okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Sunday, March 20, 2005
Hungry
From a NY Times article on recent upsets in college basketball:
...Tom Brennan, the Vermont head coach said he suspected that teams from big conferences weren't always as hungry as teams from smaller conferences.
"Two weeks ago, if we lost, we were out," he said..."We had another game if we lost that we were out. We played Northeaster; if we lost, we were out. So these kids are really used to play win-or-go-home games."
"I think sometimes the reason that these scores are close is because the other guys don't face taht much," he said....
I think something similar goes on in most sports. If you've got to push yourself just to make the team or qualify, you have to figure out how to make lots of small improvements. If you're on top, you can get by with just coasting.
There are some obvious implications for orienteers.
posted by Michael |
6:17 PM
