I live in Qc and i'd take a team full of swahili speaking ukrainians if that means we can win the cup

I'm 68 now, born and raised in Dorval, Que. I joined the neighborhood hockey team at 6. My Dad and I had to sign a Canadians contract which stated I was Habs property. This was 1957 and most kids were signed at this age [6] in most of Quebec. Our coaching was top notch with a lot of Junior A players as coaches. Even then, the Canadians had about 5-6 players not from Quebec, so it wasn't all Quebec players. Anyways, I thought you would like to see how it was run before the 12 teams and the draft.

Montreal drafted David Fischer two spots ahead of CLAUDE GIROUX. Ontario born and raised, but French and French speaking. Fischer never signed, and we all know what Giroux has done. Giroux said he dreamt of wearing the Habs sweater.

I'm in Quebec, so I can talk about it. They should not really care about it, but they for sure do care. The language barrier is a thing here, I'm not trying to hide it. I learned in my early years that being bilingual was the way to go (for me), but it is not the case for everybody. And if Montreal was to win a cup without anyone from Quebec in the lineup, I don't think it should matter. Then again, it's been 25 years already...

The french aspect of the Montreal Canadiens is important because the GM and the coach of that team are the ones that need to communicate with the fans who "own" the team.

This Habs fan finds this video therapeutic. Shannon, in 15 minutes you've managed to plow through a big part of the better part of my 30 years of frustration in life as a Habs fan. Of course it hasn't been all frustration, but I'll have to go and reshuffle my list of all-time favorite THG videos yet again for this one.

One can also add in that Montreal hasn't had a Captain who is even Canadian, let alone a Quebecer, since 1999, so if that is the case then why should the organization care about the coach and GM speaking French, when the locker room leader doesn't. Montreal passes up on so many quality coaches simply because of the language they speak. I totally agree with you, if they are going to make a big deal about it, they should display that in how they form their team that they put on the ice.

I still remember when Mike Keane said he can't speak french and the media took it as he won't. That was a media frenzy. And they're still having this problem roughly 20 yrs later.

As a Chicago fan I always love to see Illinois guys on our roster. I love Vinnie Hinostroza and loved Tommy Wingels. It hurt a lot too see Wingels go, and to Boston of all places. Wingels’ family lives blocks from my house and his sister was my brother’s teacher. He went to my elementary, middle, and high school too. Being from your home town can make a Bottom 6 fourth liner the most special player on the team. I’d love to see him come back or a guy like Dzingel or John Moore come in.

It is weird how the french speaking qualities are so important for the Gm/Coach but not the players. I think one of their biggest issues is scouting, they haven't drafted well in recent years. They've found a few decent players but most of them would be bottom six forwards and bottom pair D. Victor Mete was a great find but taking McCarron so early was bad, Hudon is no better then bottom six. Beaulieu didn't turn out very good, Juulsen may be ok but hard to say if he'd be a Top 4 D or bottom pairing. The last 10 drafts they hardly have any 1st round picks on their roster and the ones they do are either still young and hard to evaluate or turned out to underwhelming the fans. Best Prospect they've had in awhile was Sergachev and they traded him. It's not just Bergevin, the issues in drafting and developing were there before him and he hasn't done anything to fix it. Molson just went on record to say Bergeving is great at evaluating players, that was the funniest thing I heard all week.

This french thing is all a media thing. I have some separatist friends who follow hockey and even they couldn't give 2 fucks about the speaking french part for coaches and GM's.

Beaulieu is from Strathroy ON, Bieber's hometown. Its in the South, nothing like Hearst or even Sudbury

Scotty Bowman never spoke french and fans still talk about their dynasty in the 70s.

Never was a big HABS fan even tho I'm from Montreal. They are drowning themselves with these moral rules. Get the best team available. Doesnt matter what language they speak. The new GM or coach would just have to learn a couple of words in french ( bonjour ). The french media and the fans will be so happy Lmao. PS: over his long career in MTL markov didnt speak in french once and fans loved him.

