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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
There is no question that you want (and have to demand) accountability.
However, you are also trying to develop young players - if the message is make a bad play and you sit, you immediately lose all aggressiveness.
Galiardi knows what he did and he apologized to the team after the game apparently.
I think the best thing to do is let him go right back out there and show that he will play hard for his team-mates.
Far better to let guys make up for their mistakes than have them stew over them.
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I personally think Galiardi should sit but you do make a strong argument for the contrary.
My thought is that you need to let young guys go out there and play, but they need to remain disciplined. I would agree with your logic if he made a bad pass, lost his man and it led to a goal, etc. But I think discipline and penalties are more than a simple mistake and they cost the team. If you make a bad play, own the mistake and go back out there and show that you've learned from the mistake. I don't think taking a dumb penalty is a play that falls in that category. Sit him, he'll learn real fast that a lack of discipline is not acceptable.