Agreed Alta.
Trotz has generally taken the softer route, at least for the public perception. Although he got my respect when he famously benched Ovi, that time, when he was late for practice.
Ya know me, I think almost all coaches, in pro sports nowadays are way too "player friendly"! Maybe we see it a little less in hockey, just due to the nature of the sport! But, in the NFL, NBA, and MLB, it's just pathetic how such little is mentioned, or acted upon by coaches, when even the FANS can easily witness, multiple, repetitive, and predictable, displays of low player EFFORT!! Many of the players have NO WORRY, of consequence, when deciding not to hustle, because they face no criticism for their negative actions!
The passive avoidance of REAL conversation about the subject, is by design, and IMHO, done with the intentional omission, by most media coverage, so as not to draw too much attention to the matter, as they know, many fans would not watch TALENTED athletes, who they sincerely believed were inherently lazy! Thus the media is stuck with having to "create" hype, around rather average performance levels to make it palatable for the average TV viewer!.......Oops, sorry, I'm ranting again! Time to stop. I'm just beating a dead horse!
Rush
