09-12-2005, 10:25 PM
Messier will go down as the best leader in sports in his generation. This quote from the article posted on TSN.ca, I think, says a lot:
"Oilers head coach Craig MacTavish said Messier's intensity in the dressing room was not always put in the right context. 'The biggest misperception is that Mark would grab guys by the scruff of the neck to toe the line about commitment to the team. But he made every player feel like a winner. And for every player if you're treated like a winner, if you feel like a winner, then you do things indicative of a winner.'"
Congrats on a fabulous career, Mess.
"Oilers head coach Craig MacTavish said Messier's intensity in the dressing room was not always put in the right context. 'The biggest misperception is that Mark would grab guys by the scruff of the neck to toe the line about commitment to the team. But he made every player feel like a winner. And for every player if you're treated like a winner, if you feel like a winner, then you do things indicative of a winner.'"
Congrats on a fabulous career, Mess.