French speaking quebecer here. To my opinion, the reasonable position is in between. Not caring at all about the language of players is clearly not the right thing to do, and none english-speaking person can truly understand this, unless you experienced the reality of being a linguistic minority on an english speaking continent. It has to do with the sense of belonging of the fan base towards their team, which (sadly or not) doesn't depend only on winning games and championship. On the other hand, in today's NHL, a GM can't be blinded by this fact, and considering building a team only with french speaking players : its a nonsense. With players from all around the world, talent is dispersed everywhere and is not only concentrated in eastern canada, like it has been long time ago. It is a reality. So to me, the solution is to have a little core of french speaking player all the time, that relates more with the french fanbase. Guys like Drouin, Danault, Deslauriers and Hudon do that. Without being the top players of the team, they build a specific relations with the local media and the fan base by speaking french, which is positive for everyone. 4 players on the whole team isn't exagerated in my mind. We just need to be careful to not be blind by this fact, and not priorizing a french-speaking player at the draft for instance, in circumstances where we should not (remember Louis Leblanc).

At this point, in 2018, the insistence on French in the Habs brass in purely a media thing in Quebec. Franco sports media in Quebec is very much a part of the language politics in the province. In their minds, they need to keep the team "straight" and accountable. They have always played a hard game of shaming the team's owners and brass. Historically, GM's and coaches have overwhelmingly been anglo and the players franco reflecting the upper class to lower class Quebec dynamic. By the late 70's when the sovereignty question started becoming important to the population we saw a shift. Bowman (coach) and Sam Pollock (GM) were gone and slowly it became a must to have both positions filled with French speakers. The Nordiques also played a huge role in this issue; the rivalry created a race to who gets the best French personnel. Today, years after the Nordiques have left to Colorado, the race still stands except the rival is a phantom and it leaves the Canadiens imprisoned in ideology.

Interesting topic. I'm curious how many home province players are in each Canadian teams system.

I live in Montreal, and I’m getting sick of this "French” mentality. This team is preventing itself from getting the best coaches and GMs because of this. As long as this culture stays, I don’t see this team winning the cup.

Im a french canadian and i just want my team to win whatever the language the players, the coach, the gm speak !! But its nice to have some who speaks french but only if its the best option. Its because of the media all this french talk

This video was spot on. As a habs fan, I don't care about the language that our gm or coach speaks, but id also appreciate if the management drafted more home born kids for the reasons mentioned in the video.

I think the added pression montreal already has with the media and fans is big enough, and that's just something that's being added to the mix. Also, from what I've seen, the importance of french in the team seems more important to the older generations than my (23 y.o.)

I thought this video was going to be about Perrault, Robert, and Martin.

I'm really happy we got Drouin, and i love Hudon, but we shouldn't go exclusively for French Canadian kids, just get the best guy you can, and hurray if he's from QC or Montréal. As for the coach/GM, Scotty Bowman was the best coach we ever had and no one ever cared he was an anglophone, and we could get a 14 year old Nepalese kid to replace Bergevin and I'd be happy at this point

The "French Connection" is a Media creation that started in the early 2000s. If you look at the habs history, you will quickly realize that the Best Gm ever was an Anglophone (Sam Pollock). The best coach ever was also an Anglophone ( Scotty Bowman). As a Francophone Montrealer, I can tell you that fans want a winning team and not a french speaking team. I think Molson needs a reality check on the "French Connection" BS

I saw the Canucks game earlier and I like them first than St. Louis so I’m happy both ways 😀😀😀

This is the fix Montreal is in. Your coach and GM are ambassadors for the team to city and surrounding areas. Fans want to hear from the head coach and GM about their team. Using interpreters gets old pretty fast so that's out, so what else can the Canadiens do but continue to hire French speaking personnel.

As a Ranger fan from New York I fondly remember when the Montreal Canadiens were the "Flying Frenchmen". It was an image and a unique identify that symbolized the speed, skill, finesse, and domination of those great Canadien teams that were loaded with French Canadian players from Quebec. It made the Canadiens different from all of the other teams in the NHL. There were stories of guys like Guy Lafleur who grew up in Quebec dreaming of one day playing for the Habs and continuing the "Flying Frenchmen" mystique. Now unfortunately the only thing that differentiates the Canadiens from the other NHL franchises is their past. Nowadays the Canadiens are just like any team in the league. There is nothing special about the Canadiens anymore.

On a somewhat related topic, there’s only 34 Russians in the nhl but so many of them are high quality players. Kucherov, Malkin, Ovechkin, Kuznetsov and Panarin are the top 5 Russians this year. 3 of those 5 players should get hart trophy consideration, and when you look at Panarin’s points relative to his teammates you could make an argument for him as well. Then you have young studs like Tarasenko, Dadonov, Sergachev, Provorov etc. So many quality Russians leading their teams in goals, points or ice time. To say nothing of goalies like Bobrovsky and Vasilevskiy.

