I see Gus as I saw my manager when I worked in retail. Nice guy but can't motivate anyone to do anything, so no one worked harder than they had to. Is that the employees' fault? Probably but everyone knew what it took to get by. On the other hand, people worked harder for the stricter manager. There's no balance between being an authoritarian and players coach.


These are spoiled children and Gus is the loser uncle that won't address the problem.


I think these players know that there's no risk for poor play or even lashing out at coaches in public. Gus doesn't critique or punish poor performance.

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