Moose, you got to give Ferrer a HUG? I'm totally green with envy now! That said...... 1. I wouldn't go so far as to say that David was ahem.....abused. I've read that article you spoke of and I've heard David in interviews. He loves tennis and he loves competition, but he has admitted to a period of laziness when he didn't want to train. Rather than.....let all that talent go to waste, it sounds to me like an extreme measure in this VERY specific situation to get David to make a decision and a commitment. I think that the method of getting David to commit is probably more extreme than abusive...it sounds more like a kid having a tantrum. I wonder how great Agassi could have been if he didn't go though that rebellious obnoxious period he had. At any rate...if David had decided to give up on tennis...that would have probably been the end of that. But to say you want to play tennis and then not do the work.....coaches need to get creative anyways.....if it seriously was abuse...maybe we'll hear about it one day in a tell all book from that cutie that hasn't been performing on the courts as late like he should be