Yes you're right, the responsibility of playing hard doesn't fall on the player, its really on the coach to physically move Jake's his legs for him (WTF are you on man) - I am not even talking about lack of offensive production. I am talking about things 100% in his control. Effort, skating, playing physical, trying to be a difference maker without scoring every shift - anyone objective watching his play can see he's doing pretty much nothing
As I said, its not hard for Jake to play as hard as Gaunce, to play that same game, and given he's on the fourth line, that's all that's being asked of him, and he can't even do that. Effort is internal.
Your comments are absurd