Not Enough Passion?

“We’ve got to start playing with a little more passion.”

This was said by Tim Hudson after yesterday’s loss. Here’s the question: Are the Braves a little too tight? You never see some of the crazy high-fives and chest mashing as you see in other team dugouts. Also, there are the comments made by former Braves. Recently shipped out Kyle Davies commented that he felt restricted in the clubhouse. Here’s an excerpt from a recent AJC story:

Davies said he immediately felt comfortable in the Kansas City clubhouse."Everybody comes up and talks to me; it's not like it's all business," he said, which spoke to how he'd felt in the Braves clubhouse recently. He was asked, then, if he thought the Braves' clubhouse, which has a reputation for quietly professional, was too buttoned down.
"I don't think they're buttoned down, but I just think everybody is uptight," Davies said. "Everybody is trying to do this, trying to do that, instead of letting everything come to them." Which means Davies was doing that too, right? "You're a product of what you're around," he said.

Braves fans who have painfully watched this brutal stretch know that something is going wrong. Generally, one way to break out of a rut is to change things up. Maybe a more cheerful, enthusiastic attitude would help turn things around. It’s worth a try.

Some Braves fans would point out, and rightfully so, that the Braves have had these policies throughout the streak and wonder why the Braves would deviate from that attitude. When you look at the team through the 90’s, most of the Braves teams were comprised of veterans, with maybe a few rookies. Now, the team is younger, with Yunel Escobar, Brian McCann, Kelly Johnson, and Jeff Francoeur playing key roles. Perhaps these players would thrive in looser atmosphere. What are your thoughts?