but I really would like another option since I only said no because I think the AM is too quick on the draw. One bad game you bitch at the guy in private. Then if a week or two later you aren’t seeing any improvement then you can try a little public humiliation.

Also while this hasn’t been an issue for us I think this go’s the same when it goes the other way with players complaining about a coach.

Then again, the person I just quoted has done very little of that in recent years, but he had a point at one time or another.

is doing this so we dont get off to a slow start,
time to light a fire under their collective ass

if they cant handled being called out when you play like crap then dont play.. and hey it worked for berglund

as for the line switching.. i think that now that we found some lines that seemed to click i dont think its gonna happen as much.. and then once they go cold again. he’ll switch em and i dont have a problem with that.. you gotta find what works

for the mere fact that as a fan I want to know what’s happening inside the team and the rationale for decisions. If the coach won’t talk, then we get shut out.

But that doesn’t mean it isn’t a dick move. Because it is.

because if you’re not going to be out there busting your ass, moving your feet and doing every damn thing possible to help your team win the game, then you DON’T deserve to play. Sit your ass down and let someone else who has the heart, desire & drive to play prove their point.

Getting to play up at this level is NOT a privledge, its EARNED.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. If it IS broke, the only way to get it better is to change SOMETHING and in the case of professional hockey, that something is most often the players.

it is the lock andy puts on the door

Especially with a young nucleus; he’s got to keep reminding them that they’re here because of a reason, and if you want to play, play hard and smart. Otherwise, there are other guys who may not have as much talent, but they sure will work their asses off in a game often defined by intensity.

I won’t give a lengthy explanation, because that might take Hildy more than 23 seconds to read and thus too long to focus on it…. :P

Good luck with the index finger though… :)

Back when I played soccer I couldn’t stand being yelled at or brought up in the half time huddle. I knew if I didn’t do something right and I didn’t need to be an example on top of it. And being humiliated in front of my own team would be demoralizing enough, I couldn’t imagine being publicly humiliated as well.

Though there were always those girls who preferred to be yelled at for some reason, but I’ve noticed that the more intelligent and/or sensitive players did not need to be chewed out, being talked to in private or not talked to at all worked best. So really it should be based on an individual basis.

They are pro athletes, they need to remember who is in charge and get their feet burned once they are put in the fire. This is the “bigs”.

but once at a party we squeezed 31 people into a bathroom! It was epic!

I know we’re talking about two different sports here, but . . . hey, TLR pulls his shit on sometimes even HALF a whim, and he has a track record of getting his teams to the playoffs, time after time. Willem Dafoe Andy Murray has sent teams both old and young to the playoffs with his tactics . . . fuck it, switch it up, stand pat, say nothing, say everything, do whatever . . . just win the fucking game, I don’t care.