Re: RPI Off-Season 2013 Part I: We Will Get Our Title Next Season
You've just described one of the reasons I like watching UConn women's basketball: they always strive to play their best on every play, throughout every player on the bench. They can be up by 45 and they are still hustling and scrambling for loose balls and making steals and blocking shots. It is actually insulting to the opponent to act as if you can beat them with less than your best effort (even if it is true, do you really want to say 'you aren't worth it'? nothing annoys an underdog more).
For them to have won 90 games in a row, in this day and age, with travel and constant news media attention, is a testament to how much further mental discipline can take a team who already has great physical skills and outstanding fundamentals. 7 titles in 14 years is a great job from the top to the bottom, all the way through.
I fully realize how much more difficult men's ice hockey is than women's basketball! I'm merely pointing out that if you want to achieve greatness, it is a whole order of magnitude more difficult than "very very good-ness", that's all. Just ask Baylor!
It takes more effort to get from 95% to 99% than it does to get from 80% to 95%.
You've just described one of the reasons I like watching UConn women's basketball: they always strive to play their best on every play, throughout every player on the bench. They can be up by 45 and they are still hustling and scrambling for loose balls and making steals and blocking shots. It is actually insulting to the opponent to act as if you can beat them with less than your best effort (even if it is true, do you really want to say 'you aren't worth it'? nothing annoys an underdog more).
For them to have won 90 games in a row, in this day and age, with travel and constant news media attention, is a testament to how much further mental discipline can take a team who already has great physical skills and outstanding fundamentals. 7 titles in 14 years is a great job from the top to the bottom, all the way through.
I fully realize how much more difficult men's ice hockey is than women's basketball! I'm merely pointing out that if you want to achieve greatness, it is a whole order of magnitude more difficult than "very very good-ness", that's all. Just ask Baylor!
It takes more effort to get from 95% to 99% than it does to get from 80% to 95%.
