BFD, god forbid the league is embarrassed by this treatment, get over it commisioner. After embarrassing the organization with a poor effort, the team needs to be taught a lesson in the three things they can control; effort, intensity, and emotion. I've never seen a coach do anything like this just because a team lost. Nothing better than a good run with all equipment less the skates. Heck a 4 hr. bus ride is a walk in the park. Just another sign of the soft society we live in. It doesn't matter to a coach if the players respect them out of love or fear, obviously the soft way wasn't working.
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways.