Babcock, the now former coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, has always coached in an unusual manner. It is now apparent that he has taken his power too far. New reports show that he abused his power and subjected the players of the Blue Jackets to an uncomfortable situation by restricting their privacy.
Mike Babcock went through young Blue Jackets players phones for ‘several minutes', away from any team facility and without management's knowledge.
The players privately expressed their discomfort afterwards. Babcock analyzed their photos, scrolling through several different apps and messages for quite some time.
In his initial statement, Babcock said it was voluntary but it is now widely reported that it was not, and players took turns getting their phones examined by him.
Babcock stepped down as head coach today.
(Via Elliotte Friedman)
After all of the rumblings over the past couple days, the Blue Jackets decided that enough was enough and that they had to move on.
