Emotional Cheryl Pounder reacts to Jessica Campbell's historic hire 

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Pounder? I hardly knew her.

What a terrific inspired speech from Cheryl Pounder!

The Coachella Valley who? omg wow. Firebirds.

I imagine the tone in the room and the plane will be a little different now

Coachella Valley Thunderboards huh?

Good for her!

If she's fit for the job, why not? Still remember my early school swimming female coach. One of my group became Olympic champ in Montreal in 50 m distance freestyle. Check it out.

So much ignorance and hate in hockey… these are the same people who would have said women shouldn’t vote, shouldn’t be president/pm, etc.

I don’t give a damn if it’s historic or she’s the first women. I call it historic when they win the Stanley cup and become a dynasty

If they become bad then I call it a historically bad hire

Give her two years on the job first before avalanching her with accolades. Some media outlets tried that with Kate Madigan of the NJ Devils. Devils finished second from the bottom in the Metropolitan division. All due to Madigan? No. But she, like all in the organizing, must shoulder some of the blame. Will Campbell be able to handle the task? Perhaps. Perhaps not. Give her a couple of years in the role first without pre-judging her in any way.

Ha Coachella who ...thanks for the shout out go thunderboards hah

Dont care if it is first woman for anything, as long as she/he can do a good job.

diversity hire, of course, it's Seattle

If you look at her resume, she is actually not a diversity hire. However, this is a perfect example of how DEI has really had a negative impact on things. A woman gets hired and immediately everyone jumps to diversity hire. You cant blame them, we have seen this over and over, supposed "victims" given positions they didn't earn and n some cases are unqualified for. People are wrong for jumping to the conclusion because she has some serious credentials, but they are right for jumping to the conclusion because we have seen the virtue signaling so many times, its what people expect. Because of DEI, now anytime any person from one of these groups gets a job, whether its deserved or not, people will assume ithey only got it because of politics. Great job left wingers, people told you this was going to happen and low and behold it has. When you start giving people jobs, promotions, bonuses, acceptance to schools etc, based on their sex or skin color or orientation and then parade them around like a show horse, to let everyone know how "progressive" you are, we end up here. One of my very close friends is a Jamaican dude, I helped him get a job at my work. He recently got promoted to the same dept I work in and because of the impact the constant DEI hires we see everywhere, he is constantly plagued by feelings that he didnt earn the job he was only given it because of his skin color. Everyone has told him over and over he is a great artist and he deserves to be where he is, but he wont believe it. He thinks the bosses only gave him the job cuz hes black.

What a woke DEI joke. I am Kraken up over this.

Way to make it all about yourself for the first two minutes

Sorry but this is a gimic. You cant tell me shes the best candidate. Absolute garbage.

Didn't Earn It. At least she can't do as much damage as a female cop, a female soldier, or a female DA.

Kraken the Ceiling!!! 😁

And one season in AHL. Didn't pay her dues like any other coach would. she should have been down there for years before getting a chance at the big leagues. Not the most qualified forsure.

Don’t understand why people are already reaching conclusions. Literal misogyny. Let the season roll by first before you make these generalizations

Best man for the job. What a joke.

please take cheryl pounder out of chel

gimmick gimmick gimmick

Anything that makes the Kraken weaker im all for it

Leave it to Seattle, all too eager to display their values

This should be good for a laugh

Who gives af.

SHE ROCKS 😎

Don't know what she can coach men about men's hockey. Men and woman's games are very different. It's just a woke hire. They have a pro woman's league. How about have her be a head coach to one of them.

I expect her last words to be ... "It was a very toxic male domainated change room ... hence why I was let go ... not my fault".

Every team needs one of the quota hires in some position.

What a joke

Selling tickets that’s all.

Whch NHL'er will 'hit it first' lololol.

Men will be better players (faster/stronger/bigger) Women will be better coaches (eq/big pic/communication)

Woke Seatle !!!! , What a Bunch ???? .