I'm not looking for an adversarial relationship either. But the relationship I do have with the players is one of judicial authority. I tell them something. I expect it to be done. I tell my 11 year old son to clean his room, he's going to clean his room. Its not an adversarial relationship. He does what I tell him to do because I expect him to do just that. Well, the same goes for the players. Its not adversarial. Its just that I have an expectation that they will do what I tell them to do. If I get lip, I already have some information about that team.
