The issue with Sven, is that he doesnt seem like the type of player you bench, and then see him come back with something to prove. I'm sure we all wish he was that guy, but some people arent built that way. He seems to me like a guy that if you positively encourage, give him ice with top players and keep pumping his tires, he is gonna get hot, turn it on and get that swagger he needs to be a top 6 producing player.
The problem with Hartley is he refuses to recognize this. All good coaches know they can't coach two players the same way. If someone like Cammilleri was floating and being complacent, perhaps sitting him would light the fire that the coach wants, but for Sven I dont think that same 'punishment' will produce the same result.
That is why Hartley is a bad coach for the rebuild, because he is too stubborn to acknowledge not everyone responds positively to his old school manner of 'teaching'.
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