“Leaders lead,” Burke said. “Leaders don’t need letters to lead. Ron Wilson and I were co-captains together in college and it didn’t change one thing on how we acted when they put a C on us. So, to me leaders lead. If you need a letter to lead, then you’re not a leader anyhow. We know what Chris Drury can bring. He doesn’t need a letter. We’ve got a number of guys who are wearing letters in the NHL that aren’t going to wear a letter on this team. I wasn’t defensive at all about picking Chris Drury. In fact, every single guy — this will be illuminating for the people in the media that are skeptical about Chris Drury — every single guy on the selection committee had him on the team. So, I wasn’t defensive at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
“What I said to you guys was we picked Chris Drury because he’s Chris Drury. That’s not defensive. That’s praise of Chris Drury…These are the guys that we want wearing letters. We expect leadership from other guys on the team that we’ve named, like Mike Komisarek who wears a letter on our team (the Toronto Maple Leafs) and has not been asked to wear a letter (for the Olympic team). We expect him to provide leadership nevertheless.”
Yeah, so, how about Callahan, Drury, and Tortorella being a part of the U.S. squad? Yoshi gets all quiet about that...
Drury is a great defensive forward - maybe they're thinking along those lines. Or experience. I dunno. Burke and Torts certainly know more than I do, but I'm scratching my head too - unless they win gold. :P
