07-26-2015, 11:40 PM
None of us on here know exactly how our players are spoken to.
Speaking purely on a general level, I find it both laughable and concerning that there are still dinosaurs out there who think that because someone is a professional athlete, is a "big boy", that they can be spoken to any which way, be abused, be bullied etc., and somehow, because they're "big and tough", they should be able to take it. Physical strength has nothing whatsoever to do with emotional strength, receiving and learning from criticism etc.
Communication lines must be clear and unambiguous at all times, people must be able to be corrected, taught well, and encouraged to do better. There are ways of communicating to someone that they've done something wrong, disobeyed team rules etc. Several decades of studying humanity, and expressing that knowledge through Psychology, Psychiatry etc., have shown that giving someone a bake or a spray in the old fashioned way rarely works. If you have to do it, do it properly.
Speaking purely on a general level, I find it both laughable and concerning that there are still dinosaurs out there who think that because someone is a professional athlete, is a "big boy", that they can be spoken to any which way, be abused, be bullied etc., and somehow, because they're "big and tough", they should be able to take it. Physical strength has nothing whatsoever to do with emotional strength, receiving and learning from criticism etc.
Communication lines must be clear and unambiguous at all times, people must be able to be corrected, taught well, and encouraged to do better. There are ways of communicating to someone that they've done something wrong, disobeyed team rules etc. Several decades of studying humanity, and expressing that knowledge through Psychology, Psychiatry etc., have shown that giving someone a bake or a spray in the old fashioned way rarely works. If you have to do it, do it properly.