Its like the John Tortorella approach.
Yes he's a hard ass, but his approach quickly gets old with the players.
So not sure how yelling at screaming at players and throwing F bombs makes you a good leader. Leadership is about building a culture via a clear vision and then leading people towards that with a great example. Leaders of hockey teams are not able to hire / fire people, not able to play 'coach', so they can only really do their part to build the culture by setting the standard. That means being an example with the things they have control over.
So want a team to play better defense? Ask if of yourself first. Not sure how the Oilers core is doing that. Everyone likes to rag on Nurse for not being a good defensemen, but its not like the McDavid and Draisaitl are the first back on the back check either.
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