- ABC News
- September 25, 2016
TORONTO -- Ralph Krueger, the head coach of plucky, piecemeal Team Europe, shines like a light. His coaching tenure with the Edmonton Oilers ended early and badly; now he's the chairman of Southampton, the Premier League football club. Not many men can switch sports at the highest levels. Krueger managed it because when he enters a room, his heart is as open as the door he walked through. On Thursday at the World Cup of Hockey, he was asked about how much the human heart tells in our games, hockey most of all. "I don't think there's a game more honest than ice hockey," he said. "There's no hiding here. ... If you're not connected, it doesn't matter how much skill you have, you're going to be dealing with luck and chance. Hockey will punish you if you're dependent on that. It's such a great game because of that. Such an honest game." Heart is an amorphous concept, easy to lie about. It's nice to think that desire can overcome any weakness, because most of us have...