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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
Sorry you don't understand the difference between giving your all, and increasing what you have to give.
The Flames were praised last year for "giving it their all" each and every night. Hartley and the leadership team creates that.
Hesketh's role is to increase the players potential out put by making them fitter and stronger. Two different things.
Anyone regardless of fitness level can "bust their ass" and give it their all, they simply have more to give when they are fitter.
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The Flames weren't patted on the head and given participation ribbons for "giving it their all" like they were in the Special Olympics. Hartley said at the beginning on the year that he was stressing fitness so that the team could maintain its intensity and speed throughout all three periods, instead of trailing off. That's what the team was praised for, and you don't maintain intensity and speed at an elite level with poor conditioning by just "giving it your all".
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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
I notice you left out the second part of my post highlighting that we had the same fitness regime during the country club years, that in its self should have proven the difference explained above.
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No, it doesn't prove anything. The "country club years" were about attitude, and showed nothing positive or negative about their fitness. You can be extremely fit but still coast through games, but you can't compete for 60 minutes at an elite level with shi**y conditioning.