r/TheSunDevils • u/ForkzUp • 8d ago

🏒Hockey ASU hockey coach Greg Powers ditched phone after Matthew Mayich's collapse

https://ktar.com/arizona-news/asu-hockey-greg-powers-phone-matthew-mayich
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u/FrnklndaTurtle 8d ago

Clean house

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u/New-Temperature-5135 8d ago

Outside of a Shane Doan level type hire, I worry about saving this program. The school, and sports admin dept made the wrong move at almost every level until it was too late. Super bummed in that's it's Rossini's first blunder (imo) and now he has to dig his way out. The program had so much good will hype

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u/rideronthestorm29 7d ago

The program will be fine regardless. It’s an absolute destination place to play in the best conference in all of college hockey.

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u/Trocazor 7d ago

Pretty big blunder.  Hardly an oops.

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u/far-out-dude đŸ» 🍆 8d ago

Wow

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u/squintyshrew9 8d ago

Sad shit

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u/blackjeanbaby19 8d ago

Next week headline - Greg powers goes into hiding

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u/Hefty-Revenue5547 7d ago

This dude was in over his head 😂

It’s like he had no idea he was a state employee

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u/doublething1 7d ago

Look I want him fired too but this feels like a reach. Not like he had a burner or something and his texts are gone. Fire him for cause because he hired some dumbass to run a workout without approval. Shoulda happened over a month ago.

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u/1rishChicken 8d ago

Shit reporting. First of all what the attorney who is suing the school claims, may or may not be fact. 2nd the article says "Mayich, who transferred to ASU over the offseason and was not properly acclimatized to the Arizona weather" according to who? It was 80 degrees out and he had been here for 2 weeks, this was his third workout and it was an hour long. After 2 weeks and 3 workouts you can't be outside for an hour in 80 degrees? ASU screwed up plenty, and it's not looking great for Powers but there's no need to start throwing out random statements as facts just to have your news story.

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u/second_time_again 8d ago

According to ASU’s own internal investigation proper acclimatization protocols weren’t followed.

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u/1rishChicken 7d ago

I've read through ASU's reports and it's unfortunate to see how many steps were skipped but I did not come away from that report with the understanding that new players were not yet acclimated to the point of being eligible for a 60 minute 80 degree practice. I did see steps skipped for vetting the consultant, submitting the plan, having the cold tub and then the tragic video clearly shows no one was paying attention to player's status. But what climatizing steps were skipped?

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u/second_time_again 7d ago

The practices they had previously were indoor except one short one outdoor.

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u/1rishChicken 7d ago

Correct. Indoor. Short outdoor. Longer outdoor. That's the acclimation process. What acclimation steps were skipped?

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u/YourFriendTheFrenzy 8d ago

It’s a media feeding frenzy with stories like the Clancey trial and the Cornell 7. Wild, unsubstantiated, and misleading headlines gets clicks and outrage.

ASU was initially told Mayich would recover. When he didn’t wake up after sedation was withdrawn, the family stopped sending medical updates and have let one of the scummiest personal injury lawyers in the Valley (Rob Carey) do all the talking. ASU has multiple major legal prohibitions against disclosing whatever they do know about a student’s health, but trash journalists report every accusation made by an ambulance-chasing lawyer as fact.

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u/Trocazor 7d ago

Maybe don't let some hack GI cosplay with some kids.  

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u/ZuluFuxGiven 8d ago

Either way the ball bounces it’s not a good look and this is why ASU hockey was never an idea that would work long term.

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u/Trocazor 7d ago

If that was my kid he killed he'd have his bottle glass glasses shoved so far up his ass he won't be able to read ever again. 

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u/Trocazor 7d ago

Didn't that goofy eyed weirdo kill a kid? Â