I can't help but feel bad for Darryl. Quite a mess to inherit. You can't give players maturity though. They have to decide to grow up and treat their jobs like professionals. Neither can you inject someone with passion and a will to win when they're content with picking up six figure paychecks at the end of the day.
It's up to them to go home, look in the mirror and ask why did I get into pro hockey to begin with and what more do I want out of this career aside from everything money can buy? What does this team and winning mean to me?
Eventually I'd like to think that a group of guys like this would eventually get sick of being ridiculed and pick themselves up off the mat and, to a man, go and do something about it.
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