Head Coach Caught Fired and Caught Red Handed After Leaking NHL Team's Information
The Ottawa Senators, whose pending franchise sale has been in the headlines for several months, have announced a coaching change for their AHL affiliate, the Belleville Senators. Trent Mann, the team's deputy general manager, fired his younger brother Troy Mann of his head coaching duties.
As the new ownership group takes over this year, both the AHL and NHL clubs are still in transition. Ryan Reynolds and other well-known celebrities have expressed interest in purchasing the team. The process has begun and will take some time to complete...
However, there was a tricky situation: why did the club manager relieve his own brother, Troy Mann, of his duties as head coach? Well, it seems to be far more serious�than we all imagined.
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Troy Mann apparently crossed a thin line and was dismissed as a result of being discovered sending Ottawa Senators property�scouting materials�to another NHL team.
Sources saying there were trust issues emerging between the #Sens and Belleville HC Troy Mann. I'm told the straw that broke the camels back was when Mann gave some of the Ottawa Senators pre-scouting material to another NHL team.
NHL teams are very strict with this kind of information; if you work for one team and are compiling scouting reports, it goes without saying that you shouldn't share such reports�with an opposing team. The connection between him and his own brother was said to have ended after he was caught red-handed.
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