There semmed to be a bit of disrepect on both parts. When your'e the head trainer, people expect you to guide the fighter to victory. Start to finish. Arriving late and leaving early aren't really good form.
That being said, when the head trainer runs the camp. He makes the decisions, no questions asked. The few things I got from the 24/7 and things that have been said since the fight is.
- Floyd Sr. is used to a fighter with the athletic abilities on par (well, close) with his son. Training star fighters who have the ability on tap to follow his instructions and get it right the first time is almost a requirement. That doesn't make a guy a trainer as much as it makes him a strategist.
- Ricky thought just having Mayweather there made him instantly better. There was still an employer/employee thing going on that gave ricky and whoever had his ear, ultimate parity in the decisions. Thats fine. He pays the money, he can ultimately decide to hire or fire. But still the head trainer runs the camp. If you like what hes teaching, commit to it, learn it and practice it. If you don't, fire him and get someone else who can have your focus 100%. You can't really pick and choose the things you like and disregard the rest or turn the guy off and bring in someone else and then half@$$ what that guy teaches you too.(most trainers dont bring a few tactics, punches or methods...but systems)
-Disrespect brings disrespect. If I am the head trainer and you dont listen, I have nothing left to tell you. Why bother showing up on time so you can ignore me. Its not me that will be getting my head caved in if you slack, fail to focus and then fail to execute. There are other people willing to pay for my time.-- On the flipside of that, the fighters seeing that the trainer shows up when he wants and doesnt feel like they are in it together. He getting his money anyway, so I should be able to change the equation where and how i feel like it as long as he still gets paid. Ultimately its a money equation and both guys felt like they did enough to get their money. Floyd sr. in the corner and Hatton in the ring. The consequences are steeper for Hatton and he should have made sure he was getting his moneys worth (either by listening to his trainer or hiring someone in his place that he was more comfortable with... enough at least to stick to a plan and execute it to get within reach of victory).
- Some fighters and trainers build special relationships. Others well... Its a business relationship and works better that way. The trainer doesnt want to be a father and the fighter wants to be able to separate work from play and not have the trainer hovering over their every move.... so they keep it strictly professional. Sounds like like floyd was a little disappointed in how well Hatton could follow his plans and Ricky was dissapointed in Floyd not fitting in the mold of his last trainer.