I'm not Quebecois but honestly I like the idea of them having a predominantly french organization, it's what makes them the Habs. I get the whole "get the best you can" argument but I think in this case (and a lot of cases) you can't look past the cultural and emotional implications that come with something like this. I just don't buy for a second that it wouldn't be sweeter for Quebec to win with a mostly french team than with a bunch of people who couldn't care less about the culture of Quebec. Turning everything into a soulless commodity is abhorrent to me. I agree with your points in this video though Shannon, great stuff as usual.

I'm from Newfoundland I didn't know you lived here that's pretty cool what do you think of it here

I know it's early in the season, but it seems obvious that there's a wind of change blowing in Montreal right now. I'd like you to discuss the change in playing style since last year and the new "attitude" . Also, sometimes the name doesn't dictate the language. Beaulieu didn't speak a word of French, however, Paul Byron and Mathew Peca do. And frankly, I was very happy to see some French speaking swiss guys back in the later 00's. But in the end, I think pride is the most important thing. French player often have more of it playing in Montreal, but it's not an automatic.

SI did story about this same subject in 84 or 85. At that time, SI wrote the Candiens passed up on some French players in the draft and they started off decent, Chelios was one player and I think Tom Kurvers was one of those players. I'll have to find the story again, to see what happened to those players. Of course, if they stayed on the team, they won the Cup in 86.

As a Habs fan from Austria, I really don't care what s coach/GM/player speaks. I want to see a successful Canadiens Team the language does not simply matter to me.

Hey Shannon, where did you live in Newfoundland?

Peu importe la nationalité ou la langue maternelle des joueurs, c’est la victoire qui compte. Et même si je supporte votre grand rival de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, je vous souhaite le meilleur pour ce rebuild afin de reprendre cette belle et intense rivalité la saison prochaine!

It's media driven, fans don't and shouldn't care about a coach or a GM speaking french, the fact that Montreal only won 1 Stanley Cup with a francophone GM and coach in the last 30 years shows it doesn't work. Hire the best available candidate no matter where they are from, that obsession with french speaking management is ridiculous and is only hurting the team and the fans

I think most of it is either media driven or politics unfortunately. I can understand why they feel the need to have French coach's and gms since a lot of the media in Quebec probably can't report in another language. I wouldn't be surprised if there are French speaking Quebecers who feel the need to have a French coach/gm as well. Because at the end of the day communication is important and you wouldn't be able to reach a large portion of your fan base if you couldn't communicate with them. But on the other hand the only thing Montreal fans should understand is winning. I do believe it's a bit much since we have won in the past without French coach's and gms. And as a fan base, organization, and even province I feel it makes us an easy target for ridicule. Quebec is a beautiful province with a lot of great people, so it's unfortunate that other Canadians will think less of Quebec because of our politics. Not saying everyone does this, I've just had my share of experiences.

Im an 18 years old guy from Quebec city, (fan of habs but id love to see the nords back btw:D ) and i dont care at all. I think like you that you have to take the best guy to do the job and dont care from where you are and if you speak french or not!

Brave man making one of these videos - truth is, most Quebecers couldn't give a s*** but a BIG part of the FR media does - this team is a disaster not because of the 'french thing' but because Molson allowed it to become one.

I don't really follow the Habs and am not an expert on their struggles this year but at the same time I don't think having a team full of local players will leave someone with more motivation - just look at the performance of Jonathan Drouin this year

Love Youre video,yes for some Fans,it it pretty important than the Gm,coach and players (at least the captain)speak french(not every quebecers are bilingual) and yes I think its important,necessery,not,but,it will be with guys from Quebec(he can speak any language he want,any nationalities)than we can identifed to this team,win something.

Quebecer here : If you are telling me that we are not hiring "the best available" because we absolutely wanted them to speak french, I'd be pissed. I expect it to be a TIE-BREAKER, not a necessity.

The legendary franchise francophone defenseman turned GM turned Canadian Liberal Senator explained it best in his ultimate advice to the actual Habs GM. In montreal, you can win in any togue but if you lose, people will not forgive you if you don't have french players and french staff... So you can clearly see that current management is simply edging their bets. The goal and the reason to exist of the organisation is to rake in entertainement dollards for Molson. And that is why the last cup has been won in Montreal... it will not come back lest they move the focus of the organization away from simply competing and being popular.

