Devin Setoguchi

[FrostyWinnipeg]

Well the story's come out now that when he came to us he expanded his drinking and became a coke-head. Missed meetings...had Schief and Wright cover for him by driving his drunken azz home.

Looks bad on us just as much as it looked bad on him.

[Atomic]

1 minute ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Well the story's come out now that when he came to us he expanded his drinking and became a coke-head. Missed meetings...had Schief and Wright cover for him by driving his drunken azz home.

Looks bad on us just as much as it looked bad on him.

How so?

Here is the story by the way, very much worth the read:

http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/devin-setoguchi-rises-from-rock-bottom-to-earn-another-shot-at-the-nhl

[FrostyWinnipeg]

Already answered this.

Shief and Wright cover for him by driving his drunken azz home.

Then there's whole thing about drug testing or in this case NOT drug testing someone u paying 3m/year.

 

 

 

[Atomic]

8 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Already answered this.

Shief and Wright cover for him by driving his drunken azz home.

Then there's whole thing about drug testing or in this case NOT drug testing someone u paying 3m/year.

Driving home a drunk teammate and not ratting him out to management doesn't make anyone other than Seto look bad.  Are you kidding me?  Do you think players should run to the coaches anytime they see their teammates do something bad?  That's ridiculous.

And the team isn't responsible for drug testing and cannot perform drug testing themselves under the CBA.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

By not reporting his alcohol usage it did not stop him from moving to cocaine now did it?

[Atomic]

1 minute ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

By not reporting his alcohol usage it did not stop him from moving to cocaine now did it?

If you think ratting out your teammates for drinking, makes you a good teammate, then I don't know what else to say.  Talk about ostracizing yourself in the locker room.

[Noeller]

they said E Kane came over to  his place and poured out every ounce of booze he had. Am I wrong for being surprised that Kane didn't "confiscate" it for later? ....Or call over a bunch of crazy women and have a party...?

[bigg jay]

I just assumed this is how Kane "poured it out".

 

[The Unknown Poster]

Thats interesting if true, about Kane.  And he deserves respect for it.  We heard a lot about how Maurice didnt feel the Jets were in good enough shape when he came in.  I guess this is one guy.

Also, I echo the feeling that it wasnt Scheif's place to go to management.  They drove him home.  They did the right thing.  Ladd knew and it sounded like he tried to help, as Captain, contacting Seto's buddies.  I'd bet he talked to management too.  But you cant force someone to get help if they arent ready.

I hope it works out for him.

One thing, he said he was first offered cocaine in Winnipeg.  I wonder who offered it to him....

[Goalie]

15 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Thats interesting if true, about Kane.  And he deserves respect for it.  We heard a lot about how Maurice didnt feel the Jets were in good enough shape when he came in.  I guess this is one guy.

Also, I echo the feeling that it wasnt Scheif's place to go to management.  They drove him home.  They did the right thing.  Ladd knew and it sounded like he tried to help, as Captain, contacting Seto's buddies.  I'd bet he talked to management too.  But you cant force someone to get help if they arent ready.

I hope it works out for him.

One thing, he said he was first offered cocaine in Winnipeg.  I wonder who offered it to him....

Probably a D man who is no longer a Jet. Just a guess 

Edited September 9, 2016 by Goalie

[Blueandgold]

45 minutes ago, Noeller said:

they said E Kane came over to  his place and poured out every ounce of booze he had. Am I wrong for being surprised that Kane didn't "confiscate" it for later? ....Or call over a bunch of crazy women and have a party...?

Not that I think you're making it up, but where did you see that in the story? It sounds interesting.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

16 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

One thing, he said he was first offered cocaine in Winnipeg.  I wonder who offered it to him....

From the Freep, "I found a guy off the street, I put him in my phone book and every day it just got to the point where I’d start drinking and I’d want to do drugs. That’s just kind of where it went,"

[Goalie]

I saw the Kane thing also. Respect for Evander for sure. Gotta wonder why the Jets wasted a 2nd Rd pick on Seto tho even more now. Not much due diligence done there 

[The Unknown Poster]

8 minutes ago, Goalie said:

I saw the Kane thing also. Respect for Evander for sure. Gotta wonder why the Jets wasted a 2nd Rd pick on Seto tho even more now. Not much due diligence done there 

Seems like there wasnt a focus on fitness until Maurice got there.

[Noeller]

17 minutes ago, Blueandgold said:

Not that I think you're making it up, but where did you see that in the story? It sounds interesting.

Lawless tweeted it out yesterday, I believe....saw it on Twitter, anyhow...

[bigg jay]

19 minutes ago, Blueandgold said:

Not that I think you're making it up, but where did you see that in the story? It sounds interesting.

from the article in the Free Press

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/setoguchis-road-to-ruin-392834081.html

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"They knew I was kind of in a tight spot, they knew something wasn’t right," he told TSN 1290. "Thorbs (Chris Thorburn) came over a couple of times. Kaner (Evander Kane) even came over a couple of times and dumped booze right out of my house. The guys were all good.

 

[Jimmy Pop]

16 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

From the Freep, "I found a guy off the street, I put him in my phone book and every day it just got to the point where I’d start drinking and I’d want to do drugs. That’s just kind of where it went,"

And on the follow-up interview with 1290, he reiterated that it didn't come from anyone on the team.  He was asked about usage league-wide and didn't seem to have a guess to how many are using.  All-in-all it's a story of a guy who got himself in a dark place personally, and used drugs and alcohol to cope. At least he's sober again now, and seemingly taking full responsibility for his actions. I admire his candidness. 

[HardCoreBlue]

17 minutes ago, Jimmy Pop said:

And on the follow-up interview with 1290, he reiterated that it didn't come from anyone on the team.  He was asked about usage league-wide and didn't seem to have a guess to how many are using.  All-in-all it's a story of a guy who got himself in a dark place personally, and used drugs and alcohol to cope. At least he's sober again now, and seemingly taking full responsibility for his actions. I admire his candidness. 

2nd chances can be a good thing.

[kelownabomberfan]

Good to see he's married now and got himself sorted out and on the road back.  Good luck and stay sober.

[Goalie]

1 hour ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Seems like there wasnt a focus on fitness until Maurice got there.

More about character than anything. Jets have been preaching character guys from day 1. Seto doesn't really fit that unless he hid it from Minnesota also. Guess it's possible 

[Brandon]

Was he buddies with Bogosian?

[Ducky]

You guys that are implying Bogo got Seto on coke...the first time you had a smoke, alcohol, weed or any other drug, did someone tie you up and make you take it? He is/was a grown man and responsible for his actions. You are sober when you take the first drink/puff/hit whatever.

As to Kane keeping the booze for later, I don't think he drinks, does he?

[Goalie]

35 minutes ago, Ducky said:

You guys that are implying Bogo got Seto on coke...the first time you had a smoke, alcohol, weed or any other drug, did someone tie you up and make you take it? He is/was a grown man and responsible for his actions. You are sober when you take the first drink/puff/hit whatever.

As to Kane keeping the booze for later, I don't think he drinks, does he?

No. He just goes to bars to dance. 

[Ducky]

I know people that go to bars that don't drink and I am not sticking up for Kane, believe me. I honestly think he is a non-drinker. He doesn't need alcohol, he can be an arsehole without it.

[The Unknown Poster]

the naming of players with accusations of drug use and/or incidents not reported in the mainstream news used to get you a stiff warning around here.