Robby reminds me of a lot of coaches who have conviction in their way of coaching and think that their method is the best way to get results. And I think this is where certain clashes happen because he’s not wrong, his way of doing things is efficient in the ER and has produced great residents and residents respond well to it (Whitaker, Langdon, Santos, Collins, Javadi, to an extent McKay) but it doesn’t work for everyone and I think Mohan is the primary example of that coupled with the fact that she is someone Robby cannot seem to relate to (except in the moments when he does project on her but that’s a different convo).
And it’s the failures that make the worst impression because you can really see where his pitfalls are as a character and mentor. He expects you to be able to push yourself and be uncomfortable and not crack, he expects independence and confidence within independence, he expects loyalty to him (I think he very much sees loyalty to him as the litmus for team loyalty and loyalty to the field). But that also translates to him having this extreme sense of responsibility and why he believes he is the thing that will keep the ER afloat because the independence of his players is ultimately still within the purview of his coaching. And all Dana sees are competent doctors who would perform the same either way.
I think he rags on Mohan because she doesn’t respond to his coaching or his expectations and rather than conceive that he needs to approach her differently, he sees her as falling behind (uncoachable). I don’t know but I feel like if you’ve been in sports you’ve seen a coach target a player that has potential but just can’t get there and I think that’s Mohan (the weakest link in Robby’s team). He says in Season 1 that berating someone won’t get results and I think he can go back on his word with Mohan precisely because he doesn’t think he’s seeing results.
