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<blockquote data-quote="altgeld88" data-source="post: 1597321" data-attributes="member: 2886"><p>I want to give a shout-out to <em><strong>Chocolate Thunder</strong></em>. In the pregame thread for the first Wisc game in early Feb he/she brought up an article by Bill Bradley in <em>Sports Illustrated</em> in the late '70s called <em>You Can't Buy Heart</em>. You can view it on SI Vault (Oct. 31, 1977 issue.) The context was the importance of roles on a team and how DMW was our "enforcer."</p><p></p><p>I'd never encountered it but finally read it a couple weeks ago. It describes very well the varied roles and cohesiveness required of championship basketball teams. As I've watched the Illini this winter, I've sensed the chemistry and increasing clarity of roles that this article describes. I thought about it a lot last night as I watched/listened to the game.</p><p></p><p>I wish I'd seen the article decades ago when I was a kid and playing competitively. It describes why things go very well for some teams and badly for others. Talent is merely one of many determining variables.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="altgeld88, post: 1597321, member: 2886"] I want to give a shout-out to [I][B]Chocolate Thunder[/B][/I]. In the pregame thread for the first Wisc game in early Feb he/she brought up an article by Bill Bradley in [I]Sports Illustrated[/I] in the late '70s called [I]You Can't Buy Heart[/I]. You can view it on SI Vault (Oct. 31, 1977 issue.) The context was the importance of roles on a team and how DMW was our "enforcer." I'd never encountered it but finally read it a couple weeks ago. It describes very well the varied roles and cohesiveness required of championship basketball teams. As I've watched the Illini this winter, I've sensed the chemistry and increasing clarity of roles that this article describes. I thought about it a lot last night as I watched/listened to the game. I wish I'd seen the article decades ago when I was a kid and playing competitively. It describes why things go very well for some teams and badly for others. Talent is merely one of many determining variables. [/QUOTE]
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