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Originally Posted by savardandjokinen
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This whole article is a pretty good example of a certain attitude that bugs me when some people are talking about Baertchi, the assumption that there MUST be someone to blame.
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Where a public ass kicking may work for one player, a more nurturing tone may be needed for another.
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This is obvious, but misses the big picture. The Flames are trying to foster an environment of competition, where prospects are told the spots are handed out on merit. While obviously it's never going to be quite as simple as that (team needs trumps merit), it's far from "a lie" either. Looking at the way most of our prospects are developing our system seems to be working.
If Baertchi needed nurturing, tough luck. You can't put pressure on other players to compete and then nurture one guy.
It's just missmatch of needs, and that's nobody's fault. Not even the scouts. Baertchi was drafted before our current development system had really formed, and before the team moved to the system it now plays.