Bobby Hull OUT as ambassador

[PeterG]

Bobby Hull no longer a Blackhawks ambassador

When the Blackhawks began their team ambassador program over a decade ago they did so to bring their icons from the past back into the fold. The struggling franchise needed as much goodwill as possib...

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[WELL USED PUCK]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1495804231474892802

 

[Rush]

I was surprised it didn't happen much sooner.

 

[Granada]

It sounds like they're getting rid of him because they're in a PR nightmare right now, but packaging it as if that isn't the reason, lol. This way, the statue can stay.

 

[WELL USED PUCK]

I was surprised it didn't happen much sooner.

Agree

 

[WELL USED PUCK]

It sounds like they're getting rid of him because they're in a PR nightmare right now, but packaging it as if that isn't the reason, lol. This way, the statue can stay.

Kinda sorta smells like that

 

[zack54attack]

It sounds like they're getting rid of him because they're in a PR nightmare right now, but packaging it as if that isn't the reason, lol. This way, the statue can stay.

Yeah, sort of feels that way

 

[NCChiFan]

Yea, he had some baggage. Did get to see him play live and was watching on TV when he scored his 500th, heh almost a day to the 52nd anniversary.

 

[KBIB]

Bobby never should have been brought back in the first place.

Maybe it was steroids, maybe CTE, but bringing back somebody who beat the crap out of multiple women wasn’t going to fly in this day and age.

But hey, Rocky spent a lot of money on that statue….

 

[JimAKABlkhwks918]

This is a crappy repost of an article that was originally behind a paywall...

'Maybe I was used as a scapegoat': Hull has mixed feelings on losing Blackhawks ambassador role

When John McDonough began the Blackhawks' ambassador program in 2008, his first phone call was to Bobby Hull. "One of our first objectives was to let it be known that we were out of the grudge busine...

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[HSBOB]

Rocky 'I knew nothing' Wirtz knew who Bobby Hull was when he was made an ambassador,hell.......he still played for the Hawks when he was accused of abusing his first wife......didn't matter.

Now that Danny and Jamie are in charge,they have no use for the 83yro and they have little use for ex-players period. Do we see Sharp in the studio or the booth or just a rotation of useless millennials?

I see they brought Grim over from NHLN but he's the polar opposite to how the team plays these days.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

**** Bobby Hull.