What is this foolishness?

A young hockey player, Dave Bouchard, has been suspended from the Saint John Sea Dogs for not signing a Canadian flag that was to be sent to our troops in Afghanistan. His coach, Jacques Beaulieu, is quoted as saying "Morally, we have standards . . . ."

I would nominate this coach for Idiot of the Year, for advocating a form of mind control. If Bouchard wouldn't sign because he is against the Afghan deployment, what business is it of his?
Is this a hockey team or a branch of the red shirt - support the troops - brigade? Are we all to be told what to think?