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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I'd estimate Treliving has publicly used the words "patience" and "long-term plan" close to 100 times this season. I don't think that is unintentional. He is trying to shape fan expectations that when short-term and long-term goals come into conflict, long-term will win out every time.
This talk of rewarding fans and rewarding Bennet is kinda goofy. The fans have been rewarded with a far better season than 90 per cent of them could have anticipated. And the real rewards for fans are going to come in 3-5 seasons. Patience. Long-term.
And I'm not sure what management is supposed to be rewarding Bennett for. Being highly-skilled? Being an intense player? What has he done that makes him different from what other prospects have done in the season that would catapult him over them into the lineup? I get that he's the most talented prospect in the system. I just don't see what warrants a special 'reward' from management.
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For going down to Kingston and, instead of pouting like some players, busting his ass and proving - yet again - that he is a special player that deserves a chance.
It's not a 'special' reward - not a single person used a word anything like that - it is an opportunity that he has earned by doing everything asked of him all year.