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<blockquote data-quote="EyeoftheIllini" data-source="post: 1678074" data-attributes="member: 623415"><p>It really isn’t though, and I brought this up this summer when people pointed to the Ayo-less games as evidence the team would be as good if not better this year. Ayo had already helped that team develop its identity and it was ground into the team’s DNA by time Ayo got hurt. That was why they were able to overcome loss of Ayo. Unfortunately, team identities don’t necessarily carry over year to year even if only modest changes in personnel — and I wouldn’t call loss of Ayo modest. During summer I also asked with Ayo’s departure who would be the closer and the alpha dog. People said Curbelo or Frazier or Hutch. Guess we’ve learned closer/alpha dog by committee doesn’t always work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EyeoftheIllini, post: 1678074, member: 623415"] It really isn’t though, and I brought this up this summer when people pointed to the Ayo-less games as evidence the team would be as good if not better this year. Ayo had already helped that team develop its identity and it was ground into the team’s DNA by time Ayo got hurt. That was why they were able to overcome loss of Ayo. Unfortunately, team identities don’t necessarily carry over year to year even if only modest changes in personnel — and I wouldn’t call loss of Ayo modest. During summer I also asked with Ayo’s departure who would be the closer and the alpha dog. People said Curbelo or Frazier or Hutch. Guess we’ve learned closer/alpha dog by committee doesn’t always work. [/QUOTE]
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