Reading this article reminds me of what happened between Byron Ritchie and Jim Playfair in 2007. Injuries moved Ritchie up the depth chart, but when the team got healthy again, Ritchie was back to his grinding role and sometimes found himself in the pressbox. The same thing happened with Jeff Friesen, who didn't want to play the role of a defensive forward. Playfair as forced to apologize to some of the players and was demoted the following season.
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