There are a lot of things a person can do after dealing with major professional failure. They can turn inward and do some sole-searching on how it happened. They can seek out peers for advice. They can talk to their co-workers about what they can do to prevent that failure from happening.
↵Or, they could seek professional help, something many athletes probably do, but few admit. Mike Green, however, freely admitted that's exactly how he decided to deal with the Capitals' shocking Game 7 loss to the Canadiens. During an interview with NBC's Lindsay Czarniak, Green said that he saw a sports psychologist over the summer in hopes of better preparing him for playoff hockey, which has not gone well for him in the last two years.
↵↵↵↵↵"I think I'm in a good state right now," Green said. "I worked on myself over the summer. I talked with sports psychologists on how to prepare myself to play in the playoffs. I'm ready to go. I'm a confident player right now."
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Who knows whether it'll work, but you have to love Green and his teammates leaving no stones unturned in trying to get past that disappointment.
↵(HT: Japers Rink).