Johnny Hoxville
The Return of a Legend
But benching is a tool for altering a player's attitude, and so I'm not sure what a benching is going to do for Backlund. Does it suddenly give him the tools to be an offensive force? Does it put him in a better situation to succeed? Not really.
I'm not so sure, I feel confident it also has the effect to make a player be more assertive offensively if that's why he's being kept out. Again, let's see how he responds, if Backlund wants to be a regular the message has now been delivered about what he needs to bring.