Tuesday, March 31, 2009

What does this mean?

Stew Morrill was quoted saying this back in February (sorry for being unable to attribute the source): "My team is not dominant, but has learned how to win" and in the same article "When things get tough, they get tougher."

We have no quarrel about the content of the quotes but it's the former one that puzzles us to some degree.

How does one learn how to win? What does that entail? Can one learn and therefore know what it takes to win but still be unable to actually come away with a victory? At least all the time? Is there a certain winning percentage necessary to achieve to reach the level of knowing hos to win? Can another team have a greater knowledge or application of what it takes to win and therefore defeat a team that also knows what it has to do?

Granted, the latter quote seems to be about upping the intensity level, giving up no easy shots/scores, committing few if any turnovers, treating every possession in the last few minutes of games as sacred' and so on which certainly dovetails into learning/knowing how to win.

Inquiring minds want to know.

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