How in the world is getting blocked by a shorter guy = soft? Spud Webb blocked over 100 shots, are all those guys soft?
How can a man who played a year and a half with an infected toe so bad it was bleeding be soft? How can a man who take it to the basket time and time again, regardless of the compe ion, be soft?
People who called Yao soft are probably the same ones who called David Robinson soft because neither of them are too nice and never screamed and yelled after a dunk.