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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
...It seems obvious that there is something that Hartley feels Baertschi is not buying into and he is using healthy scratches as a way to force Sven's hand. The coach is the boss, and if Baertschi is't doing what he is told, the last thing the coach should do is just give in to the player. Once he does that, the inmates will be running the asylum. I highly doubt this is some kind of personal issue between them...
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I think that this is really key here. Regardless of what you think about Hartley; ether you think he is a good coach or not, what should be obvious to everyone is that he needs to be firm with his decisions and in his interactions with players.
It is silly to think that this somehow has the potential to permanently damage Baertschi. For gods sake, he's an elite level professional hockey player! I'm quite certain that he has encountered his fair share of hard-ass coaches in his time; a handful of healthy scratches in his rookie / sophomore season are not suddenly going to throw him off the rails and turn him into a quivering puddle of mush. Some of you people are ridiculous.