they don't. I can understand getting heated over a bad call but, to characterize a stupid penalty taken by a team that was already unglued as the worst in the history of sports is extreme, if not comical. I agree that it was really childish of Quenville to pop off at the lip like that but at some point the league should really do something to iron out the kinks in it's officiating system. You can claim human error only so long. If your humans keep erring and suffer no consequences, what's their incentive to correct the problem? If they can fine coaches and suspend players maybe they can find something along those lines for officials too. And this is the problem. No real accountability. And they're obviously are not gonna get rid of O'Halloran or any of the other refs who have been huge problems in these series. I sent so many emails to Campbell the last week or so he cut me off. And the last one was actually a thank you for the refs beginning to call the Hawks' after-the-whistle bulls***. Cry "robbery" too often, I guess... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seraph 240 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 Everyone over in Chicago is losing their cool, huh? Any paying for it too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Konnan511 1,736 Report post Posted May 25, 2009 LULZ. Can't imagine what he'll say if the Hawks don't win on Wednesday. Our fans have not provided enough Juju for us this series. We probably have the WORST fans in all of sports and they really ruined this series for us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KronwallCRUNCH 5 Report post Posted May 26, 2009 mos def... and you can tell the wounds run deep... The best part about it is that it's not even with the same team. At least he didn't get swept like last year.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glubki 17 Report post Posted May 26, 2009 I'm biased but I didn't think that was a bad call. I watched a highlight video earlier and Walker came in and jacked someone over the shoulder of his teammate - it was a solid and intentional cheapshot. Scrumming is one thing but throwing blindside cheapshots gets a penalty more often than not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dicksmack 33 Report post Posted May 26, 2009 Even if you didn't like the call, I think the ref was trying to let the Hawks know that any more retaliation for the Kronwall hit will be called before things get out of hand. Any respect I had for Q (hometown guy) is out the window. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
