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Originally Posted by djsFlames
Late teens/early twenties men are extremely immature, speaking from experience. What they say about girls being 7-8 years ahead of guys in maturity is absolutely true. So you're talking about a group of kids with adult bodies and the brain maturity of 13 year olds fueled by testosterone crammed into a locker room/bus/hotel.
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For this very reason, there's something to be said for encouraging 18-year-old males to do a hitch in the army. I never served myself, but several of my friends did, including some that were probably heading for hard prison time or Skid Row if they didn't straighten out. The armed forces showed them how to act like grown men instead of juvenile delinquents. And while learning that, they got to camp out, play with firearms, and make things go boom! What's not to like for a rowdy older teen?
Hockey can't be the army, obviously. But maybe hockey culture could benefit if it spent more energy on teaching and modelling good conduct instead of indulging bad conduct.