Stahp! Thriller's 1950's Brimstone & Fire mode of motivation is in the Coaching 101 handbook. Obviously you were absent the day it was passed out in class.
Does it make you feel better when you fling out insults? Does it strengthen your point? Honest questions.
Why aren't points addressed? Why must this board always demean and insult another poster and do anything BUT address their points? Is it the anonymity of the Internet that makes people so uncivil?
After 15 years of playing competitive sports and 5 years of coaching, there remains one constant: THEE best motivator is to hold players accountable. The way to do that? Threaten their PT.
Ask yourself and be honest; no need to fling personal attacks or go off on tangents, which employee performs better? The one who knows they'll get the promotion no matter what? Or the one who is under pressure to be accountable and knows they must impress to receive the promotion?
Aggressive mistakes? You can let them at through them. Teach them when they're on the bench what is desired. But when a player plays with less than 100 percent effort or aggression? That's a no no. Ask any coach.
If you feel that Dante Exum is the exception, that's fine. We can agree to disagree.
One last thing, I remember being ridiculed on this board for demanding that Boozer be held accountable. My solution was to play Millsap more.
Same thing happened with Jefferson when I suggested we play Favors more to force Jefferson to play defense and stop being such a black hole.
I believe that players should be held accountable; young or old. You can agree to disagree without flinging insults.