As far as I am concerned, in terms of player development and motivating a player, the key is finding the right way to motivate a player. The best coaches in sports often talk about managing people. Since Babcock has been mentioned, he's been quoted as saying that he's been particularly hard on Tatar because he knows he can take it.
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Originally Posted by Dajazz
Babcock isn't the least shy to say what he thinks to the media. He called out Hudler on several occasions, worked out pretty well I think.
Holland is pretty frank as well, commenting on prospect progress in the AHL, both positives and negatives.
What Burke said is no different to Holland and/or Babcock saying that Player X has to get stronger, faster or work harder. We see these type of comments almost daily in the media, after games and so on.
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But before calling Hudler out, Babcock had praised Hudler previously. And Holland comments on the positives and negatives without focusing on the negatives. The difference is in the delivery. The way Babcock and Holland do it is that hey this player has so much potential, he just needs to improve this and that or why can't he do this every night? The way Burke does it is, this guy shows flashes of brilliance but that's not going to cut it in this league.
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Originally Posted by sekimet
Oh please, that was purely motivational speak, you think his poor play was unnoticed by other teams? At that point he was a player the flames singled out as trying to motivate for a position.
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And Burke chose the wrong way to motivate this particular player. That's the thing with Burke. He has one way of doing things. There are players he likes and gets his support. There are players he dislike and it's hard to gain his support.