Last time the Habs hired a non-French speaking GM, one of Quebec's politician wasnt happy about it....On top of that, some fans and media went nuts (Riot). To be honest the Habs can just hire a translator or do voice-over if they hire English GM/coach.

remember the drama over the possibility of Vincent LeCavalier moving to montreal all those years ago? smart move by Vincent to stay out of there. this team's been spinning it's wheels for years. yes the rehiring of an old coach is endemic of this but it is separate from the french question. It's admirable to want to focus on a league like the QMJHL but historically it's been weaker of the three leagues. last year Nico was the only first rounder from the Q I believe, (this year looks quite different thanks to Halifax mostly and that's due to import talent) The real prospect gold seems to be in the largely unexamined markets. Boston in particular really struck gold by focusing on the college pool. Tampa is having good results in lower tier russian leagues. lastly the pride question: will a team of Quebecois who grew up watching the habs play more passionately? this is a double edged sword. for as many who rise to the occasion, there are just as many who crumble under the pressure of hockey crazy markets like Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton. also, as a franco-ontarien who grew up very close to the Quebec border, I can tell you, kids grow up idolizing the habs outside of quebec. I watched in awe in 1993 when I was 10. and the number of great eastern ontario or northern ontario francophone players is immense. i bet a bunch of them are habs fans too. you can add the likes of Claude Giroux to that list of francophone studs

I'm from Montreal and do speak french as my native language. The thing is that most people here, myself included, don't really care bout. But we don't represent the average Quebecquer. The older generation is still stuck in the early 90s where the french and english were kinda after each other in Montreal. I asked my family the same question about the language and they all said to me that it's of the upmost importance. I can ask many younger guys, they don't give a damn. I really think it's because of a generational gap created by the divide between Canada and Quebec around the two independence referendum and the War Time Mesure Law that was enacted in the early seventies.

Ironic, I am right now playing Eastside Hockey Manager with Montreal with a very French-Canadian core. ^^

Gallagher is the next Koivu

It’s a contentious issue for sure. Many older fans would be at least a little bit upset if a non-francophone person was hired to be GM or coach but provided the team still did well I think younger fans wouldn’t think much of it

GJPageau was born in Ottawa but lived mostly in Quebec. I also thought it cool when the Blackhawks are in Montreal that Toews only fields French questions. On the question of having a French coach.. Yeah its a big deal. Think of Vancouver having a coach that only spoke Russian or something like that. Two media obligations per game and the questions are French and the main newspaper is French.

Is not necessary to have a french coach or GM in Montreal only if the team wins…In the other case, it will expose the person into a silly situation like when Randy Cunneyworth was coach of the canadiens. @The Hockey Guy just imagine how that could be a distraction if the next coach in Vancouver would only speak spanish…the guy will be annihilate by the media if he can’t make his team competitive. Bold example for sure but, it’s how I see the issue with this linguistic mentality.

I'm a Habs fan from Quebec and all that french connection thing is so dumb... People from habs facebook or reddit etc would talkshit on Bergevin because the team doesnt speak french but when Bergevin sign a Quebec native/french speaking player , people are talking shit on Bergevin because the guy isn't Huberdeau level...

Would be interested to see a video on successful French players Montreal passed on in the draft ex. Giroux, briere

Never forget that this franchise could have drafted Daniel Briere, Simon Gagne, and Claude Giroux in separate drafts but instead took Matt Higgins, Eric Chouinard, & David Fischer....

Habs fans on Reddit don't seem to care and would agree that it is the organization and the media that do care.

Where in Newfoundland did you live?

It is hard for someone to have correct view on this issue if you haven't been raised in Québec (french part) and don't know political history of Québec. You need to be aware of links between the team and the emancipation of Québécois. The team represented for a long time the hard battle that Québécois had to fight through to get rid of discrimination against them. The team showed that by fighting you way through unfairness (like Maurice Richard) and never abdicate that great things could be possible for Québécois. The french issue here is just a legacy of this era and is still relevant to this day.

Im from Montreal and I honestly don't mind at all if the coach or gm don't speak french. All i want is the best person available and a Stanley Cup

Hey, I'm from Montréal and a dyed in the wool separatist and Habs fan. I can tell you if they go out and hire today's Bowman and Grundman equivalent, I'll just clap and holler all the way to the parade.

