A hockey coach who became a viral sensation online for telling his players to respect the national anthem or leave said he doesn’t think he was asking too much from his team when he made the speech.
John Krupinsky, who is an assistant coach for the Danbury Hat Tricks of the Federal Hockey League from Connecticut, garnered the attention of people online after a video of him giving a locker room speech to a number of players trying out for a pro hockey team was posted to Twitter on July 8. During his speech, he said he would not tolerate anyone disrespecting the national anthem.
