Leadership? We have, from time to time around here, questioned the overall mindset of the Stars players the last ten years. Monty called it out as not being "championship caliber work ethic", starting with his top players.
That would seem to be at least some confirmation that for all their talent, maybe Seguin and Benn aren't in the mindset of working hard enough to win. I recall Gretsky saying when they lost in the finals their first big year, that he realized they hadn't had the mental toughness to win it all, and vowed to change.
Pure speculation, but maybe their bromance as two young single guys has their minds in other places, such as enjoying the celebrity of being a top of the line hockey player, but still not of the mindset that nothing but winning matters. Of course, none of these guys other than Seguin has experienced a near miss in the playoffs, and wait, he didn't either. Bruins won, no?
At the very least, its Monty saying what we say here every day - we don't get 110% effort out of our top players every night, and until that changes, results in the standings won't change much either.
That would seem to be at least some confirmation that for all their talent, maybe Seguin and Benn aren't in the mindset of working hard enough to win. I recall Gretsky saying when they lost in the finals their first big year, that he realized they hadn't had the mental toughness to win it all, and vowed to change.
Pure speculation, but maybe their bromance as two young single guys has their minds in other places, such as enjoying the celebrity of being a top of the line hockey player, but still not of the mindset that nothing but winning matters. Of course, none of these guys other than Seguin has experienced a near miss in the playoffs, and wait, he didn't either. Bruins won, no?
At the very least, its Monty saying what we say here every day - we don't get 110% effort out of our top players every night, and until that changes, results in the standings won't change much either.
