Fans uncover Bruins scout who pushed for Miller signing and now want him fired

Unless you decided to retreat from social media this past weekend, you've no doubt heard about the soap opera drama courtesy of the Boston Bruins.

The Bruins announced on Friday that they had signed former renounced NHL draft pick Mitchell Miller... only to walk that signing back on Sunday after MASSIVE backlash from fans, media and their own players. Miller, of course, has been accused and convicted of abusing a mentally handicapped boy that he went to high school with in 2016.

Miller was found delinquent in Ohio court on charges of assault and found guilty of bullying disabled African-American classmate Isaiah Meyer-Crothers. The real problem though, from my perspective, is that Miller doesn't appear to have shown any true remorse for his actions. He has filed a court-ordered apology and has completed his court-ordered community service, but the Meyer-Crothers family maintains that they have never received an apology and that Miller is not remorseful in the least. Miller's agent provided a list of non-profit initiatives that Miller has volunteered his time with, but most if not all of those organizations have refuted the agent's claims. In other words... there's not much evidence that Miller has learned his lesson at all. 

As a result, the Bruins released him just 48 hours into his contract.

To me, this is a shocking admission of incompetence from the Bruins' front office and President Cam Neely should be the one to take responsibility. Except... when Neely met with the media earlier today, all he did was deflect blame. 

Get a load of this:

Rather than take blame himself as the TEAM PRESIDENT (!!!) Neely kicked the can over to his scouting staff:

Interestingly enough, Neely might be on to something. Not that it excuses him from any responsibility though, of course.

Fans online discovered that Bruins scout Brett Harkins, who is based in Miller's home state of Ohio, recently "Liked" a number of social media posts in support of the Bruins' signing of Miller. His social media profile has since been scrubbed, however.

The scoop courtesy of Twitter user @itsmitchmarney:

I have no doubt that Bruins scouts did indeed push for this signing. All signs point to Harkins, but I personally have no clue whether or not he was the one pushing for Miller or not and, frankly, it doesn't even matter.

The fact of the matter is that EVERY move this team makes has to run through Cam Neely and he's the one who is ultimately responsible for this horrendous bit of PR.