Here’s my thoughts:
First watch this Will Borgen interview right after his contract extension.
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There is a PR talking point. He goes out of his way to say that he doesn’t think there are any clicks[sic] in the room.
Strikes me as odd. The reporter didn’t ask a question about the rumored clique's.
I am a leader, have been since kindergarten.
When I was young, boys and girls would follow my lead. Carried over to my teenage years and then onto adulthood with those prospective peers.
As a leader or one of the leaders, the group always trusted that I had the best interest of the group at heart. There was no group within the group.
The most important aspect of being a good leader is to include anyone who wishes to be part of the group and as long as they played nice and respectful to the whole they would be a valued and protected member of the group. No one in the group would be allowed to abuse another member and if anyone outside the group would attack someone inside the group without cause then that person would feel the wrath of the entire group.
If there was cause, then the issue would be dealt with fairness and objectivity But always with the group member's psyche as the primary focus of the resolution.
The reason I bring up these points is because it was reported by more than one source (ie…Spitin Chicletes, Sportsnet, etc) that there was a group of veterans on the team that did not extend invitations to all members of the team and that Jacob Trouba was part of the “in” group. If true, that is damming.
When Zendo Chara took leadership of the Boston Bruin’s locker room, the first thing he did was stop rookie hazing.
Chara is a good leader. If you are on this team you are a Bruin. Not the idea that all Bruins are equal except some Bruins are more equal than other Bruins.
