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...Weiland saw that his role as coach had changed quite a bit during his career. "When we practiced on the first open rink here, it was a lot just to get the boys to brave mother nature. With the wind coming off Soldiers' Field, it was great going in one direction," he said...
...Weiland sees himself as a warning voice but not a threat to lackadaisical players. "You can't be a tutor to a team. You know the saying, 'He who can, but doesn't know that he can needs help.' Well, he who can, and knows that he can, and still doesn't, he's asleep...
...looking at trends in hockey today, Weiland said that the major change in the future of hockey must be a curtailment of violence. They took out body-checking, and that was a good move. Now they have to make players keep their stick on the ice, that's where the game is played. If you've got your stick up, you're playing lacrosse...
...Weiland said that adding another referee. wasn't the solution. "Keep it from being a war out there, but you can't have divided authority. A referee is a fellow with a gift. It takes years to make a whistle-blower an authority...
Where do you go after 50 years in hockey? "Oh, I'm not through," Weiland said. "I'll keep oar [Orr?] in the game. I've been thinking of writing a book, about all the different people that I've known and a lot of funny little incidents." Then he leaned back and smiled. "Oh, they're all doing it these days," he said. "but I know at least I'd like to read...