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Message: [QUOTE="Windyfly, post: 4080937, member: 8194"] Everyone responds differently of course, but the great ones are able to take the tough criticism and have it fuel them. Keep in mind this is still the coach that Benny trusted and put faith in to get him to the next level. Like with any coach/student-player relationship, sometimes a methodical approach is needed to get somebody performing to their true potential. So for me, I actually like that Jim is taking this to the media and I think he knows exactly what he’s doing by doing this. Benny clearly needs a fire to light him up and get him going and we’d be silly to think that coach already hasn’t been trying to do this in practice or behind the scenes. I think this is coach just starting to test him a little bit more and see how he will respond to the (public) criticism. Some guys are far more soft and feel like they should just be handed a role, instead of working for it and so they run away when adversity hits, for something they deem “easier” or “better” (ie: Kadary, Woody, etc.) and it’s not really working out well for those guys, so far. But I think coach knows his guys best and is obviously not the type to be soft on his guys when they’re not playing well and I think this is playing out exactly how it’s supposed to. For me personally, I know I’m at my best when I have a chip on my shoulder and my backs against the wall a little bit or a lot and I think this is going to be the best thing for Benny and the team too. We’ll see what he’s made of forsure, but he seems like a guy who feeds off the intensity and at the moment has evidently lost his confident edge that makes him a player...but when he starts to make a few plays and get that confidence back and get his feet under him, especially as the season goes on, he’ll become a huge difference maker for us. Simply from his ability to make a big highlight level play and get the rest of the team or fans fired up. Those types of playmakers can really swing the momentum in a game and I think it’s a matter of time before he breaks through and becomes that guy for us. [/QUOTE]

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