Timmins wanted to draft John Carlson in 2009 but the draft was in Montreal and he said management felt extra pressure to draft a Quebecois. And yet they pass over some of those names on your board. It doesn't make sense to me. I like seeing local players and coaches succeed in Montreal, but the league is in such a state of parity these days that it's got to happen naturally, they can't try and force these things when every other team is having a hard enough time staying afloat as it is.

IF TAVARES IS AVAILABLE I DON'T CARE IF HE DOESNT SPEAK FRENCH WE'RE GETTING HIM LOL.

I’m from Quebec and i can say that personally it gets me mad that we need french speaking coaches and gm’s there are amazing non speaking french gm’s that id rather have. But some french speaking Quebecers generally get mad if you don’t speak french over here

You are right it’s the media the fans don’t really care

This is why they fired Therrien when they did and why Bergevin will keep his job until either a better French speaking candidate currently with another team becomes available or until Patrick Roy starts answering to Molson's calls.

Guy Carbonneau said it doesn't matter if the players speak French, English, or Chinese. This team won't win if they don't work!

montreal should try and trade for another first round pick and try and draft joe veleno from that pick as well as evan bouchard with their current pick. two quebec born players veleno center and bouchard right d with solid upside.

Gainey was much more physical than the players you compare him to ,great defensively like the others however was a thunderous body checker.

Cory Crawford would have been a good French player they could have for trade bate or if Price is out

Old article but here's my 2 cents. Sam Pollock wasn't French, not a bad manager. Drouin really crapped the bed in Montreal. Some guys can't stand the heat. He has multiple issues, I know. Bergevin's messed up with that move.

Habs need a new GM .Everyone is fluent bilingual in Montreal,i think

I'm a huge habs fan, and it's more the media that want french speaking coach's and gm's so they don't have to translate has often lol, but seriously, if a long time habs that doesn't speak french took one of the jobs, we would let him like let's say if Kirk Muller (captain Kirk!) wants to be head coach, we wouldn't bat an eye on this. Long time ago some canadian (and some europeens) players until the 80s learned a bit of french when they played in Québec (like Stastny in Québec or Gainey and Bowman in montréal)

@The Hockey Guy when Claude Julien was hired, you said you thought it was the right move for the Canadiens... 🤔

I remember 2011-12 after the Canadiens fired Jacques Martin as coach early in the season and they promoted Randy Cunneyworth an American Assistant Coach who knew no French as Interim Head Coach. And Montreal media hated him and after the season the Habs fired him and brought in Therrien.

Nathan Beaulieu doesnt speak french Shannon

Hi how is it goin

Bob Gainey speaks French very well, while not fluently. Scotty Bowman is from Quebec and speaks French as well... same for Toe Blake.

The only people that actually care about having a French speaking staff already had kids in 93 (with at least one in jail)

If it meant we got a cup, no one would give two shits if the coach/gm was a francophone or not

Montreal will never win again because they are stuck with this french language issue and because of it they will never hire the best GM and coach available,because of parity a winning team in the NHL today must hire the best staff that they possibly can and Montreal is limiting themselves,back in old days the french connection was an advantage for the Canadiens but today it is a real disadvantage,until the Canadiens realize that they must hire the best staff that they can regardless of language they will continue to flounder in the NHL,can't this team just hire a translator?,that would solve a lot of Montreal's problems right there. Bob.

I live on Québec and I don't care about the language at all. I just want to see the Canadiens win a Cup ans that's not going to happen in the next few years. The problem in Québec with the language is like you said, 4 millions are not speaking english at all. Most of this pepole are old and they grew Up with the dynasty of the 70's when there was à lot of french player and management. For them, the solution of the Montréal problem is to get more french player because they won like that before. They are in that mentality still abd it is not Working! I think that Goeff Moulson continue to get à GM and coach who are french speaking is for that kind of pepole in Québec that are in the old mentality. Merci d'avoir lu!

I always thought the Habs would go after Marco Scandella.......back when the Wild were shopping him.

Gainey spoke pretty decent French

Just hire the best GM/coach, and get them the best French teachers. Use translators if needed. There are also modern technology out there to translate language in real time.

