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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
I posted this in the other thread but obviously applies to Babcock:
What is about most coaches (particularly NHL/hockey generally) that the default position of their personality is ###hole?
Were they insecure as kids, bullied, unsuccessful? For the most part these guys strike me as inarticulate, certainly not very bright.
What is with the constant f-bomb dropping bully type (see for eg. the HBO series Road to the Winter Classic where Bruce Boudreau could not string a sentence together unless it was full of expletives)?
Does being a ####head motivate players to excel? Because if I had a boss like that I would be out of here before the end of the day.
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Here is my response from the other thread, if you want to move the discussion here...
Maybe asshat is particularly a fit with hockey culture? It is also generally about results NOW and perhaps that is the personality type where you see the most short-term gain. And also why you have to fire them every 3 years. I am not sure. In general, where you have to herd 20-50 disparate individuals, perhaps you have to be an asshat to get everybody in line?