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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
He does have "coach's pet" syndrome like many coaches, though - seems to pick a guy who isn't actually any good, but can do no wrong in the coach's eyes, and give him minutes. Lots of coaches around like that, though - Babcock has that same reputation.
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I wish I knew why coaches did this as I find it perplexing. I can only assume like a teacher's pet in that they are first to practice, last to leave, and work their tails off to which the coach wants to use as an example of rewarding hard work. I get that but the issue I have is that hard work isn't good enough when a player simply lacks the talent. That said being a head coach is a lot harder than most of us can comprehend and maybe coaches feel they need a guy like this to show others that if they work harder they will get more ice time and opportunity as it's probably hard to keep players motivated to put in high effort every day over an 82 game season.