I've always wondered if Pacioretty, an American, being their captain pisses them off

There players that need to go and there players there because they speak french but taking ice time away from good players. I dont care who's on the team i just want cup when I'm still around. Not trying to wait other 25 years!

Bergevin probably wasn't the best, retrospectively speaking looking at his record. I'm curious to see what he does in the coming weeks. I guarantee you that if he makes another move a la chucky or, more likely, if the team starts in October with the kind of loosing record like last year, he'll be out of a job before Christmas.

They just traded Bitten, but he speaks a fluent French.

I think Montreal just needs to go after fresh blood in the QMJHL. They need to just keep getting coached from the league until they find the right one. Could you imagine if they could have landed the Crosby Lottery. Crosby spoke French well and probably still can. Playing his Junior in Quebec and going to school there for those years you bet he can. Or even Toews who is a French guy from Manitoba... Yeah I lived in the Peg and yeah it's bilingual with one of the largest French communities outside of Quebec even with really big French festivals that rival some in Quebec City.

I'm a french Quebecker who lives in the burbs of Montreal. I would take a team full of americans, europeans, English canadians if that meant we win the cup. Same for the coach and the GM. I don't give a rats ass if they speak french or not! The media in Montreal make it seem like the fans are asking for french coaches and GM's when in fact most of us don't care! As long as they win!

As a Leaf fan, I really hope they continue their policies of hiring a French coach and GM. I actually hope they start playing only French players as well. Ps. Leaf fans couldn't give two shits about having Ontario players.

yes the population here wants the organization to speak French, but I think we don't really care at the same time. we were statistically the population (Quebeckers) that is the most complaining in the world lol, so Quebec will always find something to complain about but especially, ESPECIALLY about whatever happens to our team, its our religion! I think majority of Qc would prefer either past player of the team or French speaking GM and head coach but for the rest of the coach/managing staff we don't really care that much I think... but at the same time we wouldn't say no to a scotty bowman who don't care about speaking French but is finally gonna bring the 25th cup and more to the city/province (I prefer to say city because the city of Québec doesn't really like us since that game of the playoffs in the 80s and more because they lose their team when the nordiques moved to Denver lol), same thing for the players, the city AND the organization would select first a French speaking player over another guy if they have same talent and potential... like when we drafted Louis Leblanc instead of kreider because the draft was in Montreal. Leblanc could have been a superstar as it was said but they didn't really help him developing his abilities and talent and it was the end for him, and yet kreider is still of that top six of the rangers... I think every case is different when it comes to us in Montreal to be honest, every situation, whether coach gm or player, every situation will always be different especially when including French speaker in the equation

That stat that 4 million citizens in Quebec don't speak English in an bilingual and majority English speaking country is truly shocking to me. Being Swedish and living in a monolingual country i would consider myself bilingual in both Swedish and English, that fact that many French Canadians don't even grasp the majority language in their own country baffles me. I do understand history but just because you speak French at home should not make you monolingual when the majority of your countrymen only speak English.

Bring back Mario Trembley lol

Hey had American John leclair for a bit he was decent and pretty sure he couldn't speak a word of French

This begs the question about the Randy Cunneyworth not being able to speak a word of french to the french press in Montreal..?? I don't think Montreal could win a Stanley Cup with a line-up full of french players, but being a coach or GM in Montreal you have to be able to speak and converse to the media in Montreal which is PREDOMINANTLY FRENCH!!!....you'd don't get a lot of press coverage from TSN or CBC but a lot more from RDS and TVA those guys do more of a in depth coverage for the team...

I want Bergevin out and Demers back in. Don't know if he would do it though.

A, KOvalev said it. “ they want the : coach, assistant coach , GM, assistant GM, etc etc to speak french “ Thats exactly the problem in montreal this team its all about politics. They limited themselves to mediocracy. The best hockey minds in the league couldn’t work for the habs just because they dont speak french... and then they hired once R. Houle to manage this team. A guy that was selling beers for the molson family.. yea go figured

The majority of us fans don't care at all, all we want is our 25th Stanley Cup

The francophone obsession is really holding this team back, but that’s just my opinion.

Most the dam people even if they speak French know how to speak English as well so I think it's so dum of a rule. The west doesn't speak French at all but we gotta have French writing on all are products. So what's the big deal I guess you gotta respect the east that its French but most French people speak English as well so is it really a big deal. I think it's hurting them more then helping them .