Here is my take. If you cancel three on ice sessions in a short tourney you really want to spend as little time as possible around your players. They think they know it all and you don't see any value in being on the ice.
Dave didn't defend them in the media (not that he must but often coaches do). I would say Dave regrets taking this job and will never do it again.
Something does stink here all right. I'll be cheering for Canada as always.... I always cheer for the jersey. Some of these players are probably insufferable.. I said some, not all.
Yeah something really seems to be going on. In Cameron's media scrums after the US game he emphasized that he "can't address it" and that the players know that they are penalties. He said "it's a character thing" and then the next day that it is a good thing that the Canadian penalties were so obvious so that they couldn't be denied. A reporter tried saying that the standard with IIHF reffing is so different and Cameron immediately cut off to say no, and when the reported suggested that he isn't trying to give them an out Cameron said that yes he was trying to give them an out and that the standard is the standard.
To give Cameron credit he is right that they were all blatant penalties, and the players should not be defended for the penalties in the US game. I think we all regret that Cameron took the job though and we all surely hope that he never gets it again.
I still think that Canada probably beats the Czechs but I won't be surprised by a listless effort and multi-goal Czech win either.
