Brian Burke has said he values humility. He thinks hockey is a game that teaches humility and he thinks good hockey players are humble and thankful for what they have.
Ho-Sang is just not that guy. You can't change a person that fundamentally.
There's a huge difference between confidence and arrogance, between confidence and cockiness, and between confidence and hubris. Confidence and humility can co-exist.
I would be willing to be that if Ho-Sang is around for our second 2nd rounder we don't take him.
For the record, I'm not saying I agree with Burke here. But it sounds like Ho-Sang should consider a career shift and go get an MBA or play an individualistic sport, not a team sport with a "culture of conformity" (which I do think exists, for better or worse).
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