Soft part 1 (The NHL)

In professional sports, more and more athletes seem to becoming soft as the years go on, they either want the time off for the broken nail or they want the $35 million dollar contract after a lackluster season just becuase of who they are, but why? What has happened to the men and women that play these sports becuase they love it and would do anything to succeed? The people that play the game almost always in today's sports world feel the need to call out either their teammates, coaches, or the fans for being yelled at or taunted just to try and deflect the heat that they are getting for their poor play onto the fans. To me, this is the true definition of a soft athlete. It is so annyoing to see players in the NBA, NHL and other leagues (and I will admit their are plenty of guys in these leagues that would pay the teams just for the ability to wear a jersey of a pro sports team because they love what they do and are not consummed by greed) just acting like greedy idiots and arrogant fools on and sometimes off of the court. A clear example of a true soft athlete is Sean Avery, why is he soft? Sean Avery is soft (and stupid) due to the fact that he truly does not have any respect for the game of hockey and others that play it, Sean Avery can play the game when he wants to but has no backbone most nights. The fact that Sean Avery is truly proud of the way that he refuses to fight other players after he gives a cheap shot to an opponent (which is most games) and he skates away or taunts the opposing team from the bench, in my eyes I believe in if you do something to a person be prepared to have it done to you and you better stand up and take it like a man, seeing as Sean Avery doesnt fit into my saying he must be a mouse or some other being that is cowardly. Sean Avery is also soft (and once again stupid) for not being able to draw the line between smart play and stupid play, in game 4 of the Eastern Conference Quarter finals matchup between the New York Rangers and the Washington Captials, Avery of the Rangers gives a backhanded punch to Capitals player Milan Jurcina and went after another Capitals player in the game taunting him as he was down on the ground injured, Avery recieved penalites for both incidents and was lucky that the Capitals did not score on either powerplay or Rangers coach John Torterella would have torn into Mr.Avery like a wet paper bag on the bench.
Sean Avery is only one example of a soft player there are many that run in the NHL and other leagues, Carey Price when he was a rookie he was a humble kid but now in year 2 he sees that its tougher than it looks and he tries to act like the big man on campus with his mocking of Pat Roy's sarcastic arm raise to the fans, Carey Price I hope this sweep brought your ego the size of the Province(soon to be a country by 2012) of Quebec down a notch. Am I done yet? Nope not yet, who else is soft in sports? The atheles who want their coaches gone or who "tune them out" during the year a certian team in a certian city with a hockey team in the province of Alberta showed this year that they really did not care and as I said before on my sports show showed they are soft, the team I am refering to is the Edmonton Oilers. Players on the Edmonton Oilers truly showed that they treated this season not as serious as they truly needed, Oilers forward Robert Nilson missed an optional practice when he was in a slump. If your slumping and the coach (former coach now) calls a optional practice THAT IS A MANDATORY PRACTICE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN OPTIONAL PRACTICE! Thats an insult to the team, the coach and to the league if your missing a chance to get more practice when you need it. Many members of the Edmonton Oilers showed that their minds were not on hockey (some like Steve Staios, Ethan Moreau, Dwayne Roloson, Sheldon Souray,Ales Hemsky and Zack Stortini showed that they were in complete focus this entire NHL season) Well, thats enough ripping for one day, I know I mentioned earlier the NBA and NFL but the soft overpaid players that cant handle a coach that is a butt buster but like my post on the National Lacrosse League more will come soon, next week, the NFL is getting a good rip from me.
Thats all for now, I'm Avry and I'm gone!