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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Shouldn't we give him the benefit of the doubt? It seems like the reasonable thing to do in any situation, when observing from outside to give the participants the benefit of the doubt until it becomes clear otherwise. So far as I can tell, Hartley hasn't made any critical errors here, and there is no reason to expect that he is or ought to be making drastic changes, or filing detailed reports to the media.
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I agree that he owes the media nothing.
And all else equal, my default position would be to give the coach the benefit of the doubt.
However, there is evidence available. We are not in a blind situation here. Do we know everything that is going on, such as practice and in the room? No of course not.
However, what we have heard from Hartley, and what we have seen on the ice, gives us something to go on. And from that, I have no reason to give him a pass.
Nor do I think there is a reason to assume that the coach does not make errors. Why would I think that? Everyone makes errors.
From the body of evidence in front of me, I think that he has handled the situation poorly and I believe he doesn't like Baertschi.
I don't see any reason why we should simply give the coach a pass.